Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1891-04-09
NATHAN'S BEAR HUNT.
How He and His Wife Went After
the Turnip Eater.


wedding ms lettuce. ard was Just IN
the at 81 doing a little ehopping 20
onions when Long Jake stepped over
the garden fence and stood in front Of
him.
Moruin'. old man
bowdy. Jake
''Old man. said Jake. thruSting his
hands down deep in his pockets and
dropping down on the bean arbor. be-
in a. have been woriin 80 steady Of
lat. knocked Oft for to-day thought
I'd ike little rest. you know; every
fellow does mostly. SPo~e you take a
holiday too. an wen 90 for a hunt
>immins SAYS bar tracks was seen
down By the Pint P'raps we might
tum hls. crost p ar.
-Mebby 80, Jake replied Nathan.
n he took the guild of tobacco from his
mo-uth. stuck il on his hoe-handle and
~catcfh imSelf on head Of eabbage-
-mcbby 80. but more an likely the
b ar i tumble ross us. Look here, mar,
did you ever XII 4 bar
'-No. sir
Did you ever see once
No. -cept IN ci-cuScs.~ answered
Jake. slowly
Then you better not tackle bars
You don't know uothin' bout en-
There's a. much difference tween a
show bar an one In the woods a. there
j. tween me an a mule. Them in cir
cusss j. made 20 order, has "a be draxed
up. vou know. - A. the cage. II they
won't. why no ten; in the country
a a A. -.
the mornin man II you want To see
what a outlandish thing bar j.. you
mus sse him in The woods; then he's in
has element an ~urt's nav names Ma
than you'd think he was an elephant
Let me tell You something bout
these crceterS. and when ! get through
Il you are still struck ON huntin b ar
III Not say word agin H. When we
vas Twin in Mississippi gar5iened for a
Twin. Just a. do now. an there want
man rOun who made as tine turnups
a. did ! remember that in p-rtic lar
he'd one bed bout eighty foot Squar'
chuck full Of milky W. ite igrnups
pretty nigh a. big a. your head Well
that bed was the pride Of my heart
They was a sight At first one was
rough to last u all day. an after while
we just took half Of one an sent other
| half to Miss Jones. our neighbor. who
was an old maid an not very good at
I raisint things
"Neil. one day Cinda came in putin
an BLOWN like some old steam engine
She drap down in a chair. an rollin'
her eyes bout like somethin' was
n.
than. every last turuup's gone. There
ant leaf left IF none II en- I'm
tircd of that kind Of business. Last
week that old Pc calf of Miss Hannous
brOlSs. of picket and stole turnup
70 ! could catch him Bet faint moth
IN hut him Git your gun. Nathan. an
III take the broom Wen just go down
IN that old brier patch, where tina,
beast stays. an fix him 80 he won;
poster our crops no more
Il was mad a. a wildcat 30. while
Cinda was putin on her sun-bonnet an
IooLin' for the broom. loaded up my
gun When both OF Us was ready we
started down the road that led 10 that
{ brier- patch an II you had seer Us you d
thought We was out for a week 5
camp IN a xou.is filled with wolves for
that's Just y hat we looked like TWAS
right smart Of 4 walk. 80 long fore we
got there CInda got ~ tired that she
had "a take her sun-bonnet of
We was bout an hour yettin' there.
an when We did we didn't see nothin'
bat ourselves. looked at Cinda an
began u euss was - mad cause
there want nothin' for me Ia shoot
Cinda looked al me and said You
needn't he Uneasy; he's in thar. he has
- stav out ~ sight 70 keep folks from
laughin AZ him He ant only po. but
thar ant much hair eft on him - he's
sorter shamed- you know. There's a
place - - in that thici<et somewh here:
And i first. then you 4 b. all right Have
your gun ready We went ruun' and
roun that place. but blesss,i Il ySs found
where the door was We was rather
tired a. first but now we was tired all
over again Cinsia sayss Never mind
old man, Z TX him- You ut on that
side and I 7 stay here. and when call
hirn out yoa shoot can give him n
wh2ck with the bruosu zfterwa-Si' All
right. avs l. 60 ahead
--Cinda begrzn- and saia -Suke. sake
AL was sick of hearin' il an she .icx
~ sayin' il. Then she walked up close
Ia the brisrs. took hold Of vine that
was runnin' through il. an commenced
pullin' an shal<in' for All 81. was worth
There was an awful erackin-. an twice
thought heard Gurus nois-. DrrecL-
" Cfnda said; 7 So him the ugly. hate
full thing He don't look ike the same
po' old brown calf. them turnups is be-
comm TO him. sure He's got life in
him too. standin' up there on his hind
legs an GRIMM At me ike I was funny
lookin' III show him how To grin
With that she gived him a mighty
hard punch with the broom. hollered:
/ Lord have muSsy. look out Nathan.
an took 10 her heels. leavin' the broom
an her sunbonnet in the brier patch
When looked I'D the road 70 see wher-
she was gOin' % all saw vas her lef'
leg as IL few roun' the corner. I was
just on the pint Of gettin' 'stonished at
her when I heard noise right in front
of me like sonethin was ia 4 Rad hunror.
Lord j viii never forxit that time.
Right by me. staadin' on his hind legs
an shown every tooth he had was i
bar nigh onto big a. a horse-
For once IN ny If. was ske~red,
an skeersd bad Ny hair walked about
over ny head 'twss % brisaly. an
felt mighty es~ePy al down my back