Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1903-03-07

thste'6 been quite some hot SQUAD
bin bst~ixt him and Cnele 81 II iest
then We hadn't hcerd two shots bcyena
the lsarels. and We al hurried ON TO see
What was up, all but Joe. who di<kis-
erred THAT he had gene lame, and 50 he
hed to- urn and 20 back home.
Beyond the lsurels who should we
come out on 10 but Gsbe and Josh.
holdin' their guns in their hands aud
| lookin' skeert.
~.f}ears ccme a-tumbiln' out O. them
iaurels like bees out % hivei' save
Gsbe. They went over the hill and
down into the hollsr yonder a xkitin'.
I dent know how many me and josh
| sillsd with lead. but seen one Of 'em
hump himself and sort O fall behind
the rest and look tired
Then Evander spoke up end said
that he'd be darned IL he was goin' to
tag on behind a lot o bears without
| gittin' a chance 10 have shot at 'snn.
and SO he'd 40 back home.
"'Noresn likely tha<'ll be a coed idea
FOR you. Evsnder.' says Upcls 81. for
the chances is that the bears have cir
eled round and gone back 60 the creek
sg'in.' he says. .snd yon can't help but
run ag'in two or three OF 'em ON Your
way in he says.
$50 Evander said he didn't want 10
take no setch advantage ss that Of .
party like our'n, and he stayed with us.
swe went down in the heller and
s'arched and secuted and s'srched, but
we couldn't git track o. that drove o.
bears. nowhow. BY and by we heerd
sorae one hollerin' and yellin' for help.
of IN little swamp He vans ed help
cause he was freed BY = bear. he hol-
Tered. and all Of us but Psi<y's Bob hur-
ried over there 20 help him.
ssPaley's Bob said he'd be consaraed
IL he hadn't lost his pocketbook COM
in down to the holler, and he must 20
back and look for IL guess ne must
| a had n hard time n fndin' Of 4. cause
he hadn't got back yet when we left.
The Teller in the tree was young
Ike A big bear was at the foot Of the
tree. sure enough. but see 20 once
that he was deader'n q milestone
Him and another one came tearin'
IN here says young Ike. comm down
ou TO the tree. lookin' shsepish, and
skinned up this tree. T'other bear
went on. but this un squatted right at
the foot o the tree. and thought he
was treein' me. and wastin' fer me TO
tumble OUT says young Ike.
Old Jake swore up and down that
the dead bear was the one he had
chased ten mile Uncle 81 declared II
didn't make no difference whether
J Jake had chased the bear ten mile or
twenty. IL wac the bear he had sent his
rife bullet into up in the laurels along
dead like Il was
Ell reckoned that the bear was one
that would be alive ard well Yet IL
he hadn't sent that charge OF lead into
Il Just after young Nose had shot the
bear dog Socky. and Gabe and Josh
wanted to bet all they was worth that
the bear was one that had bumped IL
self and got tired after Gabe and Josh
| had banged away into the drove Of
bears up on the hill
$40 telHn' what mawt g happened
by and by II Big Jim. from Ball Hill
hadn't come along with gun on his
shoulder.
you'll find a load O. buckshot in
that bears liver says he, and not an
other ounce o lead he says. The
buckshot slid out o this here gun o.
mine about half an hour ago, over
| yender in the swamp he says
That's what they found in the bear
"a big load O. buclshot in itx liver,
and nothin' else Big Jim took the
bear. and we came home IL was con-
slider bic o a bear hunt. but I've got an
Idea that -Uucle 81 didn't jedge Pete so
eonsarned hasty that mornin' after
au."-N. Y Sun