Beadle's Dime Novels No. 231: The Texan Trailer — page 10: what you’re looking at

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2B : THE TEXAN TRAILER. keen eye of Colonel Crockett detected an immense bear on his right, making for the cover of a dense tract of forest. Davy Crockett had a weakness for bears; he had slain his hundreds in the wilds of Tennessee, and he preferred hunting . them to any species of game known. So the instant he = caught signt of this monster, he shouted: = - “ Go ahead after the buffaloes, and I'll chase the bear.” With which he turned his mustang to the right, and sped away io pursuit of his favorite prey. But bruin had a good start, and made such good time that he plunged into the wood several hundred yards in advance of Crockett, who strained every point to catch up with the frightened brute. It was of no avail, however, and hurrying in a short dis- tance among the trees, Crockett found the wood too dense to continue the pursuit on horseback; and, determined not to lose his sport in this way, he leaped to the ground, hastily fastened his bridle to a limb, and continued the pursuit on toot. His skill enabled him to keep on the trail of the bear, without trouble, until, while running at full speed, he dashed into the clearing, where Hans Bungslager was eating his din- ner on the lug. The particulars of their interview have been give in his great haste, and in dodging in and out among the trees and undergrowth, Crockett had gotten off the trail of the bear, and was hunting for it when he ran against Hans Bung- . slager. He knew that he could not be far from his game, and= that by running across the general direction he had been fol- lowing he was certain of intersecting it. This he did, and, as he anticipated,.met with suecess, al- most immediately. Such a large animal as a bear, and espe- cially this one, could not fail to leave a perceptible trail, which the keen eyes of Crockett were quick to detect. The hunter was deprived of one great advantage. When hunting in the Tennessee canebrakes, he was always accom- panied by a number of dogs, that were sure to “tree” their game very quickly and to afford the greatest assistance in the hunt. But now he had nota‘single yelper with So compelled i on himself entirely. ~ conmiclooolkks.comn