The Logan County banner. [volume] (Logan, W. Va.) 1889-1903, 1891-10-22

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off a leetle to one side, an seed tibet
performance I'd laughed ter split
an, eff / hadn't ben quite SO clost, I'd a
done it as twas, but reckoned as
'twpuldn't be. discreet-least way I'd
better saveita few minnits. We navi-
gated Gown that ar slope till struck
a lig fiat rock that formed a shelf,
leavin' dropof about eight feet to the
ne xt rock below
'Soon's we got onto the first rock the
grizzly clawed halt. Luck war on
my side, fer when stopped rollin,
war on my stomach-side, ready to
jump.
"The sun came down bilin'-hot, in
the open space, an it pcard 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
warn't goin' ter be cheated out ov it..
So he Hoped down side O me, an went
ter sleep, or ruther bout ez had con-
Guided tibet he war asleep. he'd roll up
one eye. much ez ter say %, I'm
watchin' YEP Ez these cat maps
seemed ter grow longer, I made up my
mind that the time had come to try my
leetle game. -
81 waited till both the brute's eyes
war shut, an then began to crawl fur
the edge of the rock 1t war mighty
slow work, an hadn't got morn
three feet away when he pulled up the
lid ter one eye, reached out his old paw,
with the claws run out full length, an
hauled me back.
ut had ben a bad move, an, besides,
]. didn't know how much more NV that
kind NV foolin' the old chap would
stand without gettin', riled. So. l jest
laid on my back till I knowed I'd Spite
my complexshun an make the ground
tired. That wouldn't do, so | rolled
over one. two. three! Il can tell We
my heart thumped purity lively when l
rolled over that third time-an' it could
afford to, fer the old brute snatched me
up by the claws of one fore paw, ez
handy ez tibet thar cat picked up that
mouse a minnit ago! 1t didn't prick
none! Oh, mol
"Ef it didn't feel like ez though had
pot hook run under my back bone,
an was being jerked around by it,.
then ] don't know how it did feel. But
the old ruffian war obleegin' enough to
land me face down, an, from the time
lay with my nose agin tibet rock, it
must have looked like ez tho ! war
mighty interested in its geography.
ssHowsomever, concluded it war a
mighty good place ter leage This time
| waited til the bar got well under
way with his nap. then jumped to my
feet, leaped to the lower rock an madc
fur the tree as fast as it war perlite
to run tibet kentry I could hear,
an nigh-aemost feel the old fury q
tarin' a'ter me like a cyclone, When |
got ter the tree made jump fer the
lowest limb. caught it, an swung up
Jest in time ter let his claws zip under
mel
II never saw man err beast half so
crazy ez tibet bar war when he could
see me up thar in that tree, an couldn't
cit me! You'd tho't he'd a-eat his
self np-an' .howl!-you could "a heerd
him fer two miles!
1.-THE other boys heerd the racket
an knowcd what was up. They crept
up on the old chap while he was
chawin' an clawin' away at my roost-
in tree, an sent five balls inside his
hide, an he went to sleeps sound that
he wouldn't woke up If the whole
mountain he'd turned over.
mo, thanke! don't care ter play
mouse ter grizzly agin!''
FORREST CRIssEY. .