The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1908-02-27


4 li:tie brown bear that Scamp2red OF
when ne seen us. hat bciG' a-in blug
whs---N--@oul.n' get away. he climb
o.! d. H'An"lish was sim.
| l.y h excitement.
." 9riune! Neythcr gun
nor 4!
"'r! ack and talk pref.
ty t. lille YOU run back
anl e and item fero,
ciOC4 bu!Iu
"'Nolf hnCnuS. says II, zig
nifty. full hlocded. seventy -
They'll rend the poor beast limb I.
limb hate to do it. hut it'll be good
practice for them
"'TEey may lie good renders says
/. but dent for@i; the gun
We'll. | throwcl STICKS az the critic:
when lie t"i,i to Unclin!b the tree til
fnTIy IL" boss rot back with his
do.s. They set ~ an awful ho!ler
when they So the bear-fi-St one
they'd ever Smelled. reckon-anI
the little fcllcr cr2wled up in some
forks and watched things. cautious.
while they leaped about. bayin' most
fierce and h!ool curdlin'.
"'How you goin' to get him down"
says l.
"Tll shoot him in the lower jaw,
says the Britlsher, so he cawn't bite
the dogs. It'll give 'em cawnfdence.'
HE takes aim at Mr.. Bears chin
and misses 1t three times runnin'. he's
that excited.
"'Settle down, H'Anglish,' says l.
he ain't got no double chins. How
many shells left in your gum
when he looks he finds there's only
one more, for he hadn't etopped to Gil
the magazine, 80 l cautions him.
YOU'RE shootin' too low. Raise
her.
"He raised her all right and caught
Mr.. Bruin in the snout. What follow.
ed thereafter was most too quick to
notice. for the poor bear let out a
bawl. dropped of his limb into the
midst Of them ragin', tur'ble seventy
pun hounds an Rugged 'em to death.
one after another, like he was doin'
system of health exercises. He took
'em to his bosom as If he'd just got
back off long trip. then, droppin' the
last one, he made at that younger sor
an put a gold filling in his Les. Yes,
sir; most chewed 1t off. H'AngliSh let
cut a Siberian wolf holler hisself, an
! had to step in with the hatchet and
kill the brute. though was most dead
from laughin'.
That's how it is with me an Glen
ister," the old man concluded. when
he gets tired experimental with this
new law game of hisn. I'll step in an
do business on a common sense basis"
"You talk as you wouldn't get fair
play" said Helen.
I'VE won't" said lie, with conviction.
Il look on all lawyers with suspicion,
even to old baldface your uncle"
askin' your pardon an gettin' it. bein
as I'm q friend an he amt no real
relation of yours. anyhow. No. sir.
They're all crooked"
Dextry held the western diSt"uSt "a
the legal neutrality-suspicious.
unreasoniug. deep.
us the old man all the kin you've
got" he questioned. when sic r@cuSe:
to discuss the matter.
"He is-in way. have 4 h:'1-hc::
or | hope / haze, somewhere. He ra2
away when we were both little tads.
and haven't seen him since. l heard
about him. indirectly, at Skagway-
three years ago-during the big rush to
the Klondlke, but he has never been
home. Wien father died, / went to
live with Uncle Arthur-some day, per
haps, III find my brother. He's cruel
to hide from me this way, for there are
only we two left and I've loved him
always"
She spoke sadly and her mood blend
ed we'll with the gloom Of her COM
.panion, 30 they stared silently out over
the heaving green waters.
"It's q good thing me an the kid had
a little piece Of money ahead" Dextry
resumed later, reverting to the thought
that lay uppermost in his mind, "cause
we'd be up against 1t right II We
hadn't. The boy couldn't have amused
himself none with these court proceed
ings, because they come high. call
'em lu1uries, like branded peaches an
silk undershirts.
81 don't trust these Jim Crow banks
no more than / do lawyers, neither.
No, Stree! 1 bought iron safe an
hauled It ont to the mine. She weighs
1900, and we keep our money locked
up there. We've got feller named
johnson watchin' 1t now. Steal It?
Well, hardly. They can't bust her open
without a stick of giant which would
rouse everybody in FIVE miles. an they
can't lug her of bodily-she's too
heavy. No. It's safer there than any
place know Of. There amt no ab-
khak