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Show oil jales I As (old to: 0 ELMO i FRANK E. .ad SCOTT HAGAM jjj WATCCN ' ' Little Drops of Water ROBKItT U. MOULT-ON, author and marketing authority, once lived among the ridge runners of Tenncsst-e. lie likes to recall the hazards ot those early days when a man had to go out and gpt his meat before breakfast If he expected expect-ed to eat at all. "Once I was hunting squirrels In the Cumberland mountains." he recalls. "I was using pappy's old muzzle-loading rille and was making mak-ing every shot count. Had a nice bag of squirrels and started home when I discovered all my bullets were gone. "At that unfortunate moment a huge bear appeared on the frnil anil began to chase me. So disturbed was I that beads of perspiration rolled off my forehead. 'Luckily for me, the weather turned cold very suddenly as 1 headed Into the cove. The bends froze and by quick work I was able to catch one of them, ram It Into the muzzle of my gun and fire It Into the bead of the bear. "It probably would not have been a fatal Injury to the bear, but I had no more than fired when the wpather turned suddenly warm again. The bear, I am happy to re port, Immediately died with water on the brain!" If) Wwtftrn NewraTer TTnton. |