The Natchitoches enterprise., 1897-02-18
TWO IN a SINK HOLE.
4 KENTUCKY PRINTER NARRATEs 4
THRILLING EXPERIENCE.


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kketty muah everybody in che crowd
Aad told 8 story Of che gun or dog Or
hshpoie except printer who looked
anout aa much Like hunter or fisher
man e hs did Like 90 angel
It's yoax tpza nov. MuzBins. = snid
tne xep9reez.
never hunted anything hut beard
ss4 noaAes pKez aa hspoklyn, hs saids
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ne t1aeQ so feAA story
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8 40 go so0 .1A14A e a4At5 aAa Dee
Tore tnaEs quite long time before that
Asfsu "a ola henhncky. ana, gents !
d5a nunS there Nothing but coons
1neDoes e xoA e. 9 postum @ as littie
as + squirrel % Only dove ~ the dussT
Eeaas nut y Wa# nllef snnaN enyshzng cu
Assn'
was onay 2 ooys ana sezhaps thas
..s.o soLa'etn1ng q 90 Wasn +. Dus aidn'e
any dlAexens snens Ike ! 90 how
'.lla = was JUST sne nness On eaEtn and
~ AnAssasse Ana ms wan xaco hGneo0
A4 s.a AA n0 Were looking through ehs
sksA 4ss q parao1se. sscollece
'zno 9 1eg ezsiss was considerable o. .
= ,ssss'a'4 ooes pns ne Was 90 nnresdiesa
'saaa g onsss ana when % sreed any
.''..as ST hessao ae e ios p barking 81
49, s = someEoay oian's COME
LAZY 4.'aeA ne would gre 10 mp ana
81 A*ezs5 1es naoAe hzse3 Inc next thing
. = sssls, Sn9 nlent ! vas ous wasn nm
1. - 1913: aa'sa ea'sas : 2 e,ek eeazn
g 9 .'''s.A ss..s AsS W. IS q =
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- - /; &, s'..ss ~.
sna ez.rseT, arros.. !. Geld fr.x.so,ss tl,s
goods as fast al I couId "a II was (
ssubblo field with. sink holes like ven
fina All over Kentucky III the limestone
aarl.s. and The plaes was dark. Though
sIse n moon was inst beginning to show
ahova the woods was thinking more
sho.,t x7hat the .3no had than ANYTHING
zise. es,a AZ + wer,t banging through the
aals. c1f "A onca I seemed to droD eff Of
~ rnrsl, anfl fall into q cellar. and then
/ i,s,ass 4 had tnmhlea into 4 sink hole.
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sns 4Uas,,ss afraia If Being fatally
.rwt h,,t b took fhe sand ont of rno
.;ss,t -,,ssorv ca + xunnt daxvr khrnnsyh
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s4Ap NG~1n 1AA Set41@s t1s e---o Y - 2 -
what lad happened. OF course ! hadn't
much time TO think, and when I hit
bottom had still less, for instead of
lighting on tho ground or stones Or
.hicket, lit on something alive. Itwas
. wild animal Of some kind, didn't
know what, and was scared till my
lair began to feel funny on my head.
when went down, I went hard,
md I kind Of knocked the wind out OF
he varrnint ct drss. but il 3 second it |
lerau 10 vowl and snap and snarl and to
vvist un6er me and try TO get out and
o raise the dickens generally. In the
was yelling and sduawking
Ind irving ID scare TIE blamed thing.
,ecanse / fhoupht "a was d wildcat. and |
knevv q how 81 mv~ssze didn't have
nv rI,ovv With 3 wildcat II the varn,inh |
YER fnol< 4 nntion IL fight. and knew |
,rettv well tfnt ! wildcat was about 81 |
ure "a take q notion 20 fzaht as any l
hino en- earth. I aon,s hnow exaofiiy |
vhaf I did in that hole or how i slid Il.
mt remember it seemed about month /
Sundays that vvae ali unused mp ia
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ig q cnf for ths tslI t-,,s ~ -. ra11A
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= - ~ --AeAS o.As18A AAda
-. .aAseE - gsEy 1ass ano began 70 call