St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1891-10-17

on leetle to one side, an seed thet
performance I'D . laughed ter split
an, ef hadn't ben quite SO clost. I'd Z
done it rs twas, but I reckoned q
'twouldn't be discreet-least way I'D
better save il . few minnits. We navi.
gated DOWN that ar slope *ill struck
big nat rock that formed shelf.
leavin' drop of about eight feet 10 tho
next rock below.
''Soon's we got onto the A.st rock the
!! grizzly clawed halt Luck war ON
my side, fer when stopped roliin',
war on my stomach-side, ready to
jump
''The sun came down bilin'-hot, in
the open space, an Il peard like the old
chap had Just had his breakfast, an
war about to take his mornin' nap
when disturbed him. an, now that
the sunshine made him sleepy. he
warnt goin' ter be cheated ont ov it.
So he loped down side o me, an went
ter sleep. or ruther bout ez had con-
cluded thet he war asleep. he'd roll up
one eye. much ex ter say: %, I'm
watchin' yer Ez these cat napa
seemed ter grow longer. I made up my
mind that the time had come to try my
leetle game.
II waited till both the erute's eyes
war shut, an then began - crawl fur
the edge Of the rock. Il war mighty
slow work, an l hadn't got morn
three feet away when he pulled mp the
lid ter one eye. reached out his Old paw,
with the claws run out full length, an
hauled me back.
1T had ban . bad move. sn', bcsidcA
didn't know how much more NV that
kind nv foolin' the old chap would
stand without gettin' riled So I jest
laid on my back till knowcd Id spilo
my complexshun an make the ground
tired. That wouldn't do. 90 l rolled
over: one! two! threc!-I can tell y.
my heart thumped purity lively when I
rolled over that third timc-an' il could
afford to. fer the old brute snatched me
up by the claws Of one fore paw, c1
handy ez thet thar eat picked mp that
mouse . minnit ago! It didn't prick
none! Oh, NO!
IA ~ ONO0 y 1SSk AlAO C6 SGsSUH u AA0O
. pot hook run under my back hone,
an was being jerked around by it
then don't know how Il did feel But
the old ruffian war obleegin' enough to
land me face down, an, from the time
l lay with my nose agin thet rock. it
must have looked like ex tho war
mighty interested in it, geography.
''Howsomever. I concluded it war .
mighty good place ter leace. This time
l waited til the bar got well under
way with his nap. then I jumped to my
feet, leaped to the lower rock an mado
fur the tree - fast - Il war perlite
to run in thet kentry. could hear.
an nigh-a-most feel the old fury .
tarin' a'ter me like = cyclone. When I
got ter the tree I made . jump fer the
lowest limb. caught it. an swung ur
jest in time ter let his claws zip under |
me!
Il never saw man er beast half 90 |
crazy ez thet bar war when he could
sec me up thar in that tree, an couldn't {
git me! You'd . tho't he'd a-eat his
sef up-an' howl!-you could . heerd
him fer two miles!
The other boys heerd the naclet |
IN knowed what was up They crept
up On the old chap while he was
:hawin' an clawin' away s4 my roost |
n tree, an sent i've balls inside his |
hide. an he went to sleep 50 sound that |
he wouldn't = woke MP II the whole |
mountain bed turned over.
no thank'e! Idont care ter play
nouse W Gxissly agin''
Eol11ss oasssSSs