Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1906-07-06

ute. an then he says:
"'Siser.' he says. that bear amt
through yet. We can't work in that
cornfeld with NO weapon but that
old gum he says. We must borry q
rife
so me and Charles went up TO
Joe Gould's an borried his rifle an
han'ful o. buckshot fer our old
gun. Then we went back TO the
cornheld to begin getherin' up our
corn the pesky bear had scattered.
simeon, there he stood!' The
bear! There he stood aga'n slashin'
away at the shocks O. corn, an
sletherin' it around like chips often
. planin' mill!
take that for your impudence!'
/ hollers. an turned the oil gun
loose on him with such belching
O. buckshot as never slid out Of any
gun before nor since. Down went
the bear, an down went me, moren't
ten foot back'srds, into a corn shock.
the kickin o. the old gun was so
hefty. The bear got up before did,
an went limpin' an howlin' away,
follered by bullet from Charles
borrowed fife.
at the front end o. this old gun
was as all-pervading as its hind end,
Charles, I says. rubbin' my shoul-
der. that bear won't be alive more'n
Q few minutes to be uncomfortable
in says.
"Looks TO me As II you mowt be
right, Sizer,' says Charles, an l con
slider that we kin stack our arms
now. an go getherin' up the corn,
says he, an he won't bother us nc
more says Charles.
The bear had gone or into the
took his gun an walked over amongst
the corn shocks to look the ground
over, an I got up an sot on pile
O. corn investigstin' my shoulder.
II guess it was mebbe ten minutes
fore looked up. an when | looked
up come as nigh faintin' as coult
be an not do 1t. AS soon a. | got
my wind and tongue, began to yell
70 Charles.
'Charles!' I hollers. Come here
with your gunl The bears back
He's back. worse than ever!'
"Cause there he stood. not 20 foot
away. leerin' at me round shock o
corn! Charles startSl as soon as he
heerd me holler. rir up to try an
load my old gun. an when the bear
heerd Charles comm amongst the
shocks. he got skssrt, an he made q
dash to get away.
As Charles was comm up in the real
o. the bear. the bear thought It'd be
safer to come my way than TO &c
t'other way, an he run right on to me
bowled me over as II was tenpir
an he was ball. an walked right over
me from one end o. me to t'other. an
put in his best licks for the woods. Jus,
then Charles came in sight Of him.
LAY still. Sizer' he hollers. Lay
still. an i'll bore him like tappin ma.
pie trsei Lay still Charles hollers
81 laid still. Simeon. an I couldn',
a done nothin' else IL I'd a wanted to
the bear had stamped me SO deep down
in the dust. So laid still, an Charles
was as good as his word.
"He banged away an bored the bear
from end to end, an the bear didn't
take more han dozen steps further
lie fell dead among the shocks.
"'But great Hickory Jackson
Charlesl' says I. Who'd "a thunk that
beard = come back so quick arter that
dose o. buckshot give him p ssysI.
Nobody says Charles.
"An' who would "a thunk il, simeon7 ?
said SiKer.
Lord almighty, Si,erl" exclaimed
Sim Bowers; nobody would"
"'Of course they wouldn't, y jocksN
said Sizer Slocum. "0f course nohndy
d "a thunk the bear would "a come
back like that. AMI he didn't neitherl'
"Sizer Slocum!" said Stnrekeeper
Bowers, Indignantly, ~ got somethin
else to do than sittin' here an. listenin
to your trihin' yarus!"
simeon" said Sizer, folks would a
had good reason not to think that the
bear would "a come back like that. ar
they'd "a ben right. for the next day
arter Charles bored the hear. Joe
Gould's boy was goin' through the
woods, half n mile from that field "
our'n. an he comes onto dead bear
layin' in there. 90 riddled with huckshot
that il was most ready for mincemeat;
so II was plain enough that theirs
want no ground at all for any one
a-thinkin' that the bear would a
come back, Simeon
"You don't mean to say, Steer Sloeum
that"
81 mean TO say. Simeon. that the bear
Charles bored from end TO end WAS an
other besr-an' it's a tremendous queer
thing that nothin' about Il hain't got
down here tore this! An he was such
big feller, tool"-N Y sun.