The Van Buren press., 1895-04-13

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a heerd fer a miled thut steer made a
plunge. He lsetched that wolf, as We
nowt say, just about 'midships. Hc
ketched 1t with them horns, zipl an
the wolf was laid open like ye mowt
cut watermelon, half I'M half
II want well fer month arter that,
but the steer didn't seem to mind the
scrimlnago bit. 1t seemed to wake
him up to an idee that life had sumpin
In it that he hadn't lsnowed afore. He
wouldn't stan 1t no more to be shet ur
In his shed, but was bound to be left
out in the yard. So let him have his
way. One mornin' found seven dead
wolves strewed In the yard an outside
the fence. Mother mornin' found
nine, an they was ripped an stomped
uncommon awful Arter that, wolves
| give that clearin' o. mine the go-by,
tell ye, an was sorry, fer the eteer
| jist pined an pined, an one night
jumped the fence an went away. ]
couldn't find him to git him back, but
heerd on him now an then. He was
spendin' his time In the woods huntin
wolves, an when the last wolf that
was left in the Injin creek deestric' got
lonesome an dug out to'ards the set
tin sun, think that steer follered his
trail, cause | never heerd o. him nor
the wolf ag'in.
Zone night woke up, down yonder
on the clearin, an heered my two pigs
a squealin', an my COW an the oxen
bellerin' an thumpin'i in the barn like
rs if they'd kick it down.
"'susan,' says to the old woman,
'tha's n most onheerd of rumpus goin'
on out there among the critters says.
".Seemsso, Job says she. Git up,
She says, an go see what's a-stirrin'of
'em up
SOL got up an slid my clothes on,
an hustled out to see what the fuss
was all nbout. The moon was shinin'
most like day, an as 1 .trottedl over
to'ard the pig pen ! see what the
trouble was. Two big bears was In the
pen workin' their very pootiest to hist
one O. my pigs out over the side O. the
pen, which was only sort of a square
concern, laid up with logs four foot
high.
Pork Is porlsr says 1 hain't ben
a-feedin' them pigs up to this notch O.
heft for bears to come in an lug off,
says.
$50 run back to the cabin an got
my gun. II the gun had had sumpin'
in 1t with more business to 1t than pi-
geon shot, the hull trouble would ben
settled consarned quick. Pigeon shot
was all 1t had in, though, an If Susan
herself hadn't been loaded fer bear, l
dunno know how things would come
out. When l run back fer the gun,
says:
q Susan says /, 'bearsl They'm
talkin' away our pork" r- q
Be thcy?' says Susan, gittin' up an
griffin her teeth. Most astoundin'
woman, Susan was. BE they% says
she. Well see about thatl'
"Susan didn't even stop to put her
stockins on. She grabbed q double
bittcd ak, an hollerin' fer me to come
on with the gun rushed out to hev Q
little argument with them bears.
"The bears was still strugglln' to git
the sqiealin' pig over the fence, an the
cattle was thumpin' an kickin' an bel
lerin, sympathizin' with the pigs, an
tryin' to skeer the bears away. Me an
Susan got to the pen, an rested my
gun on the top log O. the fence an
blazed away. The end O. the gun bar'l
want two feet away from one O. the
bears, but my nerves must ben a
leetle upset, for instead o borin' hole
clean through the BEARS head only
jis { shot away his fore paw. That was
sumpin the bear wouldn't stand with
out findin' fault If I'd a-bored hole
through his head he wouldn't q said q
word. But to hev his usefulness
knocked inter o cooked hat by the
blowin' off o one O his paws was too
much, an he lifted up his voice an
made the woods ring and my hair raise
at the same time. An he come fer me-
So did t'other bear.
"'Good-by, Susan says I. I'm see
you ag'in when Gabriel blows
'"Cause thought my time had come.
"'Ye1l see me at breakfastr says
Susan. an she riz her ak an sunk 1t
clean to the handle in the we'll bears
brain. The bear dropped back into
the pen an never said another word,
but the AK was sot SO deep in its head
that Susan couldn't yank it out, an as
the bear fell back 1t wrenched the ham
die outcn her hands. The wounded
bear came right on. My gun didn't
hev no load in it, an Susan's weepon
bein' stuck in tother bears head inside
the pen, we was in pooty ticklish quar-
ters, an was SO dumfuddled that l
guess I'd squatted right down an let
the bear chaw me up, but Susan was
there. slN.o.t .lU r4 N ft ii9If
''Job,' says she, 'scoot" Va
"An' scootcd an she scooted. We
scooted fer the house, the darn ugly
bear limpin' arter us on three feet. We
got in the house jist in time to shet the
door in the bears face. Great Jem-
imal how he did howl an roar an
scrapel He was bound to git in an
hev it out with us. jist wilted down
an bellercd. say 1t now. That's
what done. But Susan! had KEEP
holt O the gun. an she grabbed it an
loaded it. The bear was bangin' an
howlin' ut the door. When she had
loaded the gun Susan flung the doc,
open. I iN istI
"'Come in!' says she. This is cold
night wouldn't hev ye stay out
there an suffer, not fer double-geared
sawmill! says she. ....-t..l. ...
s'The bear come a bouncin' in on three
feet, an his mouth wide open. Susan
| list socked the muzzle O the gun ag'in
the bears upper jaw an whanged
| nuau The ton q, his head flew of