The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1899-10-06


hawk waiver in the air and then begin to
drop. 1t come down in two pieces, for
that picker'l 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 came tum-
bin down, but the hawks claws was
sot deep in the picker'l's 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 picker'l was free. But he lay there
on his back as if he was stunned. l
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'!
"'By JOSH says. This is gittin' in
terestin'! I'm going to git that picker'l
fore quit, if have to fetch a cannon
He beats allnatur'!' says.
II hung around, thinkin' mowt get
a shot at him fore night. He hadn't
been down with the hawk more'n two
minutes fore there come swirl and a
swosh, and up he swooped and got the
hawks head!
"'He slowed all O. that big bird away
in his maw,' says, and is toppin' of
on it's head! I'm thinkin' he'll be taRin'
a nap now says, and then I'll give
him his settler
Il scrooched down in my boat, and
jestletitdrift. I had been driftin' round
maybe ten minutes, waitin' for the time
that the picker'Pd about be in his
place amongst the weeds, when I heerd
a noise, and lookin' lords the shore see
a slammin' big bear come wadin' out
into the pond. Iwasn' t loaded for bear,
but I ought to been, cause that picker'l
needed that kind of a load, so KEEP
still to see what the bear was goin' to
do. He come on. out a piece and then
laid down in the water, with grunt
and snort.
"'Bruin is coolin' hisself off, I says.
Dogs has been after him, I guess
''The bear laid there, comfortin' of
himself, mebbe three minutes, when
suddenly he riz up as if there'd been a
blast sot off under him, and jumped for
shore with howl that made everything
shake. AS he riz and jumped ! see what
was the matter of him. That amazin'
picker'l had it's jaws sot in the bears
flank, and was holdin' on and chawin'
for all it was worth! The bear tore off
into the brush and the picker'l hung to
him and went along. I rowed ashore
and follered the trail. In an openin' so
rods from the pond come to the pick
erl. He was almost standin' on his TAIL
and was spittin' out big wads O. bear
hair, and stretchin' hisself and glarin;
the bear had clumb tree, and was hug
GIN limb and lookin' down at the
prancin' picker'l with bulgin' eyes.
The picker'l turned on me, but I give
him couple O. whacks over the head
with my gun and settled him at last. i
didn't stay to bother with the bear, fer
felt sorry for him, he was so skeert. I
got the picker'l to the boat, rowed in
and lugged him home
"'Jumpin' Jonathan!' folks says.
Where did you spear him, Dan1?'
"'Spear him!' I says, consid able riled.
And then told 'em how it happened. l
didn't notice it just then, but it sort O.
struck me afterw'ds that my Teller citi-
zens wasn't rallyin' so much as one man
as they had been, and the night O.
town meetin', after the Votes was count
ed, Eli come in.
"'Dan'l,' says he, it was the picker'l
that done it. Iknowed it would. You'd
orter said you'd speared it, says he.
The picker'l's what put Beezer in, says
he. You'd orto said you speared it,
Danl!'
"'What!' says, lie jest to be con-
stable? Eli I says, 'never!'
ELI got up and looked at me out
rageous.
eff you didn't spear it, Dan'l,' says
he, who did?'
"And me and Eli ;hain't never been,
very thick sence."7-N. Y. Sun. -.