The Cairo bulletin., 1906-07-01
0ne-Eared Bruin
Came Back 10 Die

his gaunt and muscular chest, lay in
the center of the group. Without ado
Gran'ther ran his trembling fingers
across the skull and along the upper
vertebrae. The next instant he eX-
claimed:
ITS him, It's shim!"
For land sakes, who's him?' de-
manded Ike.
"Who?P .chortjed Granther, indul-
gently. @fWhy, dRs One Ear Bill Yes
sir, that's Jest who It's and here's his
tother ear"
Diving into his pocket, Gran'ther
brought UP a worn purse made years
gone by from the ear of bear.
1T does beat all how I've found the
aggravatin' cuss arter all these years,
| he chuckled
"Sho Granther you don't figger he's
the yarmint you had the goin son with
back in the fan Of '66?" Eph fairly
gasped
Granther said it was and proceeded
to unrayel the yarn In the days OF
the civil war, bears in Vermont, he
said, had pretty much their own way
in the uRiands because the hunters
were fighting in the south. When
Gran Their, robust and so, laid aside his
faded uniform and donned oyeralls, he,
like many another, set out to rid the
hills of the noXious invaders,
In these days there was state
Df an a :
long way TO the county seat. payment (
was made on the presentation 81 tho /
right ear. provided the hunter would 1
give his word that the capture was
made within the state borders
I Gran Their had cashed in many ears
and bears were. beginning to be a biz
scarce when II wss heard that smash
ing big fellow was cutting up didoes by
night near what is now tie Bates place
and retreating to the crest OF Pioo
mountain at daybreak.
Shouldering his muzzle-loadng mus
ket Gran'ther set forth, and that nigh;
pi6dllad camp ,a'few rods above $Toper
Spring" He knew that if the bear
made Nocturnal pilgrimages to the, val
Icy in search OF sheep he could Strike
his runway At.the end of the second
day he did locate It. just where the old
Sawyer toteTr0ad now strikes Pierce's
Cobble.
Jast as tho sky had grayed sufficient
ly 10 make shoating feasible, a heavy
body erackiel through the bushes and
there, 50 rods off, with small, limp ,
pig in his jaw, stood the bear Gran Their
levelled his trusty smooth-bore and
fired. -.
Il never seen a varmint drop neat ,
er, the veteran declared I'D have ,
bet the bullet had druy right through p
he brain. When ! hefted him seen !
hat I'd halter fetch an OK an snake
lim down the mountain. SO says IN
Jest Top on his right ear. then III come
back an git the cuss.' o
Wal, jest after | got the ear of a
het bar gpeys mighty heave an
etched me Such . shove with his nigh d
lind fut that 4 sol right down The b
lext second he was holleTin' like all. g
lred duration ian hypcrin' up the
mountain. + loaded an took another {
hot, but.1 only clipped off his tail. an 4
iway he went clean out o. sight.
AS 'twOuld ha' been cheatin' TO col
ect the bounty on an ear with the bar
het owned it campaign round. | had
{ made into this ere purse. an never i
zen the critter sence ontn tday Now Z
'ou jest look for his tail. an you'll see 4
re haint get none an at his left ear 4
N yOu'n see hole In IL. an then YOU
eel Of his skull an youll see where Y
he bullet creased the cuss, stunnin :
linn temporary"
Eph, Ike aud all the others looked Z
nd nodded silently.
Gran Their. said Ike. as he handed x
he veteran his hunting knife. that ere
iallet o yOurn doe. seem sortei
etered out Spose you Top on the =
armints other ear an make 20 =
ran anew one. ~ T. j. World. b
Kentucky's Sons and Daughters.
We are apt to consider New Englan8l L
S prominently the region that peo. e
.ngland states at times have an. 4
cared 10 be scarcely more than breed. :.
lg grounds for stalRart men anr e
-omen destined 10 inhablt ana bulr b
p other parts Of the land Oi8 Il
ONE week in Kentucky reminds on. x
ow true 1t is that an intense mi.
ratory movement has steadily gone q
n even IN the inside wtst for ee, *
raj gersrafiens. The rowing di-ro =
tion Of ne lincoiu AMI Davis fam 4
les is an hlnsiraiion ~ carly tn n
ancies in this. dineelion. the frs
lttlers ofsfhBtasssi and southu-est
/ their chiisrce were ever on th.
Owe, pulling "a ssrd % new ana
possible sssFe 5 sfue lands. II
ter times ifsls - An the same
lidity Of -rafaiaffo1 so thar today L
is said. Kentucky has coo goo Of her Z
ildren dwelling outside her borders =