The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1900-05-23
sHE punrED HIM OF.

she'd said all she meant TO. When she
got ready. she started of through the
woods an never even looked at me.
My rife was out Of order. an my old
dawg had run away, an so couldn't
20 strOllin through the woods. I sot
down on the doahstep an smoked a
pipe or two, an as ii was warm day
] begun TO feel sleepy. ! went over
an tumbled on TO the bed. an 1t wasn't
i've minits befo' l was sound asleep.
The dOab was left wide open, an bout
The last thing | heard befo' ! drapped
eff was the old mewl brayiI in the sta
ble. I'd bin asleep an hour when sun
thin crowded me over ag'in the wall.
an | woke up. opened my eyes to
find big bar on the bed with me.
He'd found the doah open an walked
in. an, seein me asleep. he sot out TO
lev some fun. He didn't see me open
my eyes. an | took keer TO shet 'em
ag'in arter one look. Befo' the Lawd.
but ! was skeeredl felt the cold
chills creepin up an down my back. an
the sweat busted out on me as IL was
chopin at big tree.
Il had found fault with the Lawd
fur not maxim bobtailed- coons." con-
tinued the old man as he reflled his
pipe. ian a bobtailed bar had bin sent
in revenge. IL wasn't no use 20 think
of junlpin up or fightin him. He had
al the advantage. an il ] made him
mad he'd finish me up in a mint. My
game was 10 play possum on him. bur
] hope ! shall never hev sieh another
two hours while I live. That bar
wanted a good time lie was feeIln
good natured. an he jest tried all sorts
IL circus tricks with me He'd roll me
over ag'in the wall with a bang. an
ilen arter a chuckle he'd roll me back
with Cop. He didn't bite at all. but
Every time he put his claws on to me
they went through the cloth. ] be-
lieve that varmint turned me over 80
times befo' he got little tired of IL
] was playin dead all the time an
didn't know what mint he'd git mad
an set out 10 finish me. He finally got
thirsty an jumped OF the bed an went
10 the water pail on the bench an lap
ped away fur ten minits. | bad my
eyes open all the time an was anxious
10 git away. but was afeared OF him
couldn't fight him barehanded an
ltand any show.
Il jest laid thar till the varUaint had
guenched his thirst an looked around.
an then he come back ag'in. The cir
Gus was only half over. He was so
rousvh of siraac fl,as 4 alr,,oct ,-arl.l o,,t
with the pain. an between the clawin
an the skeer ! wasn't much better than
a dead man. The mewl smelt OF bar
m kept up tremendous brayin. an
the old woman heard the noise when
she was yit mile away. Bimeby.
when the yarmint had had a show
with the price OF admission. lie settled
down fur a rest was then lyin with
my face to the wall. an he planted all
four feet ag'in my back an kept up
sort Of purrin. He had me crowded
ag'in the cabin logs till could hardly
breathe. an { had made up my mind
that I'd never tree another coon when
the old woman got back from prcachin-
4 he old mewl was kickin an brayin. an
she seen the tracks Of the bar ieadin
into the cabin She stood in the dOah
an got sight OF the yarmint on the bed,
an she did a thing which no man on
these yene Cumberland mountings
would hev attempted Thar was no
gun at hand TO shout with, an her only
show was to take that bar by sur
prise. That's what she did She tip
toed up TO the bed an fastened her tn
gers In his fur, al, though he was a
hefty soad. she carried him 10 the doah
an dumped him out ] never knowed
The was home till she pulled the bar
away As ! riz ap the astonished var
uint was maxim fur the woods. while