The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-07-31

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va. crutching ~ ea- plainly what ne
cToss ssr- ~onfabtYtnE about They
usrs urdnutt.diy d-ctsring 10 90" an-
uther that tb~y wouldn't Ike any hing
- that wi'irnt's bon~- anyway That
what ! Thought
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rhancr y they San;sd 70 and ElAd ~ ih-
opportunity. fur ! hadn any doubt uhht
ths wtklcat Was the b at that had l'-en
Interfering with the futdr" OF tn Lr-r
p-liinG b,lsins.@s diaastrotI-ly by making
way with lambs without . m"tn.nt
Delay I whanged away 40 the Wildcat
Down he tumbled Ito gave one ire
r,sndgu- scr~ech a. h. ssr'irk the ground,
kicked two NJ three times and .iretch'd
pu' -tih
-One Of the crows In tho dead trsr had
come down t. a lower limb and hal an un-
obstr1Ictet view 81 ~" Wilicat where hs'
Law on the ground A. the cat eAys
thar last diving kick this crow lifted 10
head toward the top OF the tree and hoI-
Just once The Others iabbers-l -nme
among themselves. hut none Of 'efn came
down 10 pick the meat OF of the wildcat's
bne-. ~ | supposed ] had been mis-
taken about thor having had that on
their mind While | stood there think ma
tho matter over the wildcat started up.
uttersd another tremendous ven and
kicked around again A. II the lead had
mt into him was rehhot and was burning
him Then he stretched out a. before.
only quite a bit sitter The instant he
did that the crow on the lower limb OF
the dad tree raised its head 10 the others
above and croaked out: Caw-w-w-w'
Caw-w-w-w'
A couple Of wells the crow sent up 90
an. and they nodded and jabbered TO
one another as before As u seemed
clear to me now that the crows had no
intention OF pouncing on the wildcat TO
pick the meat on 81 it, bones ] stepped
forward TO pick up the carcass and get
its pelt for the bounty on Il. just as
got almost ia reach 81 IL the critter let
loose a we'll worse than the Others aud such
kiok ing and twisting and klnkin as he
made as a sight TO soc. Then he stretched
out stark and stiff again. had scarcely
jumped back out of the way OF him when
the crow on the limb yelled up TO its
fellows: Caw-w-w-w! Caw-w-w-w!
Cav -w-w-w,
i WAS still noting that the crow had
yellsd three signals THE time, IL they
were signals. when the dead wildcat
came to once more and yelled and kicked
and stretched himself out stin the fourth
time: and the spooky critter kept on
doing this right along at short intervals.
the crow on the lower limb Of the dead
tree hollering out TO tie comrades every
time he quit kicking and stretching him
self out stif and I noted that the crow
added one more holler each time.
Then at last the wildcat sent out a
yelp and catsrwaul that made me creep
and crawl all over and he Topped over
on all fours Crouching there. he glared
at me with an eye that shot Are. ] was
50 sure that he was going To spring for
me that I raised my gun tn give the tough
old varmint a load that would stop him.
when the crow on the watchout yelled
up 20 the others string OF yells that
filled the air for quite a spell Nine times