Sharp County record., 1903-03-13
HeGot a Bear
After Ais S4
Adventures If a Young Hunter
in the Knob Country.
IF THE young chap hadot becnso

+ THE young chap hao'' "', 10"
fresh an so knowiaI an so
ridiculous stuck on hisself," said the
man from Knob county 1T amt like
Nv that they'd "a done it to him quite
so strong, but he come amongst EN-
a struttin' an a b,ustcrin', with his
WALLER Ieggings an a yaller coat all
fun o. pockets an straps an BELTS
an his shiny gun.
els these the biggest woods you've
got around here? says he, sort o
sneerin
"They told him them woods was the
biggest they had room for as they
took up the best part o the county
an we thought they sized up pretty
well. beins as ne mowt travel all day
in them parts an find nothin' much
else but woods.
"They amt much better than
picnic groyeH says he, sneerinS'
some more But mebby they'll do
he says. Any bear in emp says he.
1--WE told him there was a few bear
left in EN-.
"'Be YOU lookin' for bear?' says we.
"'That's what I'm out to git says
he. I'm glad don't care to git more
than one, though says he, for I'd be
disappointed. 1t don't seem to me
there was room in these woods for
more than one says he. But one is
all want, says he.
"Now, | knowed my ownself where
four old dodwollopers was layin' low,
an Sile had a couple marked down
some're else an Pete an Rube an Eli
all on 'em knowed where they could
go an lay their hands on half dozen
more. But this young chap was so
fresh an KNOWN an ridic lous stuck
up about it that we calc'lated to let
him flicker an see how he'd come out
"He strutted an Dragged around
most a couple o. days fore he got
ready to go out an git the bear he
was after, an he hadn't been gone
long fore Sile he sauntered out with
his gun an his dog, Tige. Sile has
got big teeth an a sharp nose an a
shinin eye, an he is a ferce-looking
chap, tell you, but he amt no fercer
than rabbit.
But he looks fierce, an no mistake,
an if you'd meet him in the ewoods an
didn't know him you'd sort O. wish
you was some'rs else. Pete an Eli
an the rest on 'em was there when
Sile went out with his gun an his
log an could see they was grin
min.
'Somethin's up says l.
"The young chap got way over
nigh the old Holiday patch lookin' for
the bear he was after, but it hadn't
showed up yit, when suddenly he
come out facin' a tall, fierce-lookin'
chap gunon his arm an an ugly
lookin' dog at his heels. 1t was Sile
an his dog, an the dog want no
fercer than Sile was, though he
looked terrible ugly, but the fresh
young chap he hadn't never seen Sile
nor the dog
hullo' say CIle, savage Ike.
THE young chap he shouted back,
skeert like, an said 'Hullo' sort o.
soothin'
"Then Sile he took couple o dead
pheasants out from where he had 'em
inside his coat.
Killed any yit!' says he.
"'No,' says the your; chap. I'm
after bear
1T won't make no difference what
you're after says Sile, gruff an growl-
in. Here's what you're gointer git!'
'Sile he had his gun cooked, an begun
10 finger it.
"'These pheasants is what you
want says Sile. They'll be two dol
lars Lay still, Tige! Don't take him
till tell you to!'
"Tige was layin sound asleep under
bush, an hadn't noticed a consarned
thing that was goin' on.
Don't take him till l tell you TOT
says Sile. The pheasants1l be two
dollars says he, AN they're what
you're gointer git!' says Sile, an he
handed 'em over to the young chap,
an the young chap handed Sile two
dollars an took 'em without word.
"Then Sile he kicked his dog awake,
an away they went, The young chap
he come in from his bear hunt as soon
as he could get in.
"'There amt no bear in this here
piece O. woods o your'n, so fur as l
could diskiver,' says he, but run ag'in
somethin' worse than all the bears
them woods could hold! 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 bighway-robbed me!
"'He held me up with force Of arms,
an mowt Jest as well "a said: "Your
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! been highway
robbed says the young chap, AN de-
mand possy to 60 an run the robber
down.
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