Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1905-11-23
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"'Waal, keep a-lookin' an yo'll see

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"'Waal, keep a-lookin' an yoll see
IT.
"'NIebbe I'd better shoot the critter?
"'Mebbe yo' hadn't This amt my
of yor fout. an yo' just mind yo'r own
bizness. When | feel too tired to sol
lop a bar I'll send fur yo'.' >
But didn't the bear take notice of
you I asked
Not a b,( Reckon be heard ne, of
co,se. but Ea WAS bound to down lie
ole woman fust. She fout harder arter
SIZE knowed I vas thar Mebbe he
sorter depended Oh me. an meJse it
made her ali the madder. WhicLe .er
way Il was. she sailed in fur al She
was Wuth, an She way she c.It1eG
that bar astonished me- Id u.ver
stood to fight him that way =. nit
After awhile lie got in anothe. auT
which sent her spnnin', an ss.l to
Lar:
Nancy, shant put a bullet into
...e y.,.s...r5 All el.,l this fuss
Not to-day. thankee' she sal as
Sire 1t TIP Ike i cat.
White they vas heyin' another tus-
sic locked AT that bar powerful. ci:s,"
said Zeb. an he didn't seem t. - a
natural critter. reed. but he re- ld
ell me Of a dead an gone critic i.Jm-
ed Joe Robinson. Yes. sab. any l.?3.! as
Lao ever knoved Joe Robinson Y. all
say his speer.t had passed i'm hat
bar. It was most the s2ale as a sho
tograph. He had wink to one e.. d
grin Oh his tace. an his lower IL |. ing
down, an it was jest like see. Joe
Robinson hisseif once mo-
And 50 yag lit out:'
No sab, didn't. l wanted t1 but
the m!.s5t riZ Up that -: Il} .,e1
what wanted an wa!tzel up NE
an took hold fur v-ressle Usel t.
wrassle with Joe an down hin. G a,...'
time. but he was different nov IS a
bar. ie laid me plumb ca n?y -, il
no time. got up an tried i: d i. bat
it was dead easy fur hin, Why. / va
jest p.3y t.-.:.g "a L..iil. I1c t. .ve>.
me down 50 easy that sot n ! an.
yelled at Lin
4 y
are even if yo' are bar. used to
outdte. outjUmp an outrun 80 every
day i'll the week. an | kin do it now
That's what | said" remarked the
old man, but | was made to wish I
hadn't. The bar held Up his paws an
begun TO 4, nee around, an purity soon
he gin ne Il whack on the ear which
i-f af.L- T
fur LiE4. but he knocked me Jest as fs,'
the other Way. Then l got wh.ppin'
n!ad an sailed in. They used to say
ta;.t Was good fur any two men
around yere. but lickin' a bar an lick
IL two men is different a heap. At
least L was SO with that bar. | never
got III on him tall He jest cufcd me
tbs way an that. an bimeby he fetch
ed me wh3ck which took all the fite
outer ne an left me as limp as a rag
| was a licked man, an | knowed it
an was ready to give up, but that bar
wasn't willin'. He remembered the
whoDpin' gin him as Joe Robinson,
an he Kept Oh cufin me TIL I tainted
away. When l cum to my senses he
had gone
And didn't you ever see the bear
again."
Never, sab. He was a speerit bar,
an he jist disappeared an was never
seen ag'in. I ere wled home an was in
bed fur two weeks, an though I'm still
huntin fur that bar, I don't reckon
I'll ever find him 1t was Joe Robin
sons speerit in him. yo' see. When
Joe got even fur that whoppin' I gin
him he was satisfied to lie in his grave
furevermo, an so the bar vanished O..
the airth-yes, sab, vanished off the
airth-an' l was a licked man"
NJ. QUAD.