The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-06-28

Yes, says Sim. Did you see 'em?'
Guess so, says the bark peeer, GRIMM
all O. three inches acrost his face. What
did they Gale late was ailin of 'em?' says he
Malaria, says Sim
Then that aggravatin' bark-peeler laid
back and howlcd The trick mule at the
circus couldn't a tickled him n ore than he
seemed to be tickled jest then.
Yes. says he, after gittin' over his
laughin spell some. I seen the party.
I'm peelin' on job two miled back on the
mountain, says he, and I walk in and
out night and mornin'.
Friday as was comm in / heerd
terrible hootn' down along the foot O the
mountain. Think seq l. the father of all
boot owls must be roostin' down there
and has his family with him.
Saturday mornin az l was goin' in
says the bark peeler, I heerd the hootin'
yit. and think. seq 1, them owls is havin'
high old time. Tord noon who should
come in to where was peelin hut Sam and
he says to me that his two tame bears had
give him the slip Thursday night and he
was afeard some one mowt run ag in EN- in
the woods and kill EN-, of'else mavbe they'd
fall into some ones traps: cause they was
so tame. Sam said, that they would hang
around where anybody was II thew wasn't
druv away. Sam wanted me to keep my
eye skinned, and if seen the bears to fetch
elm in and he d pay me for it.
II knocked off about noon that day
and started for home, cause it was Satur-
dav, and l was goin' over to the Eddy to
sort o set around with Sairy Jane till Mon
day. When got to that spot on the noun
tain | heered that consaarned hootin' goin'
on yit down in the holler. and ! says to
myself that I'd be dashed II I wouldn't
go down and sec what in under the blue
canopy was ailin O, them pesky owls
80 down | goes. says the bark-peeler.
AS come nifher to 'h the foot O. the noun
and by and by heerl plain enough that
it was human folks and not owls that was
turnin of it loose. Twain long before
come out to the creek in the openin'w where
the old cabin stands and the first thing
; I see was a Teller setn' straddle O. the
cabin, calm for help,
"'Out Of ches nut saplin' on t'other side
: o the cabin como tremendous howl, ard
seen another feller up there, and then
another one in another tree. and so on, till
one rdin' the ridge pole O the cabin This
one seen me first, and he hollers out To
-~Kul EN-! Kill 'em!" he boilers.
"Yender is one, and there another ono
in tile cabin Hurry up and kill 'em!" he
boilers, -for we're starved to death, bcsldcs
bcin' Jest about dead With the shivers!"
"'Then t'other fellers clapped the ir eyes
on to me, and they set up howl. too, for
mo to kill EN-. ,
-'"Kiil WHAT" says ]. giitin' considerable
creepy. for I thought I'd got amongst a
passed. o relles that somethin' had sot
crazy. Kill what" says J.
-'iThe bears!- they all boilers. -The
consumed things has KEEP Ills up here, and
they've spilled our fshin' and won't let us
down, Kill 'em'" they hollers.
-.,Jest then out o the cabin walked
Dustin big bear, and from under one o
the trees whore Teller was hollerin', as
nigh the top of il rs he could git, come
another bear. I want loaded fer bear,
and was gittin' ready to shin up tree my
ownself when seen rop" draggn' from
a leg O one O. the bears.
Then the hull thing struck me, Hero
was Sans two missin' bears, sartin and
they was harmless as suckin' doyes i