The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-02-06

when he landed he rolled over and over.
know 4 as how my bullet he'd done its
work. Siie heerd my gun crack. an afore
1 reached the deer he cum runnin' ID.
The buck vas sartinly D fine one.
an We had quite time a totin' him back
10 the shanty-praps a good mile, We
concluded that one deer a day wis all
we wanted, fer ye see IL wus our inten-
ton To set bear traps at night with the
parts o deer as We he'd no use fer. Wall.
We got 20 the hut all right an when we
got the deer skinned an Quartered we were
pleasel more n ever, fer he wus as fat as
Tat cd be. As is always my custom
aroun' Whar / know thar's pesky inquisi-
i've bears, We hung our venisOn on
Sapln 10 freeZe-or rather two saplin 3.
The way you do that is TO select a good
sized saplin an bend IL over an fasten
the venison near the top, then let her
spring back. Then, We see. the meat Is
out o. reach o. the bears. for they can't
climb a saplin' an don't hev gumption
nun TO bend the tree over-leastwise.
that's the way / always calkerlated.
WAL, that day Sile an l he'd Jerked
Nenlson Tor dinner an supper, an, bein
II WIS the first huntin' day out. we con-
cluded TO let the bear traps go that night.
We turned in airly. an the smell O. the
land.
Next mornin' when We poked our
heads out O doors what dye think we
larned? Wal. we kin bleeVe Il er not,
but every smitch of our veniSon on the
saplins he'd been kcrried on. Curst we
cum To the conclusion tibet somebody he'd
a trick on us.
"The job was a slick one. fer we cd
nuther see hide nor feather IN the way OF
signs, an l kin tell We me an Stle felt
kind o. blue over the thing. But then
ef luck wuz agin us at night II seemed
TO run our way durin the day, fer that
night whom We got back to the cabin We
he'd the quarters o two more deers. An
We put EN- right up on the Saplins roun'
the hut, same as the night afore. II wus
the only way we he'd O. keepin II. But
We made up our Minis we'd watch IL
that night. After gittin' a bite to eat me
an Sile went down in the ravine p'raps
good mile FIN the cabin, 10 bait our
bear traps, calkerlatin on only stayin'
an hour or so. But std o. that we war
down thar night onteT three hours fool
in aroun' hindin' feedin' groun' so as
to fasten the traps
1T was a bright moonlight night an
we just mOseycd along, gOin back en-
jOyin' the evenin', you know When we
got within earshot o our hut Sile stopped
an put his hand him his ear, saying
BY gosh, Hank! b'eeve thar's suthin' ;
at our venison. An Sile wus right We
stood stock still an we cd hear an all
fired gruntin' an a suealin' up by the
shanty Bears says both o. us at the
same time. Then we started TO sneak up
on the hut TO reckonnoiter. an say, We
just orter seed what we saw thar. We
see, it wus most as bright as day I'm the
moon, an we cd see plain fer seVral
rods or more.
THAR under one O. the saplin's whar
our venison hung on wus an ole she bear
he'd worked herself up the saplin fer ten
feet or more until il begun to bend over,
then she let herself swing out with her
forelegs wound roun' the sapln'. This
brought the top pretty well down toward
the groun an the cubs done the rest.
one o. the cubs wus "A settin on the groun'
on his hunkers' an the other little cuss
he'd climbed on his shoulders an wus a
reachin' our venison with his forepaws.
1t wus sight as good as a circus, but II
made Sile an me brissle up with fury.
While we stood lookin' on the durn cubs
got the venison loose an it en- down on
the gr0un' ker-plunk In the dirt. Then
We ought to see them bears go fer II.
Courst the ole one smacked an cuffed
the youngsters rOun' till she got a good
big share an let the other half go for
the young uns to fight about. Lucky fer
Sile an me, we got back just when the
durn critters wus tacklin' the furst sap
linful O. VenisOn.
"Waal, we kind O. picked out our game.
Both o. us he'd our guns along. Sile
lowed as how he'd shoot the ole bear,
an l aimed fer one o. the cubs. When
the guns cracked the bears scattered. but
'twar no use. When Sile an me shoots
we shoot to kill. A third shot finished
the second cub afore he he'd a chance to
git three lengths away, an he dropped in
his tracks. We got three more deer durin'
our stay, beside four bear