Beadle's Dime Novels No. 231: The Texan Trailer — page 11: what you’re looking at

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A SCREAM OF TERROR... 13 Hark! he heard the crackling of twigs and brush aheadd— evidence that he was gaining rapidly upon his prey. He bent to the pursuit with renewed ardor, and, althouvh he could ~ not see the bear, he knew that he was close upon him.- On, on dashed the hunter, tearing through the underbrush, with scarcely a halt-to turn aside, until a wild scream of agony made his blood tingle, and leaping into a small clearing the next instant, he beheld a scene so exciting in its character that % almost stopped the beating of his heart.” CHAPTER II. IN CLOSE QUARTERS. Tre bear seemea to know that a dangerous enemy was upon his track, and was not only frightened but infuriated by ' the fact. In his aimless flight, he came directly upon a small clearing, in the center of which stood a log-cabin cottage, sur- rounded by a small patch of cultivated ground. At the very moment of his appearance, a lithe, handsome young lady was passing across this clearing with a pail of wa- ter in her hand. Catching sight of the bear, she uttered a shrill scream of terror, that caught Crockett's ear, and ran at full speed for the open door of her cabin, while the exasperated “Ante, with a growl of fury, made for her. , The girl was fleet of foot, and seemed torun with the speed of the wind; but the bear was so close upon her, that, when she darted into the door she had not time to close it behind her. As Davy Crockett*sprung into the clearing he caught a glimpse of the girl as she vanished through the door, and saw the huge brute lunging after her. As quick as thought his rifle was at his shoulder, and he blazed away at his hind quar- ters, so rapidly disappearing from view, It would have been better if the shot had not been fired, for, striking the monster in the haunch, it not inflict even & dangerous wound, and only succeeded ing to the fury of the animal, whose rage was already at g-point. - La = cComichooks:com