The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1895-01-11
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were troublesome, and he had 10 use
his rifle almost as much as MS axe
lie killed stacks OF bears, and by ana
by We noticed that every bear he sbot
through the head had a way OF whirl-
ing itself around so that It's head
would be where It's tail was ut the
time my uncle shot, and the whirl
was made so blamed quick that the
bear would be turned end to before II
had time to drop dead. My uncle
could never figure out what made the
bears take that amazing Yhirl when
ever they got a ball in their brain,
but he supposed the ball sort o mixed
the nervous system Of the bear up in
Il way that gave him a lit of jerks that
| had to work itself out in the grand
end-to-end twist. I'm counting on
having Il lot Of fun with Hyde county
bear when l get down there, giving
them that shot behind the left ear,
and seeing 'cm wnifT hind end fore
most where they stand.
"Tliere we're a good many deer, too,
down in the Rolypoly country, and
for more than Il month my uncle had
been trying to lay low n particular
big buck. but the buck was tho smart
for him, and Just as good us laughed
at all that was done to gather him IN.
In those days they didn't have any
doble-barrcled rifles, and when Il man
fred once and didn't kill, whatever he
fired at had Il good chance to get a
mile away before Il hunter could re-
load his gun. This old buck knew
this as well as if he carried a gun
himself. and the way lie used to ma
ncuyer to get some other deer to draw
my uncle's fire. and then bounce out
Of the brush right in front Of him,
and kick his heels. and snort and
prance, and show how good he felt
over his Smartncss. and then tear
away like !hc wind while my uncle
was putting the finishing touches to
his reloadlag, was enough to make =
preacher swear, and, ast mi.
WASH w'eh'n q 9ooo maf1}l ddgrce OF
being IA preacher, | havtN rchson To
believe that those RolJnoIv RIM
wooos hcard some astounding remarks
while that buck was pesteriinp him.
"Bnt he wasn't a man tol he fooled
with forever. my uncle wasn't. with
ont somebody would hear lsomctlhinp
drop. ana ny and ny ne Sized that
buck up and got on to his lwav of do
ing things, and after that the deer
that he let go by him withkut shoot.
ing at them, because he Hncw that
the ola DUCK was laying iFw to jumy
out and make fun Of him the minute
his gun WIS empty, he slid would
: h1e,fiflna 4 Rfftrh brrr Knsfycna
son. Nv 1new that this would excite
the buck before long and mhlhc make
him lose his head. and then the cum
ming old chap would get into trouble.
One day. my uncle was gainl through
the wmfS. keeping his eve peeled,
when along came Il sonsing big bear,
twenty rods away. The bdar appar-
emily didn't see my uncle, and stopped
in an open space.
"'lll lbct So said my untlc, that
Duck mas done something to burn that
bear ont in front of me. and lis watch.
in and waitin' for me to dmpty m,
gun TAT itr
$50 M" uncle stood STILL, and tn,
bear, stood stlll. This went 1pn a goot
while, and then something began I,
move in the bushes off to ohe side O
the opening between my Uncle ant
the bear.
AHA. said my uncle. NTbough
so! The ding-blasted buck 1ls Iayin
in there, and is gittin' tired ;fl.waitin
for me toI belch my gum
: st wasn't long before my ID ncle sa,
a deer'4 head pushed part otkthe wa
out of the bushes. He recognized |
as the smart old bucks head. Til
buck was taking a closer snrv(cy d
the field to see what was delahyin
mattersh Now, an ordinary ma
would have put a bullet right TIM Dug
that head and settled the hash otI tn,
a~ggrayating deer then and there ~
my uncle just grinncd and hid
himself, and did a little calculal
Then he pulled up and took
You'd think, of course, that he Al
at the buck, but he didn't. He Isl
at the bear, which stood right Y U
u had stopped. The minute iii ,
cracked cut. sprapg the buck toIssE
Its usual fun with my nncle. Bull
hadnt more than landed In the o1kn.
ing between my uncle and the hk,r.
than u dropped like a ton OF lad,
gave two or three kicks and Was
deadcr than a meat Ike. Ny uncle
went up to the dead buck, gloat,ng
and c~huckling, and took a look at il.
"'Jlst what thought = said he.
"Therf was /; bullet plumplln lid.
bucks heart. Ten rods on thd other
side Of TIE deer lay the bear, Just as
dead as The buck was. It's head Law
on the ground right where its nina
feet had been when my uncle Shot Az
it. He had given 1t n OF his nerve
twisting and jerking shots ripl,t
through the head. The bear had
Topped end.to so quick that ~
brought its other side around toward
l ~ ~ II. I 1870 - -