The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1900-09-21
SAVED BY THE BEARS
THEY ROUTED THE REVENUE MEN
WHO WE'RE HUNTING WHISKY.

WED bin maxim moonshine Wills.
Ky over In the big ravine fur about
hree weeks" said the old possum
I8unter OF Tennessee, when a thumpln
Zig bar cum down out OF the thicket
me day and acted In a mighty GURUS
way. 1t was In the summer, and he
was sheddm his fur and, though |
had my ride handy. l didn't keer to
shoot him That bar smelt the whis-
Ky, and he shifted and snuifed and
seemed TO want q taste. hollered at
atm and driv him of two or three
times, but ne kept comm back. My
ole woman had come over with my
| supper, and arter watchin the bar fur
lawhile she said:
zcb, that bar wants a drink OF
con juice suah's yo'r BON, and I'm fur
irwin II 10 him.
Il laughed at the idea, but as he
continued 70 hang around the place
The old woman poured about pint of
| ,he stun into pan and set 1t on a
stone so rods away. She had skassly
Jurned her back befo' the bar was
lappln II mp and he smacked his lips
over Il Jest like man. In leetle
while he walked or, and later on we
heard sich row down around the
Bend that we crept down TO see what
II was IT was our bar and his mate
That pint of whisky had made our
bar feel mighty jolly, and he was IN.
sistin that the other bar dance around
and roll over with him, One was drunk
and jolly and the other sober and mad,
and the way they carried on was as
good as a circus, Next day both bars
showed up fur whisky and went OF as
Jolly as you please, and half an hour
later l walked right up to them az
they slept and snorcd, | wasn't fur
glvin away any mo Kicker. but the
ole woman thinks 1t over and says
zeh, the fur Of them bars went be
with shncks fur three months. but
what's the matter with shcttin the
variants up In cur outdoor cellar fur
the rest OF the summer | reckon we
kin manage to feed EN-. and each hide
win fetch $is as soon as the fur is
prime
Il decided that Il was a good idea.
and we put out a hull quart az whisky
fur EN-, but fur some reason they had
lett the nayburhooa, The old woman
recsoaed they'd got ashamed Of them,
selves and gone on to avoid temp.
,aShun, and kinder figgercd that they
was or Spreadin the news and invstin
ether bars 10 come along and sheer
4 geod thing, We'd about given up
seeia EN- ag'in when they showed up
was all alone at the still that day.
hat had ropes at hand 10 tie 'em up in
case our plan worked, and poured
two fslli quarts of whisky into the pan
and set 1t out In the old place. Them
bars had bin reamsa around and keep
ia sober fur so long that they was
axsn fur 4 Spcce, and they tapped up
every drop o. that McSer and licked
their chops far mo-. They didn't sit
solay, as hooked fur, On the contrary.
they snaracd aasa grewlea and wanted
Ia asscG 4 Fuss with each other, Me0he
bar is ike a naaN about arSHSSn-
Let him sit too mach. aaa hes Mgly
Instead 81 soiSy. waited awhile aad
sAeA nolleres EN-, hopia IT, and 'esA
aSascn. aaa that's how cana to sec a
sight 20 make MY Aa'r stand up.
~Down ar0NnA tho bend Ia the ra-
vine was a grassy spot. and what !
saw was them bars robin 9ear rsea
ever the ground. 1t wasn't mint
aSeao' &aowea who them men WAS,
TaSs WAS res'caoo aelaegS wAo he'd Set
news Of ny san and was SaeaSin M
the raVsne 10 kctch me red handed,
The bars haa met 'csa and pitched
gagAs IA. I reckon the eellevs Was TOO
surprised to fsre shot, though all Aass
pistols, and the WAY them bars did
slam aeM around was a caution. TIVE
az the fsllegS broke away as sooa as
Get thar. hut the other gVro WAS 30 bad
" clAwcd thar arseg sAe bars eess en-
tAey could SSAsSly crawl, ana I'm ssah
they laid oss In the woods All nsghs.
was mach oblccgea 10 the warnints. as
w. saay reckon, as they he'd saved me
from 4 SnrpgssA and ia ms gratatood I
said "a the ose woman
~ aSa't SwSne 10 play no tricks on
vNrmsnt What has savca me FROM
ram. ana I Shanst tgS 10 captur 'eaa,
Deed bet IN Furnish Aess with free
co'a Juice and bet 'em Aee q good
tine.
They was hack next day Gnr sAesr
drink. and. rememAegSn how oaars
Asa made sem axly drunk. ! ony sol
out psnt. They lapsea Il 40 ana
s,as>s rnr mo. and when ne NO WAS