Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1900-05-02
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shed said all she meant to. When she
got ready, she started CT through the
woods AZ never even looked at me.
My rifle WAS out of order, an my old
dawg had rur away. an so / couldn't
go strollin through the woods. sot
down or the doahstcp an smoked 4
pipe or two. an as il was q warm day
; l begun to feel sleepy. went over
an tumbled on to the bed, in it wasn's
five ninits bcfo' ] was sound asleep.
The dcah was left wide open. an bout
the last thing heard befo' I d,apped
off was the old mewl brayil in the sta
be. I'd bin asleep an hour when sun
thin crowded me over ag'in the wall,
IN l woke up. | opened my eyes to
find big i,'ar un the bed with me.
He'd found the doch open an walked
In. an. seein me asleep. hc sot out to
hev some fun. lie didn't see me open
my eyes. IN too,i keer to shet 'em
ag'iE arter one look. Befo' the Lawd,
but 1 was s,;eere;i! l felt the cold
chills creepin up an down my back. an
the sweat busted out on me as if ! was
choppin at big tree.
Il had found fault with the I.awd
fur net maxim bobtailed coons." con-
tinUed the old man as he refiiled his
pipe, "an bobtail2d bar had bin sent
IN revenge. 1t wasn't 10 use TO think
OF jump!n up CT hght.n him He had
al the advantage, ~ IL | made him
mad he'd finish me up in a mint SIy
game was 70 play possum OH him. but
hope l shall never hev sich another
two hours while l live. That bar
wanted good time. He was fcelin
good natured. an lie jest tried all sorts
of circus tricks with me. He'd roll me
over ag'in tie wall with bang, an
then artcr q clUckle he'd roll me lack
with a flop. lie didn't bite at all, but
every time he put his claws on to me
they went through the cloth. ! be-
lieve that yar,ntHt turned me over so
times befo' he got 4 little tired ONT
/ was piayin dead all the time an
didn't know what mint he'd git mad
an set out to finish me. lie finally got
thirsty nn Jumped Off the bed an went
to the water pail on the bench an lap
ped away fur ten minits. l had my
eyes open oil the time an WAS anxious
to git away. hut was afeared OF him.
couldn't Ggb: him barehanded an
stand any show.
Il Jest laid thar till the varm;nt lad
que,.clisai his thirst al looked around.
an theE be come hack ag'in. TIE cir
Gus was cnlF half over. Iie was SO
rough at irncs that J almost yelled out
with the pain. al between the clawin
an the skeer wasn't much better than
a dead man. The mewl smelt Of bar
an kept up tremendous brayin. an
the old woman heard the noise when
she was yit mile away. Bimeby.
when the varmint had had a show
with the price of admission. he settled
down fur rest. ! was then lyin with
my face to the wall. an he planted all
four feet ag'tn my back an kept up .
sort of purrtn. He had me crowded
ag'in the cabin logs till could hardly
breathe, an l had made up my mind
that I'd never tree another coon when
the old woman got back from preachin.
The old mewf was kickin an brayin. an
she seen the tracks Of the bar leadin
into, the cabin. She stood in the doah
an got sight of the varmint on the bed,
an she did a thing which no man on
these yere Cumberland mountings
would hev attempted. Thar was no
gun at hand to shoot 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 fin
gers In his fur, an. though he was n
hefty load, she carried him to the dOah
an dumped him out. I never knowed,
she was home till she pulled the bar
away. AS 1 riz up the astonished var
mint was maxim fur the woods, while
the old woman hadn't even turned
pale.
'Was-was 1t a barr l asked az
she took off her sunbonnet an began to
clatter the stove.
"'Of co'se.' she keerlessly replied.
"'An what did yo' do with himf
"'Jest dumped him outdoahs. Pears
to me yo've bin hevin heaps of fun.
Most of yo'r clothes hev bin clawed of,
the bedquilts chawed to rags, an yo'
ar blood from head to heel. Mebbe
yo' was learnin that bar lot Of
tricksT
II tried to GIT gut of bed to. hug her