The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1900-12-03

ar pattidge myself, un things wud a run
glibber when ! got back home, that bein'
the only sign o. hattidge ! seed an day.
un the Oh woman had TO go TO bed agin
on pone un bacon. I mowt seed some
mo- ef hadn't ben tuck SO with the
pints o that are wiiecat IN KEEP fol-
lerin II, kaze ] was bound to git IT,
But | didn't git 1t that day. SO 1 sot
trap fer IT, Next mo'nin' / says, IN
go out un look at that ar trap ! want
ter say to you. sab. / was a liarl
didn't look AZ that ar trap al all Why?
Kase Il wasn't thar. That are wildcat
had ben thar. but It had gone Off ag'in.
Tn It had tuck my trap long with it.
want ter say to you. sab. that ar riled
me. When | git rlled right smart II takes
a heap 70 hold me back, un / want 10
tell you. sah ut that ar ies' mo- than riled
me. In ef / hadn't a made up my mind
already ut | was boun' to succumnary
that ar wieeat ia made II up then,
sho'iy kaze ] don never caclate TO
let no wilecat nor no other soty vile
beas'es come un sally off with my be-
iongin's. sab. SO. eunnel, ! sot out two
mo- traps, un / sot en- with two miles
betwixt EN-.
" One O. them traps IS boun 10 hold
that ar wilecat, sholy, / says. Ef Il
don't other un will" I says.
Mex mo'nin,' / went 10 one O. them
traps. Didn't DO nothin' O. the sotel
went to whar one o. them traps was the
last time l seed H. IN / want ter tell
you, sah Il wasn't thar Now. cunnel.
ain much on the swar, ez you mowt
know. but I Bet you my crap o. turpen-
tine sah ut ef thar had any piney woods
man been gon' through that way jes
that minute he'd a stopped un stuffed
his fingers IN HIS ears. am said:
4 do dcciaF. Jes. hark 10 Oh Cunnel
Bill! what fer ever cud rise up un -ile
him like that arr
Col Bnrs vocabulary OF expletlves is
comprehensive and robust aud he drew
largely upon It In expressing his opinion
OF Angus after that remark Of Angus s.
The wildcat hunter waited patiently and
unmoved until Col Bin was through. and
then said:
Thar boys, That's somethin' nigh 20
the sw'ar talk I cut loose when / seed Ut
that az wheat had sailed OF with that
ar other trap o. mine. un / want 10 tole
you, sab, jes' sorty made a right smart
Of a doublequlck todes that ar third trap
o. mine. Todea whar left it. better
deciar, I reckon. 'kase mat ar trap was
gone. jea like tother unsi
= 'I'nis hyer wiiecat IS doin miracles.
sholy' / says The piney woods mus be
got shet o this hyer wliccat ! says. or
Gabriel n be tooiin' next
But thar ! was. / didn't have no more
traps 10 put out TO keich that ar wilecat.
IN thar I was. ! want ter tell you. sab.
az ! shortly got ez vile ~ that ar cat
was
'Gallywlpe mimi / dii declar I'm lay
FER that ar wheat witha gun. un lay him
Iowr
Il reckon laid fer that ar cat three
days IN nights. un las' night 1 cotched
sight o. him saliyin todes my chicken
pen. lie walked like he was to,in load.
but jes' about three minutes arter
seed MIN ned a walked a heap heavier.
ef be could a walked al an. ase ha had
big load o. my buckshot in him. un Il
topped hsm In the snow. That he laid. IN
sailed up 70 Teas my eyes ou MIN. now
az be had cult hein' wonder ! want
ter tell you. sah. he hadn't quit, so. sahl
] DO deciar' he was heaD sight mlghtier
q wonder va than I had sot him down
70 be Thar on one fore leg Zee had one
O. my traps; on t'other fore leg thar hung
another o. my traps an stiekln' u one
o. his bind legs thar was that tother
IN last trap O. minei I'm IN hts hide
ne md a han'fui O. bucbshot But he
riz MP m the SNOW an' come rushln fer
me. declar / had TO put my second
load O. buckshot m fnat ar cat un then
squash MS head with club afore the
pinsy woods was shet OK him
Hickory Jacksonr I says. IT'S a
a mighty good thing FER me ut / didn't
have four traps Ter II had ia lost
'em oil un The wlleeat too. IN thard
been slanchways luck fer me. sholyr I
says
"' Kase I want ter tell you. sab. IN
III bet my crap o. tarpentine on il. ut
that ar wilecat had ies' set in TO clean
me out O. traps. un was only hangln'
roun fer me to git a fourth one. ne
havin room fer one mo- Then he'd a
gone OF with en- all un never come
back Cunnol that wilerat was a mighty
wonder, Don't you reckon so?"
But all that Col Bill said was.
''Whatd J tell you, boys2 What's the
use o. goin' out un follerin' a pore peace
ful possum when we kin set hyer un
see this hyer amazin' Angus slaughter
wiecats setch as them un him nor us
never gitlin' our feet wct?"
The boys said there wasn't any use.
Angus smiled, and would have gone
right on and slaughtered a bear or two.
doubtless, II Col. Bill had set out any
which Col Bill didnt-New
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