Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1895-01-31

sion that came near tumbling him Il
the ground, II startled him 80. On I
little knoll, not ten yards away, stoo.
the big and sggravsting buck, it
head high in the air, looking on ct tn,
lively circus the bear and the hunter
had been having, and lookin' ticllled
half to death. too" Jackson said, after
ward.
Il don't s'poss you got any kind Of
IN ides how TELLER feels up tree on
. frosty day without any trousers on, "
Jackson went on, with durn agra.
vatin' deer starin' At you an actually
lookin' Is II he could hardly keep from
Dustin right out a-laughin', ana big
bear standin' under you, holdin' the
trousers he skinned of O you, an kind
o lookin' as II he didn't know whether
TO git skeert an run, or git madden an
climb the tree and skin you some
more. ! don't spose you have any kind
OF an idee how Teller feels In Z Ax
like that, but he don't feel as II he was
ssttn' by his fire side eatin' crullers
sn' drinkin' ciderv'
From what friend Jackson has IL
say about the matter the bear must
have been so surprised at the strange
escape of the hunter that the more II
1 pondered over the matter the uncasicr
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
limpcd away as fast as no could, dsap-
pearinR In the brush of In tho direc.
ton Of the creek. The buck still 70.
manned on the KNOLL spectator.
"Jist you wait there till climb
down out o this tree m git my trousers
on" said jackson. Then IN tend to
your mutton"
Jackson was half way down the tree,
when, with an ugly snort and every
bristle erect, the buck came prancing
from the knoll toward him.
"A toy monkey" says jackson,
Couldn't a elm his stick quicker'n /
got back into that trecl'
But that little piece Of fun with
jackson seemed to satisfy the buck,
and, after looking at him for mo.
mcnt where he perched shiverlng on q
limb, the deer bounded away In the
same direction the bear had gone.
Jackson waited good willis 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 chance to pouncc up
on him and make a lot moro 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, "and
now If Phil sourbeer is any cool he'll
lay low and bore hole clear through
him with both bar'ls IN we'll lug the
aggravatin' cuss home rejoicin."
By and by jackson started over to.
ward tho creek to see how Phil was
making out lie had gone half mile
or so, when he met Phil.
did you plug him, Phl?" said Jack
son. "llullo! What makes you 50
wet2 Did you have to russell him in
the creekp"
Phil was dripping wet from head to
foot.
"Russel nothin," said he "Say. |
faint safe to hunt that buck"
burned II don't think you're
right" replied Jackson. "What did
he mix up with? liearP"
Bear an widcats!" said Phil ~
was settin' behind tree over on the
banks O the creek, waltin' fer him to
come along sos | could plug him,
when suddenly | heard noise behind
me. looked around IN there come
bear out o the brush. wall,In' on threo
feet an lookin worried
"Dlng YER saws |. III ston vour
worryin'r hauled up nm rovo him
one bar'l right In the face Init bird
shot never was worth notbln', / don't
suppose to knock over bear with an
this one fist bllnl:cd an wlnked n iii.
tie an limped back into tho bushes nm,
out O. sight, rot thlnLinr what n
muss mowt n rot In n nsy5ln, o,v,v
at bear with bird shot. mn tho mora
! thought of it tho more | could zoo
the danger there was in buntln, that
buck an burned II dllnp
get to fcelin' slseerv. kinder loid
back to Study UP nv nerve, n little
when right ahovs ,o l.r,n, on I,nsl
Of tho tree | was settin' bv VIVA
biz wildcat, II was loolIn'
straight down at me an gcttjn, reodv
to jump
"There wasn't no uso o. ma l,v,,,
there an lettin' tho catamorn, ,nmr