The Sun. [volume] (Price, Utah) 1915-1932, 1916-05-26
THE TALE OF
A BOBCAT
By NJ QUAD


"FrlpUds aud naybuutNi utEah ''N
Toe Grimm rs he took q seat on
cracker barrel at the crossroads store
"you all know that NJ to I've vars ago
! lived over In Joe Davis county.
had a squat over thar by the big Blue
Gum swamp. Thar was forty acres OF
land Ia the squat and Il was mighty
more land. II was all ! could do TO raise
nun con aud tnters fur me aud the
ole woman. n II hadn't been that the
Blue Gum was full Of varmints that
could trap IN the winter and sell their
furs / reckon We should have stprved
out
"Onc winter. for some reason or
other. most ~ the varmlnts left the
swamp. aud II was mighty poor trap
pin'. got just enough FUR TO Keep Us
/ guin'. and ns consequence when
spring aud summer cum along We was
powerful hard up aud Ike 60 go hun.
| CRY IN another month.
"Onc night artcr the ole woman had
given me three or four hints about
| lazincss We went 10 bed feelin' that
Providence was 10 blame for Il all
/ Along about midnight she nodged the
awake and said:
Joe. have got bright idea. It's
fur you to 20 IN the swamp tOmorrer
and set a deadfall TO catch n bobcat
n you hin ketch a big bobcat mebbe
you Mn sell him NJ Mud Flats or the
Bend to some one fur a ret lie orter
bring az least S.
1T was worth thinkln' about" said
Joe. "and next day rcckoncd Il might
pay 10 Try u. ! went out and set q
deadfall. and while I was doin' II
bouncin big bobcat ran w tree cius
beside me and Sin n scrcech that RI
my hair up.
THAT night about ~ O'Clock we was
awokc by the durndcst screamln' and
scrccchin' that man ever heard Of.
IL come from a bobcat who had med.
died with that dcndfall.
I'VE got her Gagged. and neat mawn.
In ! set ont for the town OF Mud
Flats. ] went thar kase thar was two
or three rich men In the place who
migl buy the cat aud kasc thar was
TO he lecshun thar that day.
Eight miles below Mud Flats was
Walnut Bend. a town ~ about 1900
people. without any mud IN front u Il.
The Renders wanted the county seat
moved over thar. and after lot "
hard feclin's about II II was agreed 10
hold q lccshun. II was 10 be held
IA Mud Flats. aud That n what brung
about 80 Blenders over thar the dny
drove Ia with the cat hadn't drly
Inter the town yit when I met old Jim
Darby IN the road AFTER he had nod.
dcd To mo nud took look NJ the cnec
be snys:
What Sc got thar. JOEY
"a big bobcnt. says.
what ye goin' 10 do with himT
"'Scll him II I Kin.
"Ole Jim steps aroun' 10 the back OF
the wagon ana pccks IN aud the cat
gives n scream aud splits IN his face
With that old jim backs up aud walks
the road few feet When he Gums
back 10 me be says
Joe, these Mud Flattcrs are a tricky
lot They have formed IN line IN
front OF the polls and are goln' 20
vote so slow that MS Blenders won't
stand no show To git the county scat.
! wonders
What 80 wonderIn' about. Jlmy !
says I.
u think We might make use o. thai
cat think 40. II be wns turned
Loose down 10y the votln' place what
Would be doT
why, he would bite md claw nm. /
I'll you could smell sulphur
I reckon he would. Joe. Win, /
want ~ him II 90 drive these Flatter,
away from the poles aud Gin nv men
a chance @ hold the land. n Won
think he Kin do this there Is SO IN n /
fur you
81 want Jest four times that Jim,
says J. seem my advantage.
"Jim sticks fur awhile. strokIp' bjs
red chin whiskers, aud he finally cums
TO my terms, lie tells me what q, A,
ms lac passes up the money and starts
back 10 the town and gives his men
the wink aud they all draws on 10 am
ola barn farther down the street. Thcn
] drives IN aud stand up In nv wagon
ana shouts ont that / have a big t,,,.
cat Tor sale. The street was full -,
men, but no one minds me. sb,,t.
out That ! win take s. fur the VAR.
mint Then lowers the price 10 81
ana Stand s., aud artrr about ION
minutes II this hollcrln' gifts tbe sIg.
nal from Jim uud pretends +, Oh,
mighty mad, aud yells out.
IL nobody win buy this bob Of ma
,hen ! am gou' 10 turn him loose ma
let hlm tnd his way back to M. I,vIn,
home In Blue Gumw
What ! lid took the rrowJ a., s,.
PRISE turned % the cage and ,o,.
'n a couple n stats. and N, emf c,,,,
ogt Ike bullet lie elawed INV Coz
on as he cum ana then bic the ole mr,.
ON hls way 10 the ground. ana a go"S
was lei loose IN Mud Flats.
lie broke MP that votlp' llp, d..
thirty seconds, and he dro,. ,oa ."
inter stores ana shops ana hone,
Lawd' but he was a fury! lie 49,,
mad as six liars r,1t,a a.. "' ~