The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1902-06-26

"'There amt no bear in this her.
piece O. woods O. your'n, so fur as
could diskiver,' says he, but run ag'in
somethin' worse than all the bears
them woods could hold! 1 run ag'in
the cut-throatin'est lookin' bush
whacker that's out O. Jail, an with the
help of his gun an a dog as ugly as him
self he highway me!
He held me up with force of arms.
an mowt jest as well "a said: "You.
money or your life!" for he made me
give him two dollars for these two
birds, not either of 'em as big as a
banty chicken! I been Highway
robbed says the young chap, am de-
mand possy to go an run the robber
down.
"He produced the pheasants in proof
OF his charges. Eli, bein' constable.
took look at the birds, an Pete an
the rest on 'em was GRIMM.
AS to your bein' highway robbed
says Eli, that's reflection on the citi-
zens O. the Knob country that won't
hardly hold, but there amt no doubt
about your havin' these here two pleas
ants in your possession, ag'in the stat
ute in stitch case made an provided.
The law amt up on pheasants yet
says Eli, an you're a violator an a
trespasser ag'in it for havin' these
two in your possession. An, by hokey!'
says Eli, they've been shared, too!
This is serious! I'm sorry, young man,
but I've got to do my duty, an arrest
you for violatin' the game law!'
"An' they took the young chap for
the squire, an the squire couldn't do
nothin' but fine him somethin' like $50
for havin' them shared pheasants in
his possession.
'Now you'd naterIy suppose that
the young chap wouldn't "a cared to
have any more dealin's with folks
where they dealt out the law so
prompt an strict as that, an he
actu'ly was gittin' his things ready
to go over to the Eddy an take the
first cars that started, but before he
got all ready he had begun to listen
to inducements to stay over a little.
"Simon's Sam he felt downright
sorry for the young chap, sayin' that
he didn't think they'd given him
fair shake, an Simon's Sam had
tame bear he wanted to sell. So he
edged around an got to talkin' with
the young chap.
Seems to me-, says Simon's Sam,
that it's too bad for you to go way
without gittin' that bear you're
after says he
'Bear!' says the young chap,
sneerin'. There amt bear in your
hull blame grove;' says he.
There's cords of 'em,' says ST.
mons Sam. But it's a heap O.
trouble to rout 'em out an foller
'em till you git shot. Take you
days. But 1 kin git you a shot at
one tomorrow, inside of an hour,
an killin' shot, at that
"'You kin?' says the young chap.
"T kim says Simon's Sam. AN
all it'll cost you IL be SIS.
"The young feller seemin' to be
willin' to invest, Simons Sam con-
fided to him the scheme. He told
him that he had the bear in his barn
at that very minute, an that next
day, for SIS he would take the bear
on the sly to a certain place in the
woods an tie him to tree with
rope.
Them says Simon's Sam, you
kin happen along with your gum.
shoot the bear, an come back here
for help to lug it in, an turn the
tables on these folks that thinks you
don't know how to hunt
"The young chap made the bar
gain with Simon's Sam. Sam went
home, an the young chap surprised
folks by sayin' that he had made up
his mind to stay over another day.
az came up here to git a bear,,'
says he, struttin' again, AN if there's
one in this piece O. what you call