Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1891-03-26

m short of it we're, squire, wer. s,,rSs
in on the steep side O OIL SouuvLaa
with one eend o. that long snowbara
at my feet n t'other eend lyin, riah.
'Inong the clearin's o. Sugar swami ~ +.
were unly a mile FUN home. br.
Inowt jist ez well ha' ben four hundr.a
/ stood N looked down inter Sugs-
swamp with a wishful eye.
"'Home o. my merry childhoodp SAY.
l, ''nless tina comes rain soon n, mei,s
these onpitying banks o. snow saws
these here two slumberin' bars n
chaw my bones wen the spring TIM
comes says |, m nobody won't neva,
hef to put flowers on my grave saws
"Sayin' witch, the weather bein' colds,
n Greenlan', | crep' back in the rocLs
m Struggled down 'twixt the snorir,
bars to git warm A week passed
away. I hadn't had nothin' to eat n,
natur' were gettin' her dander up. TIM
two bars hadn't never winked nm
moved sence ! fined 'em. hated IN
disturb either of 'em, but had to bev
meat, m so, on the seventh day | took
out my knife, felt ez gentle as passin
zephyr fer the biggest bars wizzen. \
with one gouge slit it from chin to puL
let. The bar opened his eyes, looked
up ez If he'd notion to see wat wer
goin' on, then closed em n winched h,
shivered little, then gave 4,
all-pervadin' sigh, N his compaD.
ion on t'other side were a wid.
der m didn't know it. Slicin'a chic
cut from the dead bar, took it out i
front o. the ledge, built fire, cooked
the bar meat, n soon put natur' il
good humor wunst moe.
'Goin' back inter the hole noticed
th't fer the fust time t'other bar seemed
to be gettin' Uneasy. She kinder moved
about n gruntei, n seemed disturbed
in her dreams.
Z" 'Smelt her oil man eoodn.'
mebbe.' says |, turnin' over n goingo
sleep.
I'D know how long | were asleep
but were woke up kinder sudden.
like n openin' my eyes see t'othg
bar standin' over me, her eyes a-glarn'
N the giner'l expression o. her count
nance givin' me the idee th'tshe werecor
sid'able het up. Fun wat could gather
fun the looks o. things | sh'd think
th't the old lady had been takin' in he
hull sitiwation, 'n'th't she he'd con.
cluded not to wait till the spring tine
kim fore she chawed my bones ! be-
gun to reach fer my knife, wen heard
the howl o. wolfs on the outside. The
bar heerd it, too, n jumped fer the
openin'. Setch a yoopin' n yellin ma
gnashin' N smashin', n munchn'
m a crunchin' ez follered ! never heed
afore or sence. | creep to the openn'
m peeked out. The OF bar stood with
her back agin the ledge, VILE a packo'
CANT m hungry VOLTS was pitchin
inter her tryin' to gether her in. She
he'd swotted 'em right n left till the
open space were kivered with dead
VOLTS, N still they piled up agin her
found my gun m took hand in .
help the bar. 'Twixt us we soon had
ev'ry one o. the pack stretched dead IN
front o. the ledge Then the old bar
'membered her grudge agin me-
turned to end up the fight by fnishin'
me; but put load O. buckshot through
her head, n she tumbled on top o Tie
VOLTS.
81 counted the VOLTS. Tha was twen
ty-nine Of 'em. figgered it quicE
m found th't they was worth jist two
hundred and thirty-two dollars To-
bounty on 'em bein' eight dollars
wolf.
That's enoughI | hollers, jumpn
fer Joy. It's enough n thirty-twoaa'
lars over, sides the two bari hoIsA
iumpin' fer more joy. | hollers jump
in fer Joy ag'in. Jis then l neell
a noise ahind me, n lookin' 'roun1
wat sh'd cone tumblin' outen ~
hole but two bar cubs tint nalo
see at all! 'Jeewhizzr | hollers jump
in fer some more JOY. Sides wv
live bar that didn't seeF ! hoiieN
No more dumps fer papF says l.
sItook off my mocsins N cut en- y
inter thongs. N cut my powder noln
straps inter thongs. Fer vile me
the old bar was fightin' the VOLS ia p.
noticed sumpin'. | had noticed :
that snowbank th't pitched on WIN
me n Sugar swamp was dverea ".
a thick crust of glarin' ice. ! ueal
two dead bars and the tweniy..e
dead VOLTS together by the legs sal
snug. ! drug 'em to the eogey
plarin' m farm field o snow g
the two bar cubs one under eaen -
Then laid down amongst the - +,
the wolf. N pushed EN- on.Sl
pitchin' glare o. snow. melnu'-
was a whizz N a WHO'D n Saw
The mex thing | know'd | were s ~,
In our kitchen in Sugar swamp.
had found me in the back yara' N n.
up with the bars n the VOLS
house were full o. neighbors'
pap, low in the dumps ez he we.s'
braggin' on me standin' up n ~
in in twenty-nine big VOLS
bar, two on 'em alive. 81
Pap l says, i never thoT' .Tdh
bout VOLTS or bars says / ,,.a
n bars want nuthin' to me- -
4 want fightin' VOLTS n bars, -
4 were fghtin' your dumps, ! sI's .
were fightin' the mortgage,
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