| Show ZEB WHITES BEAR STORY copyright 1657 all rights reserved I 1 bilks jest look upon a allar as a bier said ald zeb white the possum hunter of one evening as we roasted chestnuts in the kitchen fireplace nrc place but whar they make a mistake A bar Is mot en a bar Us lie knows it a heap moren halt half the folks olk wallin around on oil these yere cumberland mount alne the story I 1 asked knowing lie had one to tell wall its about a var bar what used to h hang ang around my mr cabin yere yen soon after the wall lie he was a big alc teller I 1 seed beed him one up the road a bit and hr he looked as aa big biff us a to old oid ateer lie he ws was the he fust bar I 1 had sea been fur ur aars and ot of cone cese I 1 was all aport to kill him that tame same I 1 sot hot on the doorstep my pipe alongside longside jL the old komaji mail when the 41 t 4 1 A it Y A 1 I A 1 11 X 10 1 rulx Q I 1 I 1 vp alf li lp iw S t J I 1 I 1 im knowin who ye at even if ye arl ar a 13 bar ar 11 pesky bar walked right out into the tha open within ten tell feet eel of 0 us he looked at us and we looked at him it was five dinits beto bete I 1 hitched hack back to pit git my gun and when I 1 cum out with it he h hail haa gone eone the old woman sot thae lookin powerful solemn and when I 1 cum out she aez to me zeb white yo aw jest let that thal yere tiar blar mono alone dont hunt fur ur him and dont shoot hoot him it 1 he curns back tha th matter nez 1 I 1 I dont like his its ways waya while aop 10 was w artor gun he not ot up same bame a as a human abeln looks at mo me like it was wag a human of at a a dead man passed patt aKl into a liar bar shoo whoever heard beard of 0 rich a but lla its so flo rember joe robinson who was killed doorly the wall wah wall that var bar minded me of 0 him and joe Ro bliton was full e 0 tricks im a tolian ot of you zeb steb white to let that alone or ul cum to grief 1 I her ler words sort me said the old man and I 1 put up tile the KUO gun and it go out I 1 was feelen terl lii next lawnin and arter break breakfast fant I 1 direl dared my gun eun and started oft off I 1 went olt off up tile ali mounting to 10 beat up tho the laurel it was about beven 0 clock when I 1 stumbled over a toot root an etched head first clr I 1 much hurt but I 1 broke my riep and I 1 sot got down on a cicino to tinker linker tt it up 1 I was aft awny away with my bead down d awn when I 1 heard a abiff and I 1 looked up to tee act that pesky b br bar ar a blandin bete mil me beltz iks the old woman had bad vald lie he looked I 1 like ike joe robinson I 1 looked at 81 him pow t ranny rius flus and did het he I 1 asked Su alls hon bon lie did sah main T tea sikh ah abny y man na had ever r knowel jo 30 I would 1 c u id sar ay that hla his had passed I 1 into n 0 that war liar it was vw most the same saint MI an a I 1 ifa lid bad M w m ink to one ine eyo eye a K arin rn on his faco face and ills lower lip hanff ut down and ii it was jest ilko joe robinson ills self belf once me and so you lit it out lout no Is full all I 1 I 1 wanted to but t the he linit I 1 riz ail ip that ani b knowel what r T wits was after and na waltzed up to isic and took belil tor for a In Tasile I 1 used to lo with till joe and ni down him overy every ery time but to tl was aas dI forent now as aa a bar lie to laid aid me plumb on my tack back in no time I 1 got up and nd tried ll it agin rin but it visa nas dead easy fur him JV why I 1 was just juat a plaything tur fur him ile ila I 1 roual ll 11 me down so oay espy aliat abat I 1 got gift nad d and yells rolls at him joe jo no robinson binson im know in who 3 you u nr ar even if yo ye ar a bar yo to kin hin throw thron me lown down causo cause yo kot got claws on feet to stick into tile me hut but I 1 believe I 1 kin when yo the tame as I 1 did one ant lay day bafo yo was killed nhat I 1 sald said remarked tho the old man but I 1 wa was marte mad e to wish I 1 the bar held up its ills paws paiva and began to dance aL around almound and soon he irin gin rae me a NA whack hack on the ear which knocked me ten ien feet I 1 got up and went allt fur him but lie he knocked me jest as a far the other oiher N vy ity then I 1 got AN hoppin road read and sailed in they used to sy that I 1 was go od fur any two men around here but aickin a bar and lick in mo men la Is a heap different at least it N nag as so with that mar bar I 1 never got in on him a tall lie ho jest ceiri me tills this nay may and that and binie bime by he fetched me inc a m whack hack which took all tile the light outer me and left me as limp an a raga raff I 1 was a licked man but I 1 knowel it and was ready to 91 give 1 up but that bar willin M lie wh le the whop whopping pin I 1 gin eln bim him when e lie ties joe robinson and b he L kept on clari clarian ln me till I 1 tainted fainted dead away when I 1 cum to my senses he sot that grin brinnin grinnin nin and chucklin and as soon boon its aa I 1 lifted a hand he cuffed me yo ye kin see how hov he tore my cars and neck and scalp arid and ive sot got heaps of claw marks on oil my shoulders I 1 knowel ahat he wits was arler jie ile wanted me to hollor holler fur mercy same items I 1 made joe I 1 holler but I 1 jest jt st do it tur fur two tao long hours I 1 called him names and nt fit back and held bold out till I 1 seen he ha was cas bound to kill me inc and then you rave gave in I 1 asked then I 1 had to give in and drat tile hla pesky tilde hide if I 1 bin ashamed of 0 it every hour since I 1 jest begged bl his bli i pardon and told him I 1 was a licked man and asked him to let up and he ifred me ine twice f U ur r luck and vent ment oft off an anil y you 0 U ever see the bear again i never sail sah he was a liar bar and tie lie jest disappeared and was never seen again I 1 ci ailed home and w was in bed fur two weeks and though im a still III huntin fur ur that var bar I 1 dont reckon on ill ever find him it was joe robinsons in him ye yo see when joe got bot even fur that whop whopping pin I 1 gin bin him he was to licin lie in his grave forever mo and so the bar vanished off the airth yes yea sail sah vanished ot off the airth and I 1 was a licked man |
