The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-02-13
BEAR WASN'T THE POINT.
fHE POINT WAS GUN, AND TEE RE-
SUIT PROYED THE TRUTH OF IT.

on lTis ahouider IN spite or the Mas freun
the Ensb Ceuntry-Einai Triuuaph or boSto
-Thc bears Felt tho Force Of hoEic. Alss.
MuroRp. Pa. Feb. 12.-"The consumed gun
hadn't been shot Off for thirty year and bot.
ter" sa,d tho Knob country man. and I told
Tom a. when no started out with It that night.
TOM I says. that Run'l kick yon worse'n q
mu,e n Won fre Il: mind what I tou youi' Cause
IL was an old army musket that Tom had lugged
ali through tho war, and when he como back
home he hung IL up on a couple o. pegs on the
actin room wall, and Il seemed to me that n
hadn't mover been took down sence. Toni
saws. that runm kick you worso'n q mule
Bat Tom ho says, But do you want bears
TO pitch In and ohaw met
~ hain't sayin' nothin' bout bears I says.
ITS the gun I was talkin' bout. i wouldn'o
DO afeard O. moctin' half a dozen BEARS I says.
but seems to me I'd DO overpowerin' skittish
o. that gun e;
B hcre's-two moro O. my sheep luggcd
away last nighti' says Tom. And by that
came informal old bear, 1 knowl And that
makes nine sence the fust O. the month"; says
he. 'Hain't this cloarin' got nothin' to do but
raise mutton for bearsi' says-hc.
".Tom.' 1 says. 4 hain't raised the question
o. pears,' I says. Stick to the p'intl' I says.
The pint Is that IL you shoot that gun tin
kick you worse'n a mule. That's what I argue
an / stick to 1t. Kickin' guns, not bears, 10
what I'm arguin' on. It'll Kick you worse'n Q
mule 1 says. Mind what / tell your
tom he snys. oh. you pahawi' and of he
eoes.with the old gun and Jake Dolph, hid
hired man.
Samantha / says to Toms wife, that
gun hain't been fired for thirty year and better,
has itf' I says.
".Not as 1 knows on, says samantha. Pap
took It down a year or 30 fore he died. jestaftet
Tom fetched it home from tho war, she says.
That sof says. i didn't think 1t had been
TOOK down senc1hiom hung II .p Dup, t ! says !. x.
49,. ,aaS.d ' a. - shoot = h,,vt avs .he sbus
the hawk wouldn't BIO come nigh to and Pap
didn't sboot II: 40 he hung the gun back saya
she. Yes. and 1T was took down ag'in, como to
think on it. says Samantha.
81. was, ehf I says.
Yes, says she. Along menoe a couple OF
three year after Pap died Toms brother sim
c. -. O. 49,
iox Pot away anu Sin uiuh' ssys sne.
saws. Your Pap loaded IT and didn't fro i'r'
t,,, a anna di hG% sr o,I itT' I ,s Snn '0'''' IL a''
Yes says Samantha.
e" Did Tom load 1t for usin' this evenin'f I
says.
Yes says Samantha.
home St to,nisht considerable sase, %as on 'rpes i''q I s aS%
noae u,o 1h n".,oS ill., snu,ds, hsn,,oos ss m
fer mo,and In explain things. / says.
".Why. Abel saws Samantha. skecry.like.
'yon don't think the boars'l chaw him and
mummix him as bad as that. do your
Bears amt the pintr I says. I hain't said
q durn thing about oears' i says. dun Is whao
I'm arguin, on! r TON fires that gun it'll kick
and away 1 starts for home. aggravated like
Sam Hill cause they KEEP throwin' ;up bears at
mo when i Want arguin' bears. but was maxim
that gun the aii-perSadin' pint.
orto blamed maiH Tom a1 and Samantha Sc so much N hnfa for It.
after all, for bear had been thinnin' out their
up nights watchin' for the thievin' bruin and
tried to. to run y, him him sIIp an w1t tbe dos wbt aay times he he
home to rest and git a little sleep he'd sneak IN n
R% ssasT up Pi Sis Ii EslI I'd sRIP % su s9 VIII s5s ID TP% md he
kot and see what he could do himself. Conse.
for arsuin' bear when i was maxim gun tho
- hadn't got fur on my way ho p. when
argue with him ag'in. thinkin mephe that I
IN %0 sSe be s11s sS @a about a0 ss%% 3i a R,ans DAD ifhs sHin.
Eammed q load IN the gun and left it there. and
s saa 9 sRs so ios q! s fhas Ten S &imse HPf ha 1s!' l Il ahsssdi
the dee 3 not leavin' il there: = ,'n s's1
Tom that the pint is gun more than bear, I
| says, then he don't know nothiE' about logic,
and IL Samantha is left a widder and the Coro.
ner gifts a fee,' I says. .'twon't be because I
| didn't argue on proper p'ints.'
$50 I turned and foilered the road lords
Toms back pastur' lot, where he was more'n
| likely settin' on the brink Of q volcano that
would do some onmercifui belchin' If he ever
let chat gun go. / had got pretty well in lords
ths p 3 sIash tsas Iit when hs tb all sS Of q sHaaeH o61 there
for a second or 30 like sheet lightnin', and then
there was a rumble and a roar and a crish and
1.-The volcano has beIched, says, and as
was hurryin' on i seen somethin' comm
boss. AS 1t got nigh me / see 1t was Toms
hired man.
bears! Bears! Bears! he hollered. as ho