The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-04-26
WHITING OF
" AN OVERSMART BEAR
Fatal Misealeu'ation About a Fear
Hunter Who Had an Unre-
generate Brother-in.Law.

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LAcKAwAxEN. April 25.-"The bar hal
made his date all right said the man from
the Knob country, but he hadn't Gale lated
on 'Birams brother-in-aw Silas. and con
sequently he jest wilted right down. and
that was the end Of him.
1T was onfort nate for the bar. but IL
amt no more than fair for me to say tina,
Bran didn't play It on to him that way
a purpose. II come around providential.
a. II were. Providential for Bran, but
considerable unfortunate for the bar.
-'Bram was a bar hunter who bar
hunted peculiar He'd follcr the trail of
q bar, day In and day out, for six days In
q week. but never for seven.
-'Arly 10 life. Bran was convicted O.
the idee that Saturday was the right and
proper day O. the week, accordin' to hi,
readin' o the Scriptures. for TO remember
the Sabbath day and keep il on and he
KEEP it 80 persistent and so strict that a
hull drove o bar mowt a come along on
Saturday and run all over him and he
wouldn't raised finger ag'in EN-.
a big. impident bar had been hangin'
round 'Birarns clearin' for three or four
days. He had his eyes on TO a fat young pig
that Bran was oountin' ON KILN before
long, and Bran was keepin' his eyes on
the bar. The bar hadn't made no reg Lar
60 for the pig, but jest hung around.
The bar knows that pig Is mine, says
Bran, and the bar knows me. which is a
mighty good thing for the pig, Gays he.
and the bar did know Bran. sure
enough, and II he hadn't made that little
10 80
mighty bad thing for the pig. for when Sat-
urday came round briin come a sa'nterin'
outen the woods as bold as a soldier and as
cool as u he was paradin' in front O. the
holler tree where he lived, mebbs Ave mile
back In the woods. strolled to'rd the pig
pen as IL he was Bran himself goln' out
TO look his property over. and begun to
make his preparations for tabin' the pig.
n deliberate as could be-ehowin' what
the amazin' bar knowed.
He knowed II was Saturday, and that
Bran want no more danger to bars on
Saturday than q spring lamb would BE-
That bar knowed that he could trudge on
to 'Biram's ciearin' on a Saturday and
carry OF the hull caboodle o pigs and sheep
and calves II he wanted to, and Bran
wouldn't as much a. 60 out and holler 'shoor
at him.
that's what that anazin' bar knowed
! tell you. bars 10 tremendous when il
comes TO KNOWN!
when Bran looked up from the pages
o. the good book he was readin' and see
through the winder the comm O the bar
he put his finger on the line where he was
readin' 30 as to keep the place. and he says
THAT bar is psyin' compliment TO
my piousness that IL tetchin. he Gays. but
I'm sfeard he amt exac'ly wise,' says he.
Smart as that bar had been IN fggerin'
out Birams conscientious scruples as in
dom things on the seventh day o. the week,
1t had missed a pint In not calc'laiin' on
Birams brother-in-lAw. Silas. and the
way Siias's idees run as to Saturday.
sSilas lived down back o. the Knob. and
he had come up TO Birams Friday night
20 sSs1 ps' iS Ss bsr dSs noE 0f
ooyrse. or bed e. done different.
when Bran see the bar sa'ntertn'
to- ards the pigpen. fun o condolences In
SIs% G9f &. %D sna siss was y.n
"Siias, says Bran. wakin' him up,
you haln't got no particular oveY-powerir'
scruples sFin csryih gun on Saturday
Mef says suas. Not q durn scruple.
Nor on Sunday. neitherr says he.
LOOK outen the windsr, Suas,' says
Birsm quietly. and keepin his finger on
the line 20 as he wouldn't lose hiA place.
and see u there's anything headip' for my
0sshas looked outen the winder.
49,. Bar, by the great horn spoon, ssys
rs tina. a gun zee out yender in the
like, and koepin' his finger on his place,
1T was q gun, sure enough, and Silas
found ii, grabbed 1t, and hurried outsn the
THAT Bar is paying. a compliment to
my piousness that's tetchin',' Gays Bran.
takif' his finger ofIen his place and goin'
on with his readin'. but I'm afeard he amt
exactly wise says he
When that bar seen man with gun at
'Biram's on Saturday he was 50 surprised
BE Jest wilted right down. When Bran
heerd the gun 60 Oh he WINGED little.
'AhF Gays he. ! was afeard 80. The
bars complimentarinees was tetchin' but
not exac'ly wise, Onregenerit brother
in-lsrs, says he. 'ain't no respecters o
Bran vent on with his rradin'. and
Silas drug the bar into the woodfbed.
Yes, the bar had made his date ell right,
but hadn't calc'lated on 'Buau's brother
in-law, Silas.
but il amt no more than fair to cay
that Bran didn't play IL on him that way
a purpose IL come around provieential.
but considerable onfortnate for the bar.
which, when Bran went out Sunday
mornin' and weighed him. pulled the still
yards down to the 4oo-pound notch
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