Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1911-08-10
Third District.

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. down little for the last two weeks,
but corn crops are looking MP to date.
|, 1 returned A few days ago from
r Tatesville. l and my brigadier gener-
$ al had grand and GLORIOUS time. We
reached R. ]. Whites on the evening
of the 18th, and spent the night pleas
I antly and Toasted on the luxuries OF
I life prepared for us on that special oc-
casion. R. US wife is an up-to-
= date cook and she sure put it on the
. table. OF course it turned out just as
. | expected. Jack and B. both got
foundered and by golly, had to take
them to Collins River, and stand them
il. the water eight hours to keep their
toe nails from slipping off, so that ca
per on the part of my partners played
the deuce with our big mountain hunt
on the first day, but they rallied to the
front on the End day. We started out
with full equipment of hunting tackle
we landed at the head of Savage Gulch
near the head waters of Collins river,
and pitched camp, prepared for a Dig
bear drive. On the third day we
marched to the breaks and drilled Jack
and B. and cautioned them to be very
careful and l trusted them and placed
them both on noted stands where great
hunters heretofore have killed in time
a number of bear and deer. Then me
and the old reliable John W. took the
dogs and moved slowly down the
gulch among the ivy and thorns, and
finally after we had gone a mile Old
Tramp and Crowder gave a keen
souawl and when / looked over on the
ouposite side under the north cliff
saw yearling deer hop few jumps
and then stop. Just about that time,
/ and j. W. fred at it, but it was too
far away, so we wasted our shot. But
am here to tell you Old Tramp and
Crowder sent that deer through the
stand where Jack and B. were so fast
that while they both cooked their guns
before they had time to pull the trig-
ger. the deer was clear out of sight,
with Old Tramp and Crowder right at
its heels. So when / got up on top OF
the gulch where Jack and B. were.
Jack had the locks off his gun and b.
said he was 80 excited when he saw
the deer coming he never cooked his
gun at all, but threw it on the deer as
it passed in 80 feet of him. He was
pulling on the guard and thought he
had his finger ON the trigger and when
1 arrived on the spot he had the lock
off, laying on log and was hammer
ing that old gun to beat the Jews. l
said, "Hello. Jack, why in the name
of high heaven didn't you kill that
deer' It ran right by you and you
have been blowing ever since we left
the valley what you would do to
deer would be plenty 'See here,
Rep, this burned old gun of mine has
played the devil It's all out Of fix. 1t
never failed before in life and to save
my life / can't see what's wrong"
s'Wrong with the blamed. thing2" said
1, "Jack, let me see what is the troub-
le." SO examined it, and there was
MT thing wrong with it. l put the
lock back on, loaded and fired the gun.
It was in good trim, and about that
time B. sniggered out and said. ITO
tell you the truth in the matter, Jack
never cooked his gun at all, and
never even as much as drew my gun
on that deer until it was a half mile
away l said to J. W.. 'It's all off
with us today, and we'd better call off
the dogs and quit, don't believe
Jack and B. will do to risk any furth
err" J. W. said, Suppose we try
them one more time and give them
another chance know their charac-
ters are reported to be somewhat bad,
but it might be mistake anyway"
said all right, and we moved back
down the gulch two or three miles,
and old Crowder and Tramp began to
scent on the bushes, and in a short
time, heard them yelling and go
ing direct route to the main entrance
of large cliff, and j. w. shouted to
me, "Look sharp, it's big bear. He
stays right here all the time. Don't
you see where he has torn down those
huckleberry bushes Keep up with
me and the dogs. The fun has just be-
gun, and he has crossed over the bluff
and made straight line to Jack and
b. on the stand. Listen close for them
to open fire on him." In about ten
minutes time I heard ten shots in
quick succession and J. w. shouted
from the top bluff, Hello, Represent
alive, Jack and B. have laid him low
in the shade. Come on quick AMI let's
run across there and see the result of
this drive.
was out of breath and skinned
from the top Of my head to my big
toes over rocks. logs, vines, briers.
and thorn bushes. When I arrived on
the SPOT just such another sickening
sight never saw before J. W. had
beat me there and was lying out I'M
der the shade on messy rock tanning
with his hat, and had heard some
loud talking and few cuss words
fixed up in it before got there by J.
W. When pulled mp over and got
through the cliff where I could see the