The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-02-09

dead ter my feet right whar you be a
Settin' now
I never were much on huntin' bar.
the old man continued without stop
ping for breath. though I hev tux
toilerble spell at hit in my day. But
I've heerd so many lies told by b ar
hunters tibet I've kind o gredge agin
IN hun bisnis- Pears like man
when ne goes ter tell a bar story can I
help lyin'. 50, / seldom tells my eN-
perunce WI bars. fer fear people might
think / was leavin' tn paths o truth
an rectOod, as tn Bible says. But
Ill jest tell yer o tn las time / tackled
a bar, an yer kin believe eve'y word
o hit. fer 1 amt one o tn lynn kind
Hit were Derty late en- tn spring,
an ve'ything were mos dead fun a
powerful dry spell we was a havin'.
Nothin' grOwed en- tn woods er tn
medders, an how tn critters made a
Twin at all 1 never kin tell yer. Why,
sir, they was that pore fun lack o
food 1 knOwed a man at went out an
caught five deer. jest with his own
hands. an brung 'em home, ike as ef
thew was cattle
Wen sir. I were a settin' right
nyah, one mornin'. whar l do mos al
my huntin' an meditatin', an l jest
about made up my mind 1 was perty
nigh ready ter kiln suthin' Wi tn ole
gun. After indulgin' these idees an
feeiin's tOlerable spell I begin ter
near rustlin an a gruntin on IN
side o that hill yander, an I knew at
my chance had come Hit We're a bar.
sure enough. I knowed that afOre L
seem MIN, an he were as big. a mos.
as cow. 1 reckin' that bar weighed
more n thouSan' pOun He was
Waikln along kinder tired like and
when he saw me ne jest sot down an
looked He never showed no fight, but
jest sOt thar waitin ter see what 1
were a-doin'. Well. I didn't let on ter
move fer a minute, an then I jest
hedved up tn ole gun perty keerfuI
an let him have one
He bumped hisself little an looked
kinder interested, but kept right on
settin' thar. Then L gin him another
messenger o death, an another, an
another-but hit warn't no use. He
jest sOt thar, humpin' hisseIf an yap-
pin little WI his mouth. an 'peared
ter be eniOyin' tn performance I got
kinder riled at this an went inter tn
mill an brung out all my slugs an
poun's o DOWder, I reckin- Ole bar
KEEP Watchin' tn perceedin's WI a good
deal o intrust an fer tn mex three
hours KEEP loadin' up an frin' of
/ them slugs at him, Unteu tn hull 500
was gone Then sot down a watched
! him, an kin tell yer I was mos too
mad ter speak. Well. sir, after Waitin'
/ half an hour. ole bar finely got up
serter disappointed, an after gruntin'
an humpin' hisself constable. he lest
walked off tn way he KEN. Then
went over ter whar he'd ben a settin'
ter see eff I could find what had be-
| come o ali them slugs. But thar
warn't scratch on a single tree. an so
fer as l cud see, them slugs had Jest
TUX themselves. OFF nOwhar. SO. seem
| as 1 couldn't do no more shootin', I
[ jest laid trap fer Mr.. Bar. caIPated
i knowed whar he were a hidin'. an.
| sure enough, by mex mornin' I had
/ him caught in tn fall, an deader'n a
! las. years trout. Well, sir. come ter
/ look him over he We're tn thfnnest
/ bar 1 ever see. Feared like he hadn't
/ had no feed fer mOre'n a year. Thar
Warn't scratch o. a single bullet on
MN, neither But when cut him open.
/ what dye s'pose I found en- his STUN
mick: They was tn on'y feed he'd
had Ter a powerful spell. 1 reckin. an
thar they was, jest as I'd sent EN-
them 500 slugs O. minet'