The Washington herald., 1909-07-18
SHOT!
That's What Happsnd TO Enas SHod-
grass, but He Was not Fatally
KiId---OOG LiVsrmora Picked The
Shot Ouien Him---ihs Cu.pTits
GOnfsSSsS

Enos Snodgrass had a curious thing
TO happen TO him last week which
caused him considerable pain. but for
tunately for Enos didn't prove fatal
as It might OF did If things had been
slightly different, but Enos saws as for
bIm he walked near enuff 70 the Val
ley Of the ShaddeT, and that some folks
IN tins vicinity had better be q little
Seertul hereafter or else they will find
themselves behInt prison bars.
II was Tuesday or Wensday OF last
week, we forgit which. and about noon
when II happened. Early IN the morn
ing Wes Woodruff, our expert hunter
and trappeT. was a setting on Hen
WeatherSby's store piazza in the sun
most asleep when Hank Dewberry
come along and set down besides him.
Hank and Wes. not having ANYTHING
else to DO but Kill time. wondered how
they could kill the most time. and
finally Wes bantered Hank 10 take
shotgun and 60 out into the woods and
see If they couldn't shoot a mess OF
gray squirrels OF course there Is Z
law on gray squirrels and It IS $40 fine
and costs If kctched with a dead one
IT your possession, but Hank and Wes
gets many gray squirrel unbelnownst
TO the game warden. The great trouble
the warden has IS to ind a dead grav
squirrel on the person OF Hank OF
Wes.
Well, Hank he said he'd 20. and 50
Wes went homo after his old muzzle
loader shotgun, and so thev both
started out together. After they got
outen town WeS he put charge into
the old muzzle loader and thev Snuk
along quiet through the woods until a.
last WeS ne seen a gray squirrel
barNn up IN the top OF a white oak
and he handed the gun to Hank and
told Hank to go ahead and shoot II.
being as he had invited Hank as his
gest hunting. ard besides he had shot
thousands OF gray squirrels in his time.
whereas Hank didn't so often have
ollanst TO get d crack at one
Well, Hank he TUX the gun and
cooked itkand tux keerful aim and shet
both eyeS and pulled the trigger. What
follered was a good cal OF a surprise
70 Hank That ole gun kicked him end
over end and he strzck the back OF
his head on a log and ike to of Track
shured his skull for han Hank got I'D.
dazed and stun, and began 10 feel Of
hiSself 70 see how many bones was
broke Hank said he calkilated where
the gun had kicked him on the arm
had broke It IN two places. but Wes
told him to see if he could bend his
arm, and ne could, so Wes said II
couldn't be broke or he couldn't
bend it.
When the gun turned Hank over
Wes he laid down and rolled and
LATED fit 70 bust hisself He told Hank
he should OF had to laff If It had killed
him. and this made Hank purity mad
Hank said that anybody who would
laff az a corps had no sense OF humor
Yves said that the only way he could
acct for the old shotgun kicking %
was that he reckoned It already had
one load in il which he had forgot
about, and that he had went and put
in another load on top Of It. Then
Hank accused Wes OF putting I'D
JOB on him purpose, and for a couple
of hours after that Hank wouldn't
speak 10 Wes. As for the squirrel. II
excaped
Bye and bye they got tired hunting
ard Hank, who had a old pack Of
cards in his pocket, perposed that they
stop huntin and play sA few games of