The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-01-16
Bear Shot,
That's What Wes Woodruff Thort
II Was but II Wassent---W
Now Regrets That He Made
Sich a Fool Mistake---FuIl Par
ticklers Delpw

Yves Woodruff our expert hunter. &
trappcf had a curious experients last
Tuesday which will lineer with him &
flourish in his memry like green bay
tree for 10 these menny yrs to come
we persoon.
Last Tuesday afternoon the sun come
out for a hour or two and Yves thort
he would take his shotgun and go over
in the boiler back of town to see if he
couldn't shoot few quails for a quail
potpie. Yves is great hand for quail
potpie and being as he haddent had
some for quite a spell he thort one
wouldn't go bad.
Well Yves strapped on his snowshoes
! and TUX his shotgun also his powder
horn and a bottle of bird shot in his
hip pocket and started. Yves he floun-
dered through the snow until he got
back into the woods which skirts the
! boiler and was cranin his neck and
sneakin along lookin for quail when all
to onct he seen big black objeck
comeinp up the boiler and soon as he
seen it Yves he says to hisself. by Rra-
chious. there's a bear!'
If Yves had of stopped to of thort he
ort to of knowd that at this time OF
the year emmy bear that's got emmy
sense tall is denned up for the winter
and will continue to sleep the time away
until warm wether comes in the spring.
And also if he had stopt to think he
would of knowd it would be no use to
shoot at a bear with nothink but bird
shot in his shotgun to kill quail with,
Yves however was excited and he did
dent stop to think about nothink. hut
clapoed the gun to his shoulder TUX a
cuick aim and fred.
Soon as the bear give yelp OF pain
Yves realised for the list time that he
had went and put few birdshot into
old Nero" Lem Browns big black dog
who was probably out chasin after rab-
bits on his own hook.
Yves slept out soon as he had fired
and Nero" set down In the snow and
/ tried to bite hisself where the shot had
stung him. Then soon as he got his
ewes on Yves Nero" peared to sort OF
/ figger out in his mind that it was Yves
who was responsible for shooting them
birdshot into him and with a awful
prowl Nero" started for Yves.
Soon as Yves seen the dog comm he
started for Bingville as fast as he could
run on snowshoes. If it haddent been
that Nero" broke through the snow he
would of ketched Yves in short order.
but as it was the race was purity even
one clean acrost the medder and until
/ Yves was only few yards from his
i back fence.
Yves said afterward he never knowd
he could run so fast on snowshoes as
! he done then. He throwd away his
! shotgun when he first started 4 lost
his hat in the excitement. Jest IS Yves
was trying to git over the fence how.
ever Nero" overtuk him and grabbed
Yves bv the seat of the pants and hung
on. Yves was danglin on the inside OF
the fence and Nero" on tother. Yves
! says he never hoped his pants would
give way on him as mulch as he did on
i that occasion. Nero" hung on like
grim deth and all the time Yves was
ho1lering for help as loud as he could
toller.
Finally Wesses wife heard his cries
and run outen the house with broom
in her hand and soon as she hit Nero
a cupple of wallops over the head witt
the broom he let 20 and started 70,
home with his tail betwixt his legs.
It was nearly dark by this time SC
Yves didat 60 back after his hat and