The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1907-07-28

W. NNNNH htAs mr. 49,,
"'Y0u hitch up and drive over To Bunker's
Hollow said Reuben Pettibone. Hitch
up to the stonod drag and fetch In the panther.
tire big dead bear and the two little live
they all came to be there. now that I've
thought OF 'em.' said Reuben.
MAY l remind You. Mackinaw. that this
was n ten-year-older talkinglr Born where
whiri AID swirl. May / remind you OF the
astounding fact that this was but n ten
year-old talking, M~ackinaw2'
The man in purple. pink. red. blue.
greer and yellow MackiDaw jacket didn't
he mightn't. He had -lit up again. and
the handbills still seemed to be all alb
sorbing.
sAhis said the msn from over sinne-
mahoning way. Silent before him. SEQ,
and IL Is not strangel Greater men han
you or even I, Mackinaw, have stood silent
before that presence. both at 10 years old
and later on-my remarkable father. Red-
ben Pettibonel
am tell you how they all came to be
there, now that I've thought of EN- said
Reuben to his father. And 40 he went on
and told how IA he approached Bunker
Hollow he heard a great and peculiar
noise, and coming out into the Hollow
~ discovered that the noise was made 10y a
Their and a bear which we're fighting,
tooth and nail. And up In a tree. about ten
feet from the ground, were two little bear
cubs. looking down at the fight. More
than that. of TO one side. with its head
pushed out from a clump OF bushes. was "A
doe deer, seemingly enjoying the battle.
"'Of course said Reuben. being on,
there lust TO kill some venison to feed that
measles appetite OF mine. that bear and
panther fight wasn't any Of my business.
another, I said, why, let EN-. Venison i,
what I'm after; and 30 ! banged away at
the deer. She leaped in the air and came
down right on top OF the bear and the pan
Their where they were ripping and tearing
Of the gun and the deer landing on top ~
them rather scared them. guess, for they
separated and jumped away. Then, seeing
that IL was only q dead deer that had made
the trouble, into one another they pitched
started for home. hadn't gone more than
ten rods. though. when
Right there, Mackinaw. in his cool and
calm telling OF that unimportant little detail
Of the days doings, my remarkable father
l suppose must have been a queer look
first on his father and then on his mother.
and then said:
Cant be. can IL. that psnthers and bears
rave the measles2 l wonder II that can
be2'
Reuben Petitioners mother grabbed the
bunch Of boneset and the bunch OF snake,
root where they hung on the wall and said
to Reuben's father:
-Alamanzor, they're striking I'M
-Deepl' said Reuben's father. button
ing up his coat. / better drive down right
now and tell Jim Jarvis
But Reuben he just held up his hand and
said:
The r~easonI was wondering about that
is that / hadn't ZONE more than ten rods with
my vension when / heard a noise behind me
and looking back I saw the panther coming
along after me. and the bear followln IN
the rear OF the panther. and 1 Just this min
ute happened to think that maybe they had
a case Of measles, and it had struck 'em
with an appetite for venison like the one
l had. and they were coming along TO take
my venison away from me. That's why !
was wondering just now said Reuben.
Reuben Pettibone's mother hung the
boneset and the snakeroot back on the wall,
N his father unbuttoned bis coat and sat
down.
Ell I had thought Of that at the time
continued Reuben, I wouldn't have killed
EN-; I'd have given 'em the benefit OF the
But as it was I killed the panther and the
bear. and just then " little bears came
whining along IN the track OF their mother,
and l tied EN- up with whitewood bark,
and I'm more than glad that / happened
or the poor little things might have starved
TO death. So. father. what hitching up
you'll do viii be to the stone drag. and you'll
drive In to Bunker's Hollow and fetch in
what you'll find lying there. First, though,
cut me of another tolerable good sized
hunk OF that venison. ] don't know when
I've ever had anything that set 80 good
said Reuben Pettibone.
-Maokinaw, you may search the records
OF the precocious great, n II you can ind
q more remarkable-but let that pass.
Reube Pettibone's father hitched mp to
the stone drag n drove in to Bunkers
Hollow. When he came bach he had III"
bear and the panther and the two little live
bears, whioh my remarkable father had
come 30 near forgetting all about through
the more important gathering Of that Vent
son TO appease the measles appetite. Could
hot boneset and snakeroot sweats he men
toned in the eame breath with such a hoy
90 that, Mackinaw2 And wouldn't all Jim
JRrvises starve to death IL they depended
on such as him to get a job out Off"
But the man In the purple, pink, red, blue,
yellow and green Mackinaw jacket was
snoring in his chair. The man from, over
S~innemahoning way gazed at hiE Il mo-
ment and then said:
That feller don't come far from lcilg
somewhat remarkable himself. Must bn
he's got Sinpsmahoning blood in him"
The man in the many hued Jacket woke
up with a start. He shook his fist at tine
from over Sinnemahoning way. and
with much vehemenoe exclaimed:
IF l thought / had, Sinnemahoue, I'd
LEI It out with my jackknife. and keep ii &c
p'ison dogs with
Dut the man from over Sinncmahonins
-aO s,,at axotIaI