The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1914-08-28
HARD LUCK FOR
MUSCOGEE BOY
SPECIAL TO THE JOURNAL


Muscogee, Aug. 27.-When a man
has a little hard luck in his life it
seems that it continues to follow him
up. A case Of this kind occurred in
the little town Of Muscogee.
Little Robert Bell DIETER known
among his school mates as "Runto
! is the fellow that hard luck seems
to follow. Some months ago he and
| Louis Nellums. one of the young men
! of Muscogee, went down the Perdido
river fishing. Nellums. with great en-
thusiasm, combined with that natural
| sportiTe instinct, was throwing his
rod and reel with great zeal, now and
| then dragging to the top of their boat
nice trout and then a large jack.
Robert was rowing the boat for Mel
lums. and while half asleep or dream
ing, or flirting with Nature, he forgot
all about the great red minnow in the
end of Nellumss line going through
the air. first one way and then the
other Nellums also forgot about Rob
ert. his luck bringing in one trout
after another diverting his mind from
all else except that, and as he made
great strong sling through the air
and let go his line, Nellums having
almost fallen overheard became aware
that he had hung something out of
the water, and before he could look
around or imagine what it was he
heard little Robert screaming for all
ne was worth. Looking around hur-
riedly, very frightened Nellums saw
that one Of the hooks in the minnow
had caught little Robert in the ear.
Help was summoned and Nellums
finally got the hook out Of Roberts
ear. although with some difficulty.
Robert says he will Pick his COM
pany when he goes out fishing again.
There lived in Muscogee a young
man who was very fond of hunting.
He would go into the woods and when
there was no birds or rabbits to shoot
he would hunt up a snake and have
the fun of shooting him. This same
young man, having been away from
Muscogee for several years, came back
several days ago and the first thing
that he wanted to do was go out
hunting. So he goes over and gets lit
tie Robert Bell for his partner They
go through the woods for hour after
hour, but no game. They sat down
in the cool of a tree for a few min
utes, rest and while half asleep they
were aroused by something moving
over their feet
Jumping up, Lang espied a big moe
CaSln moving slowly over his feet.
He reached for his gun, at the same
time showing Robert out Of the
snakes mouth. and started to shoot
the snake. Robert asked him TO wait
a minute and they would catch the
snake and have some fun out of him.
So they fooled around and finally
charmed the snake and caught it. They
tied a string around its neck and car
ried it to town where there was a
crowd of pretty girls. Naturally they
wanted to kinder "show Off" so Lang
he gets Robert to hold the snake up
so he could shoot the little reptile in
the head. proving his ability to hit
with a rife.
All the girls were standing with
wide mouth and eyes waiting to see
Lang pull the trigger. Bang. went the
rifle, and oh, my God went Robert,
with blood streaming down his arm.
Instead Of hitting the snake in the
head he hit Robert square in the
hand, causing it to swell considerably.
Tho girls didn't faint, however, and
the situation didn't prove so bad.
Robert was carried to the doctor who
wrapped his hand up. telling him that
1t would be 0. *. soon.