The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1909-07-25
SHOT!
That's What Happsnd 10 Enos Sned-
grass, but He Was not Fatally
kild---0oc Llysrmora Picked tho
Shot 0utsn Hlm---ths CuIprlts
Confessss

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 says as for
him he walked near enuff to the VAL
ley of the Shadder, and that some folks
in this vicinity had better be a little
keerful hereafter sor else they will find
themselves behint prison bars.
1t was Tuesday or Wensday of last
week, we forgit which, and about noon
when it happened. Early in the morn
ing Yves Woodruff, our expert hunter
and trapper, was a setting on Hen
Wcathersbys store piazza in the sun
most asleep when Hank Dewberry
come along and set down besides him
Hank and Yves, not having anything
else to do but kill time, wondered how
they could kill the most time, and
finally Wes bantered Hank to take a
shotgun and 60 out into the woods and
see If they couldn't shoot mess Of
gray squirrels. OF course there Is q
law on gray squirrels and il Is SO fine
and costs IL ketched with q dead one
in your possession, Fbut Hank and Yves
gets many gray squirrel unbeknownst
to the game warden. The great trouble
the warden has Is to find dead gray
squirrel on the person of Hank or
Yves.
Well, Hank he said he'd 20, and so
Yves went home after his old muzzle
loader shotgun, and 50 they both
started out together After they got
outen town Yves he put a charge into
the old muzzle loader and they snuk
along quiet through the woods until at
last Yves he seen gray squirrel
barkin up in the top Of white oak
and he handed the gun to Hank and
told Hank to 60 ahead and shoot il,
being as he had invited Hank as his
gest hunting, and besides he had shot
thousands OF gray squirrels in his time,
whereas Hank didn't 90 often have a
chanst to get crack at one.
Well,s Hank he stuk the gun and
cooked il and TUX keerful aim and shet
both eyes and pulled the trigger. What
folleredi was a good cal of a surprise
to Hank, That ole gun kicked him end
over end and he. struck the back of
his head on log and like to of Track
shured his skull for him. Hank got Up,
dazed and stun, and began to feel Of
hisself to 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 Yves
told him to see II he could bend his
arm, and he could, SO Yves said it
couldn't be broke or he couldn't
bend it.
When the gun turned Hank over
Yves he laid down and rolled and
lated fit to bust hisself. He told Hank
he should of had to laff II it had killed
him, and this made Hank purity mad.
Hank said that anybody who would
laH at q corps had no sense Of humor
Yves said that the only way he could
acct. for the old shotgun kicking so
was that he reckoned II already had
one load in 1t which he had forgot
about. and that he had went and put
In another load on top Of It. Then
Hank accused Yves of putting UP q
lob on him a purpose, and for couple
of hours after that Hank wouldn't
speak to Yves. As for the squirrel. it
excaped.
Bye and bye they got tired hunting
and Hank, who had q old pack of
cards in his pocket. proposed that they
stop huntin and play few games Of