The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1902-11-07

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to 60 fur the bar ter onct, and there
was no use O. tryin' to talk him out Nv
it. He war bound to go anyhow.
cole Hank got kinder riled, SO he
SEE:
"'All right, eff you don't want ter
take my advice as knows; but them
b'ar'll be the death Of you yit, till you
git more used to- EN- an let 'em alone
when they hain't a-touchin' of you.
That are a grizzly, an he's no SLOUGH
Nv critter to fool with. Better let
him alone, leastwise till arter grub,
an then we'll help YOU
"I don't want any help exclaimed
the young Teller, drawin' hisself up to
his full height-an' he looked as if he
didn't need it, he was so splendid look
in. This is the. first and only chance
I have had on the trip to get sight
of bar, an Pm not a-goin to lose it..
Pm not afraid of him, an to prove it
I'll bring him into camp
eve all of us locked at him an
laughed, though we couldn't but ad-
mire hisnerve, cause we saw he meant
what he said; but the idear of talkin'
O. bringin' a grizzly bar inter camp,
jest as if it war rabbit, rather got
us. Ole Hank war the most took back,
but he was huffed, too, an all he sed
was:
"1t can't be did, 'cept by scratch,
an faint my fault ifyou git hurt
"'Never mind about me gittin'
hurt; an I'll bring that bar inter
camp, toop An then he called his
two dogs an lit out straight fur the
swale.
"'Sorry,' said Hank, when the
young Teller had gone, but mebbe a
little tussle with a grizzly onct II do
him good. We must kinder watch
him, so he don't git clean chawed up
"There was a clear stretch of about
300 yards a'twixt the camp an the
swale whar the bar was, an we could
see plain, though the grass and the
saplings was too thick in the swale to
see the bar. The HOSES was off to
one side, an didn't seem to notice
about the bar bein' so near 'em.
eve kept on a-roastin' our meat an,
glancin' at the swale. We seed the
youngster plunge boldly inter the
grass an brush, follered by the dogs.
"In a few minutes we heered the
dogs a-barkin', an then we heerd
shot an a awful racket among the
grass an bushes in the swale, an the
snarin' of the bar. We all stood up
to watch an listen, an in about min
it out bounds the young Teller out er
the swale burned sight faster n he
went in, an thet's putin it strong,
"Fust, he throwed away his rifle;
then he loosened his belt with his re-
volvers an knife, an let them drop;
then he peeled off his coat an throwed
that away, an next his hat went a-fy-
in. He'd got about half way ter camp
when out comes the dogs-which he'd
held the bar back, / reckon-an'
cPared in rear O. their master.
"By this time the bosses he'd got
sniff of what war goin' on, an bosses
like, they made fur camp, comm in
ahint the dogs. They hadn't more n
got inter line than one O. the biggest
grizzlies l ever sot eyes on come
a-chargin' out o the swale with his
tongue a-hangin' out a foot an his
mouth wide open, an snortin' louder
n lokermotive. He swung right in
behint Their bosses, an didn't seem
to keer fur nothin' 'cept ketchin' up
with somethin' to work his mad off on.
"Thet's the way we all seed it plain
from our camp-fust the young Teller,
then the dogs, then the bosses, an the
bar a-fetchin' up in the rear; an the
hull caboodle a-pintin' straight
fur our camp. l tell you it war
poorly sight. never see a man run
better an faster than that young chap.
He naturally flew over tina ground, an
if l war a bettin' man I'd Back him
agin the best blood in the market
pervided 1 could git them dogs, bosses
an grizzly-'specially the grizzly
behind him in good shape.
"In course he. he'd good start, an
kept the lead, an we was all admirin'
the beautiful time he wasmakin' until
he was Almost inter camp, when all ov
4 suddint ole Hank yells out:
"'Git yer guns an shin up treel
lhet air a giniwine grizzly
"In less n no time we'd dropped our
meat, an took ter roost with our guns.
We hedn't more n straddled limb
ill the young teller, still ahed, shot
inter- camp. | can't 'zactly tell the