Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1895-07-04


no dog was ever licked before, ant
when the fox let him 60 he went out O
tae woods like bush fire, and | coult
hear him yell for half mile. The
fox scootcd for some rocks near by ant
dropped out Of sight in hole.
looked the ground over and saw that
had that fox ali right cut long
forlied stick, showed II down In tn.
hole, twisted 1t good and strong into
the fox's hide, and with long pull and
q strong pull dragged him out.
"'rcn dollars from young Bill Lam
son, easy enoughp said |, and started
home with the live fox. hadn't gone
ten yards before zipl went big fat
coon past me SO fast 1t made me dizzy
and then zipi went another one pasl
me,
What in nature Is the matter will,
them coonsT said |, stopping to see 'em
o. soon found out, bounding right
on behind them was the biggest wild.
cat | ever saw.
"'Aye, aver said |. Wildcat wants
coon for supper, eh?'
Both coons plunked into the end Of
Q hollow log that lay not far away.
The wildcat when 1t saw me stopped,
gave an ugly growl or two, and then
ran up a chestnut tree ten rods or SO
further on, where 1t crouched on q
limb and glared and growled at me.
"Well, Jehiel Pettibone, said |, II
you ever doubted that the greatest
boon to man was to be born on the
Sinnemahone, doubt no morev
Saying which, took off my suspe nd.
crs, tied the legs Of the fox with 'em
and laid him down at tho root Of .
tree Then went over to the hollow
10y and stopped the end up with q big
pine knot. The wildcat kept his fiery
eyes on Inc all the while, and I s'pose
wondered what under the blue canopy
! was driving Mt lie found out pretty
quick. As soon as had shut the coons
in the log | picked up my gun and
sailed toward the tree where the wild.
cat was glazing and splitting and get
ting madden and madder, think he
made up his mind to jump on me once,
Just for luck, but he didn't do H. NY
bullet plinked him square between the
eyes, md he was dead before he loft
the tree.
"'This is filling orders the way
orders ought to be filled, said l. I'll
take the fox and the wildcat home
now and come back and get the
coons.
u picked up the wildcat, but hadn't
taken three steps before | heard some.
thing smashing Its way through the
thick brush of to my right.
Cant be that one o my cows has
got away and into tho swamp said l,
VI put the wildcat down and rushed
into the thiclsct. hadn't gone a rod
before discovered that It wasn't any
Of my cows thrashing In there. 1t was
a wholloping big bear, with a heavy
steel trap on one Of his forepaws. The
bear saw me as soon as | saw him, and
made for me. He didn't get to me,
though Two bullets put him out Of
all the pain the trap gave him.
"''rhe fox said |, the coons, the
wildcat, the bear. That comes pretty
near filing the bill, must get out Of
these woods right away. or III more
than likely be gathering in lot Of
stuff hain't got any orders for.
~ took the wildcat and the fox home.
went back to the woods with a feed
bag lpunched the coons out Of the
log into the bag and took them home.
Then ! dragged the bear in on a stone
drag From the time pulled tho fox
out Of the rocks until | tumbled the
bear In the thicket was lust thirteen
minutes, II took longer than II
ought to. | might have known
the way things were running. that
the bear would be along, too, and
so | ought to been ready and
done It in ten minutes. hut II
wasn't bad Sixty dollars in thirteen
minutes, not counting the fun, wasn't
bad. And never saw the bob.tailcd
dog again. Queer run O. luck, wasn't
1t? II Dan Haynaker hadn't died his
widow wouldn't have rallied off the
sorrel mare with the dog for an induce.
ment. II | hadn't won the mare |
wouldn't have had tho dog, nor |
wouldn't have been dipping n hole Ia
set hItching post. II / hadn't been
digging the hole wouldn't have seen
the dog come back, and 70 bristling
over toward the woods And " the
dog hadn't gonc-hut what's the use?
There's the run O luck, plain enough.
What's the use O saying any moreqo
"sinnemahoneo exclaimed the man
in the variegated mackinaw Jacket,
'Knowin' you as | do, o course I set
here q won derin' why Apanias and
sparedl But. fer all that I conld