The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1895-05-10

StIlUlllltLt a DIT II seemed 10 wake
him up To an idec that life hal sumpir'
in il that ne hadn't llnowcd afore lie
wouldn't stan it no more To bc shet up
in his shed, but was bound to be left
out in the yard. 80 ! let him have his
way. One mornin' | found seven dead
wolves Strcwcd in the yard an outside
the fence Mother mornin' | found
nine. an they was ripped an stomped
uncommon awful! Artcr that. wolves
give that clcarin o mine the go-bv. l
tell ye, an | was sorry, fer the steer
jist pined an pinned, an one night
jumped the fence an went away. ]
couldn't find him to gIt him back, but
| hecrd on him now an then. lie was
spendin' his time in the woods huntiu'
wolves. an when the last wolf that
was left in the Injin creek dcestric' goJ
lonesome an dug out to'ardS the set
tin sun. think that steer follered his
trail. cause | never heerd q him nor
the wolf ag'in.
One night l woke up. down yonder
on the cIcarin. an hccred my two pigs
a squraliu. an my COW an the oxen
bellerin' an thumpin' in the barn like
a, if they'd kick it down.
&c Susan. | SAYS to the old woman.
.tha's a most onhccrd of rumpus goin'
ON out there among the critters, | says.
Seems 50. lob says she. Cit up
she says, an go see what's a-stirriu' of
'em up
SO got up an slid my clothes on.
an hustled out to see what the fuss
was all about. The moon was shinin
most like day, an as l trotted over
to'ard the pig pen ! see what the
trouble was. Two big bears was in the
pen worllin' their very pootieSt to hist
one q my pigs out over the side q the
pen, which was only a sort of square
concern, laid mp with logs four foot
high.
Pork is pork I says 1 hain't ben
a-fccdin' them pigs up to this notch q
heft for bears to come in an lug Off |
says.
so run back to the cabin an got
my gun. If the gun had had sumpin'
in it with more business to it than pi-
gcon shot. tie hull trouble would ben
settled conSarncd quick. Pigeon shot
was all it had in. though. an if Susan
herself hadn't been loaded fer bear,
dunno know how things would come
out. When l run back fer the gun, l
says:
e Susan says l. bears! They'm
talJin' away our pork
'' BE they says Susan, gittin' up an
griffin her teeth. Most astoundiE'
woman, Susan was. BE they says
she. Well see about that!
Susan didn't even stop to put her
stoc|sin'S on. She grabbed Il double
hittrd aN. an hollerin' fer me to come
ON with the gun rushed out to hcv a
little argument with them bears
''"he bears was still StruggIin' To git
the Squealin pig over the fence. an the
cattle was thumpin' an llicIlin' an bel
lcriu'. sympathizin with the pigs. an
Try IN To- Nllccr the bears away Me an
Susan got To the pen, an ! rested my
gun ON the top iog % the fence an
hlazed away. The end a. tine gun har'l
want two feet away from one q the
bears, but my nerves must ben a
lcctlc upset. for instead O bnrin' hole
ccan through the bears mead | only
jist shot away his fore paw That was
sumpin the bear wouldn't stand with
out findin fault. If Id a-borod hole
through his head ne wouldn't said
word. Hut to hcv his usefulness
knocked inter a cooked nat ny the
BLOWN Off q one - his paws was too
much. an he lifted MP his voice an
made the woods ring and my hair raise
at the same time. An he come fer me.
80 did tothcr bear.
'''Guod-by. Susan says l. III see
you ag'in when Gabriel blows
Cause thought my time had come.
'NeU see me at breakfast Savs
Susan. an she riZ her aX an sunk il
clean t. the handle in the well bears
brain. The bear dropped back into
the pen an never said another word.
hut the AN was SOt 50 deep in its head
that Susan couldn't yanll 1t out, an as
the bear fell back it wrenched the han
die outen her hands. The wounded
bear came right on. My gun didn't
hcv no load in il. an Susau'S wcepon
beiu' stuck in t'other bears head inside
the pen, we was in pooty ticklish quar-
tcrs, an l was So dumfuddled that
guess Td a squatted right down an let
the bear chaw me up, but Susan was
there.
job says she, 'scootr
An | scootcd an she scooted We
scooted fer the house, the darn ugly
bear Iimpin' arter rs on three feet ",
got in the house jist in time to shet tn,
door in the bears face. Great Jem
ina, how he did howl an roar an
scripe. He was bound to git in an
(
! za' bcllercd. | say it now That
! what | done. But Susan, l had ken
| holt q the gun. an she grabbed it =.
! loaded it. The bear was bangin' an
| howlin' at the door. When she ha,
/ loaded the gun Susan flung the doc
| open.
e. Come in says she. This is a col,
night! | wouldn't hev We stay on
/ there an suffer, not fer a double-geare,
sawmill" says She.
| The bear come Il bOuncin' in on thre,
feet, an his mouth wide open Susal
jist socilcd the muzzle o the gun ag'ir
the bears upper jaw an whanEe,
away. The top o his head flew of
like scttin' off blast in quarry Ill
tumblcd on the floor. an Susan yanlle,
him out in the yard fore he had tim
to muss up the floor with a drop c
blood as big as a siXpence!
An that's the way it usety go, dowl
on that clCarin'. fore was a widdercr
That was forty-tive year ago an better
an things is different now But wha
a woman my Susan was!'-N. Y. sun
He Was Too Critical
Everybody is familiar with the az
verse criticisms passed by shopllccpeI
on articles not purchased from theI
Here is an instance: \ woman had
handsome PuS>i1D 81 bI,, skin pr.rSpnta