Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1899-10-14

gun he'd jumped back into the boat
and tackled me. AS II was, he shook
his head and glaredI and dove out o
sight fore 1 could give him a shot.
"'By Joshi' says, I'm going 10 get
that amaziD' picker'l even II town meet
in comes and goes says, and have
to resign as constable
II hung around there, vvaftin' him 70
gcther back to his den ag'in. While I
was waitin' see n nshhawk as big as
TN eagle sailin' round over the pond,
and by and by he began to drop. He
came down Hike a cannon ball fallin',
and when he hit the water. nigh where
that picker'l's den was. itlooked like a
spoutin fountain. The hawk went clean
out of sight. and when he came up he
had a,fsh in his claws. The FISH wes
on old seeker, and was fightin' like
Stiger.
my ferocioas and voracious pick |
er'l, by Joshi' says,
There want NO doubt about Il. 4
was so sot back that just sot back in |
the boat and gawked at the fish as the
hawk tugged and tussled 10 git up and
away with It, 1t was a hard tussle,
| the way that picker1 wriggled and
| squirmed and at, but the hawk riz and
'riz. and got mOre'n hundred foot high.
YOU'RE an amazin' fish, says to
the picker'l, but I'm thinkin' your
sands O. life is runnin' tol'able skeerce
at lasti' says.
But they want. Suddenly see the
hawk waver in the air and then begin to
drop. 1t come down in two pieces, for
that picker'i had reached up and got
his jaws sot on the hawks neck, and
jest chawed the big birds head square
off. The head and the body oomc tum-
bin down, but the hawks claws was
sot deep in the picker'rs back yit and
chung there. They didn't let loose till
they all came plunkin' down in the
water, when the holt was broke, and
the picler'l was free. But he lay there
on his back as If he was stunned. 1
come TO my senses jest then, and riz my
gun to finish him, when he give hop,
grabbed the hawk by the leg and down
he went out O. sight, taking the hawk
with him, all but the head, which lay
there on the water, and still gapin'l
Spy JOSH says. 'This is gittin' in
terestlrs'I I'm going TO git that pickerl
fore / quit, il / have to fetch cannon
over here and lombard himl' says.
! He beats all natur'!' / says.
az hung around, thinkin' mowt get
a shot at him fore night. He hadn't
beenSdown with the hawk more'n two
minutes fore there come a swirl and a
swosh, and up he swooped and got the
hawks headl
: HE slowed all o. that big bird away
? in his maw,' says, and is toppin' of
on its headl I'm thinkin' he'll be talin'
, a nap now says, and then I'll give
him his settler
81 scrooched down in my boat, and
! jestlet it drift. had been driftin' round
!. maybe ten minutes, waitin' for the time
that the picl1er'rd about be in his
place amongst the weeds. when heerc
{ a noise, and loolxin' lords the shore Sc;
a slammin' big bear come wadin' ou-
/ into the pond. WASN'T loaded for bear
n but ought to been, cause that picker
: needed that kind of a load, so KEEP
9 still to see what the bear was goin' h
do. He come on out piece and theI
L laid down in the water, with grun
and a srzA.
"'Bruin is GOBLIN hissef off, says
8 Dogs has been after him, guess
"The bear laid there, comfortin' o
/ himself. mebbe three minutes, whe
suddenly he riz up as if there'd been
. blast sot off under him, and jumped TO
y shore with ahowl that made everything
- shake. AS he riz and jumped see wha
"A was the matter of him. That amazir
- piclser1 had its jaws sot in the bear
:, flank, and was holdin' on and chawiI
:. for all it was worth The bear tore o.
49, into the brush and the picksr1 hung I
him and went along. I rowed ashoI
and follered the trail In an openin'
81 rods from the pond come to the picl
% er'l. He was almost standin' on his tai
." and was spittin' out big wads o. bes
hair, and stretchin' hisseh and glarir
the bear had clumb a tree, and was hui
GIN a limb and lookin' down at tt
va 'prancin' picker1 with bulgin' eye
IL The pickerl~ turned on me, but gil
We him a couple o. whacks over the her
In with my gun and settled him at last.
US didn't stay to bother with the bear, f.
en- l felt sorry for him, he was so skeert.
Ia got the picker1 to the boat, rowed
no and lugged him home.
"'Jumpin' Jonafhanl folks say
Ter Where did you spear him, Dan1?'
as Spear him!' 1 says, consid'able rile
ne And then told 'em how 1T happened.
'en didn't notice it just then, but it sort
NO struck me afterw'ds that my Teller CT
ne zens wasn't rallyin' so much as one m
'ok as they had been, and the night
All town meetin', after the votes was coul
VET ed, Eli come in.
De "DanI,' says he, it was the pickle
that donei it. Iknowed it would. Yot
ier orter said you'd speered. it, says
let The piclSer'l's what put Beezer in So
ust he You'd orto said you speared
ney Danll'
What says, lie jest to be CO
lse- stableo Eli says, 'never!'
Tor "EH got up and looked at me o