St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1895-03-16

being pulled back to q hand-to-han,
tussle with the bear. Holding to tn
tree with one arm ne quickly unbu,
toned his suspenders. At the mex
yank the bear gave it stripped Jack
sons trousers from him as the skin j
taken off an eel and tumbled backwar,
on the ground. When the bear got n
jackson had caught the branches an,
pulled himself out of reach.
AS he was settling himself in tn
tree something entered his line of vi
sion that came near tumbling him T.
the ground, it startled him SO. On
little knoll, not ten yards away, stoo
the big and aggravating buck. it
head high in the air, looking on at tn
lively circus the bear and the hunte
had been having, 'and lookin' tickle,
half to death, too" jackson said, after
ward.
Il don't s'pose you got any kind o
an idee how a feller feels up tree OF
a frosty day without any trousers on,
Jackson went on, with q durn aggra
vatin' deer starin' at you an actuall,
lookin' as If he could hardly keep from
Dustin right out a-laughin', an a big
bear standin' under you. holdin' tn,
trousers he skinned of o you, an kint
O. lookin' as if he didn't know whether
to git skeert an run. or git madder an
climb the tree and skin you son,
more. l don't s'pose you have any kind
OF an idee how feller feels in q d.
like that, but he don't feel as il he wa.
settin' by his fire side eatin' cruller.
an' drinkin' cider!'
From what friend jackson has t.
say about the matter the bear must
have been SO surprised at the strange
| escape Of the hunter that the more il
pondered over the matter the uneasiel
it became. After looking from the
trousers up at jackson and from Jack
| son down at the trousers, two or three
times, the bear turned abruptly and
iimped away as fast as he could, disap
pearing in the brush OF in the direc'
tion of the creek. The buck still re
mained on the knoll. spectator.
'Jist you wait there till l climt
down ont o. this tree an git my Trousers
on!" said jackson. Then I'll tend tc
your mutton"
jackson was half way down the tree
when. with an ugly snort and every
bristle erect. the buck came praDcing
from the knoll toward him.
"a toy monkey" says jackson,
couldn't clim his stick quicker'n
got back into that tree!'
But that little piece of fun with
jackson seemed to satisfy the buck,
and. after looking at him for q mo-
ment where he perched shivering on q
limb, the deer bounded away in the
same direction the bear had gone.
jackson waited a good while before he
ventured to the ground, though. for he
wasn't sure but the aggravating and
eccentric buck was only hiding near
by, waiting for e chance to pouncs up.
on him and make lot more trouble
for him. But the buck wasn't Jack.
son replaced his trousers and the boot
the bear had stripped from him, and
sat down to think the matter over.
THAT unprecedented buck has gone
straight for the creek" he said, land
now If Phil Sourbeer is any good he'll
lay low and bore hole clear through
him with both bar'ls an we'll lug the
aggravatin' cuss home rejoicin.."
Hy and by jackson started over to
ward the creek to see how Phil wai
making out He had gone half mile
or SO. when he met Phil.
Ibid you plug him, Phil?" said Jack
son. "Huilo! What makes you SC
wet? Did you have to rassel him in
the creek?"
Phil was dripping wet from head ia
foot.
'Rassel nothin,," said he Say,
'tain't safe to hunt that buck"
burned if l don't think you're
right" replied jackson. what did
he mix up with? Bear?"
''Bear an wildcatsv said Phil 81
was settin' behind a tree over on the
banks o. the creek. waitin' fer him tc
come along SOS l could plug him,
when suddenly heard a noise behind
me. Hooked around an there come a
bear out O. the brush, walkin' on three
feet an lookin' worried.
Ding YER says !, I'll stop your
worryin'v l hauled up an gave him
one barl right in the face. but bird
shot never was worth nothin', l don't
suppose. to knock over bear with, an
this one jist blinked an winked q lit
tie an limped back into the bushes an
out O. sight IGot q thinking what o
aluss I mowt a got IN q peggin' away
at bear with bird shot, an the more
l thought Of it the more I could see
the danger there was in huntin' that
eonsarned buck, an burned il didn't
get to feelin' skeery. kinas. laic
back to stiddy up my nerves . little,
when right above me, layin' on q limb
of the tree l was settin' by, was q
slammin' big wildcat! It was lookin'
straight down at me an gettin' ready
to jump.
There wasn't no use O. me layin'
on me and claw me without doin'
nothin'. SO banged t'other barl at
this new danger the aggravatin' buck
had run me agin. The wildcat gave
q yell an q Jump. but he jumped
clean over me an broke for the
woods. Then my nerves was all
gone an laid back wcaker'n . sick
cat. When come to l thought
a big rain had come on. I pis up an
was it rainin' on me? Wuss than that.
That tarnal buck had come along an.
was standin' in the middle o the creek
kickin' water on to me As If it was
comm ont o pumps! That buck'll be
the death o somebody yit mind II it
amt"
Nobody had killed this cantanker.
GUS fve-prong buck ut last accounts.
and folks are anxioua
I'VE don't blame the beers or wild.
cats" they say. ''for lookin' out for
themselves It's the cussedness o. the
aggravatin' buck a-runnin' of us agin
'em that's worryin' of us an maxim Of
us skeery."-N. Y. Sun.
Down through the ether hurl con.
stellations; up from their earth-bed !
wake the carnations I laugh in the
flame rs I kindle and fan it; l crawl in
the worm; leap in the planet. Forth