The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1901-12-15
bon GARRYS 'POSSUM HUNT.
He Had Bagged n Bear, n Wild Hog and q
Bull When Another Dear Stole Ills Gun,

bull When Another Near Stole Ills Gun.
ROPER, n. C., Dec. I2.-"I only 'memblh
des' one time in de hule O Iuy bon exist
ence.' said Uncle Bob Garry, the octoee-
marian swamper and bear hunter of Beau
fort county, wen a bah lone git de be,'
o. me, an he never could do it dat time,
neider, Of 'nudder bah il doan' come long
dab an help him.
Il doan been after bah, anyhow, dat time.
| reckon dat one reason why dat bah git
de bes' O. me. | been after 'possum, an
pears like de debbil he mus hoodoo every
'possum in de swamp dat night, kaze ! tromp
en- tromp, en- dar de day il come breakin'
en- do declar' l hain't tree a single one.
Il have a canoe in de reeds, up dar long
de Pongo River, whar | tryin' to chase a
'possum, en- / take II out en- fop in il en-
gin TO paddle down de river toad de cabin
"Bimeby ! sec a big bah way up in a
black gum tree. feedIu' on de berries.
Huh, huh, ! says. Bah meat it dore
have TO do TO 'possum, dis time, / reckon.
] DIES 'p'intedly take dat bah viz me-
II paddle de canoe 10 do sho'. take de
gun from do bottom o dc canoe. on rise
up on shoot de bah. Cri-hi crash. he come
down from he perch in de gum tree, On
tumble in de thick gale bushes, dies hind
a big cypress log Wat layin' in dar,
reckon i GtS NlA-n Oc bS part o.
dc meat from dat Of bah.' | say, ZEN have
son o. dat meat fo' breakfas'.'
Il jump from de canoe To 60 On carve
de bah, but | doan go but q little ways
tod dat bah on UP he rustic from hind dat
log, elm over il, on stan dar in my path
des' like he say, Come on, yo' rambaCious
Bob Garry. yo'. Come on, yo' dare, sub
T. den | DIES natoh'y mos drap daid,
'ka2e dat bah ain been 20 bah at all.
He been q monst'us big wild hog, n Of he
fellow, wiz he bresscls p'intin' mp on he
back bet yo' mon a foot, en- teshes! my
fadduh! dat wild hog tone have teshos
r1,iu from he snout longer dan my hand.
i stan dar dcs' like | been turned to a
stone niggah. KAYE Of all de wild hogs |
evuh do see in Big Juniper, or Alligator
Swamp, or de Big Dismal, or any o de dis
mails. dis hugh wild hog lie de bigges' en-
de maddes' Tie stan dar a lceiie spite,
chompin' no Jaws on spittin' froth, en- den
he rush fer me like a ~hurrycanc.
~ bet yo' ] done c''ar mon ton feet wen
j jump TO cotch de highest tree, on Of | been
a woodpecker ! never kin climb dat tree
faster dan | do. I get way up in dat tree.
My fadduhr I think I done shoot dat
wild hog out o dat black gum tree! En- -
he kin climb dat gum tree, co'ee he kin
climb dis hyah tree W AT | roo~tir' in Den
a h~oodooin' things round hyah TO- sartin,,
he have! OATS wat he have ! think.
en- ! skin my eve down to see dat wild hog
climb de tree
But de wild hog he doan' climb de tree
wat he do? He des' sot to en- gin 20
root de groun' away from IL 20 1t boun'
hog he root en- Re root. tin I kin feel
dat tree tottnrin', en- ] gin to think w'at
. nice dinner he gwine 10 have OF me. 'kaze
l young en- juicy den, wen ] hear de reeds
crackln' en- snappin' On him' out pop A
ravin' mad Wild bull from de Pongo rrairia'
en- stan dar PAWN on snortin' en- 'querin'
o. dat Wild hog wat he gwine to de-, maxim
ali dat fuss'
He doan' wait To- dat hog 20 answer
him. but charge him like de roarin' ga down
yon gin Hatteras shoals. en- rip hun from
stem 20 starn Den de bull cock he ewes
up at noe. .%roostin' dar in dc tree, on ho
he-clf on '2ir to paw on snort en-
bellar like he sayiL' he dos wait To- me. en-
den show me how he done fix de hog
i doan' care 70 dat bull know dat
haid q mine II ieeu mighty thick dem
DAYS, en- ! kin butt a hole frpo u cabin do
WV II, do dcolar'
j drop down out o. dat tree De tuIl
he low he hdid IN dash 10 me ! low my
haid en- dash 10 de buH
We come togcddah dar. an strike plumb
Everything done suiver. I 'rIl vu' Iu
] buun' TO de'lsr' da' dc bail 10" -'sE..r
nc right smart
But ny feet dry dlau' lp-. d,y I,
on q" gruuu' | rio. my hali ru pr"l 81 a"
dat bull h'-u lar be- Doe. way m b., H.
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