Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1905-09-05
Not Much Success in Getting
Bears In Recent Days.
PROVIDENCE AGAINST HIN
Something Always Goes Wrong at the
Crucial Moment and srun Escapes
blasting Big eowlder in Front
Yard.

HANK stevens certainly does have
"all-lircd pore luck kctchn' bars these
enc dayS"--lut him tell it, Somehow
or other everything has gone wrong
Just al the crucial moment. Ills gun
has missed fire, Il .5un; has bit his nose
ana the bullet gone Wild, or the nanh
Of Providence has stepped in ana saved
brun Ivy Il miracle
Since his last experience Hank dc
ciarCS that Providence is against him
II hogan Il week ago when he attempt.
cd ia blast to picc IS IL big auwldcr in
the douryard. The pieces had ra,n Hu
cyosore ever sins. he built hi; no'lsc
and, after looking at iul walking
around ii Tor fourteen years he CON
GUIDED To Get it ont of the way 1t was;
too near the r.ndUwS To hiIN up with
an ordinary charge uf explosive. SO hr
conccivc! the idea of drillin. u dozen
or more small holes and filling them
with tiny charges of dynamite. Tho
charges were to he exploited one hy
one and the rock So cracked that i;
could hc split mp with wedge and
hammer
After the holes had lcrn drilled
Hank got Il stick ii dynamite. and.
following the Directors of Il storckccp.
or. clit ii mp into small pellets about
The the size of peas. Then he laid the
PARTICLES on the t.ru'In,i and went in Ia
dinner. While he was dining the
hired man went into The front yard.
where he fed six chickens which had
Straycd from the hrnlo,,sc The chicks
not only ale the cracked corn the hired
man tossed to them. but they gnbblc;l
mp every pellet Of dynamite that had
,tsh ici
Apparently they ma;uok il iur relish
of some nov kind at gravel. Tor they
ate il Srccdily. and Hank appeared
to find six two-lcgsed hombshcils cack-
ling ut the Gatn.
Good lord, Iim" said he nS soon MS
the facts dawncd upon him, I'VE can't
let them hens run around loose. That
dynamitc's liable to Kit To gratin' On
stnns in their crops and blow M the
whole outfit. Land saErs alive. IL
] don't have the hlamcdcSt luck!"
That's So sail lin. cdging away
from the fowls. Il reckon il wouldn't
Ito tn Kick one on 'cm Likes not
'twnuld blow yer laig to finders"
We've got to ketch en-" answered
Hank. dctcrmincdly life wont be
wuth tmuprncc until they're dead. lin.
you 80 fetch me Buds butterfly net
and We'll do the job now
Slowly and with great care Hank
captured the six and wrnng their
nccks. Then with still great care, liz
dressed the fowls ana hung them in
the cellar. The crops, each contain
ing enough dynamite 10 wreck half tho
house. were strung on thread and
hung in the farmhouse. rs that building
stood across the road in IL grove OF
trees.
The time set for this delicate opera
ton was early hrXt morning and when
Hank. accompanied by The hired man,
;yrivod AT the farmhouse his heart
stood still The door was wide open
| and Il paper sign III which had been
painted. Dynamite, Dangerous. Look
Ont!!!' was lying on the ground.
".Ichosiphat! Alcbbc it's tramps.
grasprd the farmer. Don't scare en-,
| linn, or they may bump their heads on
them crops
! "Tramps. nothin'!" snnrtcd Jim, who
had been examining the ground. ITS
| Il bar and he's went"
And bear it certainly had been, for
| his tracks were indonfcd in the soft
| wood hy The latch. One ham and all
the crops were missing
| Hank looked 1T Jim and Jim looked
ut Hank.
"s'poso he'll blow up?" asked The
former.
Don't know" replied the latter
| Reckon we could Gil him with the
hanund tlawg?"
"Wal. mcbhc." admitted Jim "'rhct
is, mchbc you could hui yourn truly
haint much on huniin loaded bars
ana, besides, the thrcc-acrc corn patch
Is jest achin' To he hood"
"Sho, yer afcard,' snoricd Hank
! I'm bet yc dascn't go"
| "Wal. mcbhc | had jest AS soon not
to as to-" the hired man admitted
| oval, Ph gnin'." said Hank with al
air that meant business. Tin goln =.
Kit that bar and them dynamite pclh,ts
| IL il takes the summer. C0nsarn that
critter, | do have the durndcst luck."
| So he took tho hounds and went, eau
| tioning jim not to say 81 word about 4
| to Mrs. Stevens, as she is inclined to
nervousness when il comes To bears
and guns. The dog picked up the
| scent easily enough and headed of up
| the mountain, bayinS as he went and
| now and then looking back 20 sec il his
master was following. Jim watched
| them until they were out OF sight aud
then, shouldorng his hoe, set out for
| the cornficld.
AS he cultivatel the young corn he
could hear the dogs cries growing
more and more indistinct until finally
they ceased altogether. a thunder.
storm had come up and he had sought
| shelter In the barn when he was star
| tied by lnrid fash in the direction Of
the mountain. II was followed almost
Immediately by II heavy dctonatior
that shook the earth. 4 few seconds
Iai.r peal of thunder followed as n
vibrating echo, AMI Jim turned pale