The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1902-11-09

W. went out to - p,rierk irp.r 'u,n
the bear loose Perdcnkampor went IN
the barn and then come rtlshin' out u2lN
The bear il gone" he holers. NiVpd
his rope, as sure as powder, an cat t"f 'h'
wO, d.
An sure enorg1 there laid the rope an
the bear was < NJ The iallia' snow mad
kiver,d lis tracks, or we'd a start tig'
in on the bear hunt an been glad SO 'hrie
we was. or course, there Wa iii hog an
some turkeys 10 he shot for, but the ncHI
was what had drawed the mos, ON ~ al
the losin' Of IL jest swatted rs way down
in the dumps, an thOugl the bari o cd
an the jags an the kaGs hadn't Ct aWaE'
they couldn't drownd the sorrow Ter we
losin' Of that Lear. an ! gles- mat sho"''h
matca o Po,d 'nl<ampsr's would a i'dS-'u
down into history a. funeral II IN" squire
hadn't had another idec.
WARS Bart?' says he. i hahn 'e'h
Bart here to-day, an he never MISS d u
shoO,in' match before, SAYS 'hc iuirr.
That was 80. an nobody had s''ii Bar
around that day. Things had 'e'h san
about Kart Cou>d er'blc, an some t"ih-
didn't make no ~nr~ # 1ayin' ON pretty
strong. So when the siuin" missed i'all
al the shoot he 60, the ile", an he says
That bear - PrrCeI hampers mowt a
slipped it rope all right al Rct away. hut
there amt 10 bear that ever stole a plE'
that could a pulled the peg out o the hDSp
q that barn Coor, the haNp b-in Oh th'
OUTSIDE an the bear oil he side, he say',
"Ne'll jest go over 10 BARI an SIT that
bear aayv he
Az some If W went over 10 Bart g..
Bart had The bear hangir' up al va, Je- Z
goi.' to kin it
TN" Squire yar Sed him around 10y tie
shoulder al ,LyN:
You lest load that beur on your rled
an haul il hack 10 Pcrdei hamper. An
| after you Eit II there, you pay PcrG'r.-
| hamper SO for stealth II az IS fer kllln
| it or I'll Jail You for siA months, nIye "a"
Squire,
| Bart done it all without 4 peep. an W.
had come tcler'hle good -hcoih,' for tie
bear after al. apite q the SGOw. az j wOi
il. though or ~ ,ays thot he Won il, which
| ! ,!or'l mind tcliu' You Ia. couldl-'t, boE.'t
| rs little make jerry had lu'.g'd oi." u!
| his eves clean .hc' " Il li'tlc arGUn. " I
! they'd 'iad around III to, II ow. an ti'
! hnrl e. cider y: q u ed t'othcr ", 50 that
! 81 want u. no sori g sl1air' To shoot, All
! he tr,ut
But While was ,slkin to or ii, toti'r
| day bout that shootin' match u, P"rG.'i
, hammer. | NV 10 him.
You remember Rl,tlcsnakc Jerry an
how fixed him that day, don't You, 81;
SAYS, QUO.
up. I remember how ] fixed him" Sa''
he 1 remember his THROWN II w Ia In'
,h,, had shot n deer ahead e. one % h,
hounds. an ] remember pi'cmu' III ah
thraahin him ill he hauod TX" skccr
calf" saws o. 81.
| That what | remember about IA,
fiXin o. Ra'tlrsuake 'rry,' saw h..
THAT amt 10" fyin of him tha' ! mean
savsl. Imean his be,,in' of inc five dollar
q, th" shuo'in' match, that couldn't M
, dollar AZ hundred yards, an ~" 'Akn
Of him up saws 10 or -. Thor VIVA
does Jerry do bu, fix dollar bi'l into 4
crotch stick an sit it with the edgo % ia
| hin to'rC,s mo a. tho mark. An how h" III.
chucklc, | goas M to take look a. 1T
| mark. an IL stood three foo, 20 one side of
| stone wall glanced over the lay q thing
| an come back to the scratch.
Jerry says ]. will you double the bet