The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1891-05-22
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an slseered bad. Ny hair walked about
over my head, twas 30 briss er
felt mighty creepy all down my back
No wonder Cinda had run; L1u
what in the name OF good 80
did she punch a bar witt
broom for? That's what got rae L.
nobody knows what q woman is s"'14'
to do: th0y has Gurus idees sometirncs-
That they has, an you don't have l. =
married long TO find EN- out, n-it-.-r
That punchin' had done the wor''; he
was mad. bad mad. an ] thougas 'ed
eat me sure. lifted mp NJ ga -.
fred, hut didn't hit him. ! shot q --hr
but was loollin' so hard 1t hin = - }
didn't aim straight. IL he was -a2a 'e-
fore ne was ravin' now. He droppea
down ON all fours, riz up tail an dread-
full lookin', then come down sn ,'e'.'
for me. Both barrels Of my go va.
empty; there want no time To- load- -
there wasn't but one thing To do, a.
that was fight like man to man Io4 lie.
| went at him an hit him so hard that
my gun fell in two, an then i thocci.t
| was done for. Didn't have p rn'n'' a.
pick up nothin'. / was just sran"ir
there, big-eycd as "a mule. pm.
BLOWN, dodgin'. bowin' and .-Sra. .za,
tryin' to keep out Of that fellow e 60 FL
''He was gittin' closer an cI'se-.
seemed to me, every mint, but J ST.
fit an fit. First thing l know ,.-
paw struck my pants-leg, an op.u p
went clear down to the bottom. tne.s
WA close quarters, Let me teli yc-----"
close that took TO my heels. TO
went roun' an roun' that brier ra.-.-
till I was drunk, an he after mo a'-a
whirlwin' Lordy, Loray. My Ur
was all gone, an / was, too. 80.
off was tree. 1t want much hi@1o'- p
me, an had limbs close to tt
but that want nothin'. ] wa ii--
to git somewhere where ] coutd
for / was plum wored ont. i r.--a'-
nv chance an made a break. IA 3D..
tree went, hand over hand an teet
over feet
But up come the bar just like h
was race horse. | went higher. y -
a little twig, an of it broke, soft
fiat down ON the groun'. tnou.f
sure | was in purgatory, an wGs j1s-
goin' to say my prayers when
the bar couldn't see me on ac""ar, ..
the brush, an cut down the r.a. .--
home. But no use 10 think 1 couio Ccs
away from that fellow; nc ~a- ,-f;s- r-.-
in second; and such race. l..-.
was big ditch that had forgot : ---
so down I went to the very bDttcia
he on top of me. Wei, SIR, nc ic.- b,
he weighed seven thousand poa.a
though / don't know as he did ~
nearly smothered me fore he began T.
stir 'roun'. He struck me on M He1-
an pulled Off half my scalp. tasl t.
chewed off these two fingers, ~ " t-.-
time he had bit hole clear ti-cn -.-
my leg ] scrambled out of the d.tea
with him close on behind. We vvas
both so full of mud that Il il hs1u-
been for the stingin' of them bites 4
wouldn't have known the BAR fro=h
me-
II had "A good half mile t. goyct 49,
didn't have much idce OF cGttin' pls-.
for was bout as weak IL ba'g.
put my best foot from an started, al
didn't make such bad tiuae afte~ al. Z
just got over my yard fence N l.-.-e 10
keep him from tal1in' off the othe- soc
of my scalp, as his havin' to clint '.9.'
of stopped him. i thought my rae"
was over then; but Cinda had az Ets
doors an winders shet so tight /
couldn't get in to save my souL /
didn't have n mint 10 spar, SO | 3e".
'roun' To the back of the housc. hCt.
to find somethin' was open rom t..-
but no. everything WAS tight 3 ..'..
was in = fix. There was E.cdtr ...-
far from the back door, an 1 yroI. .r-.
il. 1t was hard To climb. an
was four feet from the groun a.. !. ..-
caught holt of my ragged pants ar
pulled me down again
We'll, sir, / flew 'roun' that lnGG =
like u kite an yellin' TO Cinda al tac
top of my voice TO open the back door
for me After I'd been calm an hyin'
for il seems to me half a day, tho
'twan't MORN ten minits, Cinda Cper.T
the door n crack an 1 bounced IA. 1ell
on the floor in fit an didn't come l..
till next day.
managed 10 kill the bar that night brt
couldn't find nothin' big 'nonGh
weigh him. couldn't talk for a wccl-,
couldn't walk for six an my leg j.
shakin' yet. The whole neigh borho-1
pulled up stakes an left, an now thaa
place amt nothin' but pines ar bc-~
Look here, young un, you's too iiesh
Next time you git such a notion you %
fishin'. Is You bar struck yit?'
Nope" answered Long Jake, p.ll-
ing up a bunch of shallots and stepp
back over the fence. I'm goin bs....
to work"
"A riglar soft he is, ." said Nathat
himself. I've saf-soaped him
| He's of, way of, if he thinks he. ga.1
To git that bar: he's my meat aE.
killed dozens an dozens of 'em ar
never got a scratch from none OF -.
| III git that un tonight, an lay or -
morry, so can eat bar meat all day
Dinged if don't"
Nathan ''riz up" from the head "a
cabbage, picked up his hoe, took -
chew from the handle. put ii hac-, J.
his mouth and proceeded TO work -
onions. Times.