Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1902-03-22

..si..r, he SAYS. Shat bear ANTI
,l,.ouoh vet. We can't work an thnt
cornfeld with I'D weapon bat tnat
Ina .,,n.' hc saws. we must borry
dfc
so me and Charles went mp 60
Joe Could's an horrfed hiss rifle IN
/ , hnn-fni 81 buckshot fer oar olH
run. Then we went back Go the
| cornfcld T. begin getherin' up our
J ,orn the pesky pcar had sca''e.-N'
I simeon. there hc stccai' me
hearl There hc stood again slashin
svav al the shocks o. corn, an
| Ictherin' 30 around ikc chips "Neh .
q planin' mill. .,.
Take that for your impudence.
7 houers. am 1 turned the oi gun
loose ON him with such oeicniht
l,n.lehot as never slid out of ANY
.rin before nor since. Down went
,h. i..,r an down went nae, morent
ten foot baek'ards. into a corn shocN'
,h. l,i~l.in. o. the old gun was so
heftv. The bear got mp before } oiu'
an went hmpin' an h"Wlh ava.
f,llrref hv bullet from Nhai'es
| borrowed rifle.
Z ~gf the front end o. this old gun
was as all-pervading as us nm" emu,
Charles. I says, rubbn my s""U'
Z. der. that bear won't be alive more !"
few minutes To Ice uncomior'a"''
in.' 1 says.
..I.aols 10 me as IL you mowt be
tight. Si1er' saw Charles, AN J. e'"
.,5er that ~, Kin stack our arms
IA. ,o.e. an GO cctherin' mp the corn
= avs be. an he wont bother "S rs
more. Says CharleS.
..rrc bear had gone ON into ~
woods an out o. sight Charles D.
t.ok his giln AN walked over am"nSs
tbe corn shocks TO look the gronn
20, over. an I got up an sot on p'
!, - corn invcstigatiR' my shoulder
Il vnees IL was mcbbe ten minute
fore + locked zap. an when locke
no i Come a. nigh faintin' as co"
~ am not do "a. As soon rs 2
-, my wind and tongue. began to y'
an, To Charles.
80 sCharlesv I hollers. Come he
~, visb YOUR gum The bears bac
!, ue.s back. worse than everl
', ~,Couee there he stood, not 20 70
,.,v leerin' al me round a shock
H. cornf Charles started as soon as
seerd me holler. l riz up to try
load nv old gun, an when the h'
hire aecrd Charles comm amongst
- hooks. he got skeert, an he mad
lash 20 get away.
as Charles was comm mp in the r
,z.u ., tbe hear. the bear thought it'd
Adm, .ofer 10 come my way than TO
Mon. sofher vay. an he run right on 70
so..lea me over as II was ten
-, -, 10 ,,-as n ball. an walked right c
I, ne ne from one end o me to tcther,
n =. ans IN his best licls foritEe woods.
then Charles came in sight OF hinl.
s; ..Lav stn. ssizerr he. hoIlerS.
min. still. an i'n bore him like tapPin
!, a;,c ple treel lay stilli' Charles hoEei
or laid sin, Simeon. an ! coul
!. -. n, done nothin' else IL Ia "A wante
a. 40 the bear had stamped mesodeepd
,,sbed IN the dust. So laid still, an Sh'
III an' was as good as his word
a. II ..He banged away an bored the
f~ou end to end. an the bear d
locked | take more han a dozen steps fur
. seen | lie fell dead among the shocks.
I went ...But great Hickory Jacl
49, csharleei' saws I. Who'd "a tbunk
1,oyIes heard a come back SO quick arteE
dose o. backshot give him?' says
"a hen Nobody says Charles.
him on AN who would a tnonA IT. '''''
m like | said Sizer.
70 days Lord Almighty, Sizer'" exci'
avs. Sim Bowers; nobody woulo'
=. sYou ~.Of course they wouldn't-y y 1e
RI said slzer Siocnm. "Of course n
! sassy. a "a thnnk the bear would a
az that back like thati An he didn't mel
ness an 9sizer slocuml" said storei
ed fer Bowers. indignantly, II got SON
says. | else to do. than sittin' herenn' III
MIN 10 your trifiip' yarnsl"
..us.n.oar xaid Gtxsr. 'sfoIke Va