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

was turning the interior Of his
cabin blue on account of it.
for II had interfered seriously with a
grant 'possum hunt he had planned, and
which was TO have come Off over In Cum
swamp tha; night. His angrage. IA fact
was so extremely warm tnat Sam Nc
Ray remarked:
"Ef you'd jes' turn un take sally
from hyer to the swamp ounnel, un keep
iyer sw'ar talk het up to the pint whar
IT'S het TO now / reckon you'd melt all
that ar snow Ike IRE In the woods, un
we'd hunt that possum, whether or no"
Before Col Bill could reply 10 Sam, in
came Angus Duff, from way on the east
side OF the swamp. and Col Bill said:
wal. boys. ef we cain't go out arter
any game, hyer's Angus an you kin bet
that he'll set right hyer a-kcepln' HIS feet
net un slaughter enough fer US in the
next quartern hour 70 rise our ha'r even
ef we don't git none on Il 90 eat"
Angus had reputation. In the Plney
woods, and he had hardly drawn up to
the fireplace before he started in to keep
that reputation good
} It's a mighty good thing fer rue,
want ter tell you, sab. at I didn't have
four traps said he. FER cf 1 had ia
lost 'cm all un the wilecat. too I'm it'd
ben slanchways luck fer me ef ia a
lost that ar wheat ] want ter tell you.
sab. Any wiiecats on this hyer aide O.
the swamp"
Hadn't see none not TIL you come
over replied Col Bin
Sing lar" continued Angus, ignoring
Gil. Bll'; pleasant insinuatioa. ssDunno's
It's. nuther They've ben mighty skoerce
over on t'other side, too. but thur
skeercer now. though. than they was
last week not much. nuther Only BY
one, which amt a heap. ef YOU go by
count. but ef you calc'iate 'cordln' ter
grit un eugsedness ansitch. ! reckon you
mowt set q down as skeerccr by about
nine than they was last week.
Its rale astondln' what a cat that ar
\ wilecat vast" continued Angus 1T
beats Of Hickory jackson. / want ter
tell you. sahl l know heap about VILE
cats. un the minute | seed this critter
know'd it was a critter stitch as had never
sot foot anywhag, around Gum Swamp
before-not in my day. sho'iy. The minute
] seed it2 Why. I wanter tell 30 sah. l
knows that ar cat was a mighty wonder
a good many minutes afore ] seed Il at
all. You see, Cunnel. I wasn't loolan' fer
wilecats not a mite. My OF woman she
hain't been totin' hersef very peert fer
mar furder than week back. un pears
like her pone un bacon don't gree with
her right smart. un' tother day she de-
clard 10 me ut she must sho'ly have
some pattidge meat or rabbit. un so I
tuck my gun un went out along the aldge
20 the swamp 70 shy up a patudge or a
rabbit un thar ] see the track o. that ar
wilecat in the snow. You never could
a-know'd from that ar track. cunnel-
nobody would a-kncw'd-ut the crltter ut
: sot It thar IN the snow had ay more p'nts
a-hangin TO Il than mowt be sticiSin' 70
why ! shount make a sorty side show Of
It. not forgettin the or w0oman's pat
tidge or rabbit, so l follered on the trail
l follered Il mile. un ] want ter tell
you. sab, at yer Uncle Angus was tuck
back heap 20 See that ar tran come 20
an end jcs' ez sedden ez Il there hadn't
Rever been no traii iu that ar snow Yes,
sab, gone like sQueezln' a tetch-me-not-
pod. sah sho'ly.
f.. Il looked up. un looked down. un /
looked sideways, un ! looked stanchways.
but thar wasn't no Sign nowhar of any
, more wlleoat track, nm thar wasn't hole
nor a 4ree nowhar nigh thar whar the
witch Of cat cud a stuffed itself: ies'
only stretch o. snow. without a mark
or spot on ter it, nowhar round thar ut
I could see.
This hycr cat says T. pears like n
.@doin' miracles un that ar amt the kind
= O wilecat ut shud be runnin' loose III the
piney woods. says !. gt hehooves me-
I
the doin's Of H. says
'Whne I was cogitaterin ! looked a
right smart ways furdor ahead than I
hal looked afore. un l seed q bunch o.
somethin layln on the snow. Beln' some
thin Gurus 60 larn what that ar bunch
mowt turn out 20 be, / walked UP thar.
IN as / drawed nigh | seed ut was
bunch o. feathers. un thar was a right
much o. a sprinklin' O. blood around e.
IN the snow wigs skectered about Goa
sid'able. When l got clean ag'ln the
spot ] seed ut them ar feathers was
patiIdge feathers, I'm arguatin' from that
ar piEt l hggcred II out ut natch'ly that
ar blood was pa,tdge blood I want ter
\ tell you, sah at was tuck back then a
mighty sight furdern | was when
struck the end o. that ar .wiiecat's trail
un IN bet my crap o. tarpeniine at thar
alnt man hyer. sab, but whard ben
tuck back ez fur ez ! was"
Il aint see no sorty reason what FER a
man shud be tuck back a mighty sight
ics br seeln' bunch o. feathers un a
.sprlnklin' o. blood on the snow. / CANT"
said Col Bill u cain't r'alyr'
'sariin you eain't' admitted Angus.
Feathers un blood on the snow wasn't
what tuck me back. ] want ter tell you.
sab Tn what you reckon it was what
tuck me baek2 Jes' only kase that er
wiiecats tracks started in ag'In right I
whar them ar feathers IN blood laid IN
the snow. What did that meang 1t
didn't mean nothin' only ut from whar
I come to an end o Ahat ar wilecats
trad 10 whar ! found It ag'in was as
ngh to sixty foot ez ] could pace Il out.
sah Kin wiiaeaa ny2 / hahn never
heerd o. mono doin' it. Thar wasn't no
water twixt the endin o. that ar trail
un IFS beginning ag'in, I'm so declar' the |
wiiecat couldn't a swum twixt them two (
p'ints How ala Il go fer to get thar.
them dumped Jes natchly jumped.
Comm &c the place whar seed the traA |
endin that ar wIecat seed the pattldge |
eettin' Ia the snow. dlggin' fer to git ia /
outen the cold Now thar wasn't no
tracks In the snow 'twixt thar un whar