Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1895-01-31

TzAr etEs HTxTISs nAE. xKeK oTxx
oa-s lay under THE sA@a0~ of hEs
mighty srssas- Blood aa5 soaa zxr-
-Oori1x FROM his moafh- his coas wAs
ali a.sS-iv and hla-rsy- his rT~S were
ahlzze with L. B~rs@rk light u hatsl-
and i T-zs sviaen; thz; e Intended -
run 10 further noeasiozailr a dog
~ozid dash NJ hiD- xnA ke wrelG
swing eus % his mighty paws rish
suros enough 20 XII an OK ~ Il s1rzek
the dog. that eur's hznizax davs werv
over. bat Eszzlly the dog zould 5czx-
and another on= rrozld engage the h-4r
On the other ss1e. Il was disSczl- 20
shoo. th- hear -i-hozf striking th~
dogs- aithouxh every .~- minutes
-.puse BODY groGia s~rd RE ballet izro
the brute. bat Lad seen<ss 70 have 10
power 10 xiii hin
Old FerEEson wss Enpiz. a-uzz6
yelling like an Indian znd swearing
Ike pagan tie ~zs trying 20 ret the
dogs OF. - ~ oszid gre tie es=- d
grace zifho1- danger % tAe-z- Ard
with tire -xeepssen = Ball. tAey p@id
no sftentioa - hin- BAH was eager
20 sal IN and have II cut With the h1z-
bat he was too well-trzin~d ard ssaoG
By Ferzu~on with one paw zPlffsess ard
quirerfng with exritezneut After the
hear had killed his nizth dog old Fer
g1Son eruSs.3 the STREAM and z-.sSnx
or the hank zh-or. the h@zr. iri-d 70
xet a down shot al him TIE h4nk w1s
slightly orerhznxlnx and tae earth xzs
lo-osened by r~oent r1saS- Just a.
Ferguson had drawn his hes1 At
the top 81 the h~sr's beA1-
which the ru1zzie q the gun zeA-sy
toaebed. the hans e1veSL F-rgzsoz AID
zhoGf fw0 hundred p.Sun2s of cir- f-ll
on the h-Ar- who rolled over CO ais
hack FerxuSen ~zs mp Srs.- a1d
started 70 ran The h-ar saw hin and
with denouiAezl xr0~l rusA@d n.
him Th~r- wz< not two Sect su&o-
e<szeea Ferzusozis eoattsil< az6 tie
bars no~<- and th~y we're hes6eS 20
w2rsi a. -. q eoarse. ne eozlzn's
shoot ;h0aght I, Was all Ep wf-h
FerxlE~on- zn1 - u wczld hare h---
bot for the dog Ball That noble AM
-aal knew a. u>ll a. ] knew that z he
grzbh@d that b~zr IN froaf he wNs n
dead dog. bot ~ also knew that he
eouiGz't Sar- bis master BY an attack
in the rear az that stage q fAe zzze-
With = ErpHl as Serve a. th2s q the
hear h@ dzs5ed between Fe-xu~oa and
the infnriA.ed heAst azd >eeu-ed q
throat hold In thirty se@oz6s the
bear crushed the dox's rihs with blozE
Of his paw then mashed his skull with
one bite Of his rren<zdO1s laws. but IN
the same thirty Seconds Ferxuson wAs
O1t q harms way and . sfty-<sx-cali-
Der ballet tron ny RE p4s.ed th-czxh
the bezr's hr1in-
III was all over ard ths h.x he.- Was
dad bat he bad made gallant sxht
There were olly seventeen do<s alive
out Of the pack II t~enty-atre. ard one
% th.s<< had % be shos he xss <ound-
I'd - hadly- Old Eergzsor dr0pped
right down by the body Of Ball and
cried Ike a chii5 Aad- by George. ]
cred Ey~~lf. for Il ever dog died Ike
hero that sane Bah did
Well sir eo1rinned The -ar from
The eotso0S after blowing his zose as
. trsbu-e 70 old Ferxl~czis dog Ball,
10 slow yo1 What 10. Of xillinx thz;
bear took ne foand When we dre<S~c
hiz thzt tkere ~<-e nineteen rise bal
lets in his body. and AZ cf them had
p@S~-1 throuEh his heart Get bez,
hated up an1 hx's awful hard - Ill
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