Beadle's Dime Novels No. 231: The Texan Trailer — page 7: what you’re looking at

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THE TEXAN TRAILER CHAPTER I. _ COLONEL CROCKETT ON A BEAR-HUNT. “T say, stranger, did you see any thing of a confounded as b’ar passing this way ?” _. The question was uttered by Davy Crockett, the renowned bear-killer of Tennessee, as, dashing at full speed through the dense forest, he suddenly emerged into asmall clearing, where % big Dutchman sat on a log eating his dinner. The latter | Stared at the glowing hunter for a moment, and with his mouth crammed so full that he could hardly speak, he said : “Hook! vat you said ?” “ Did you see a b’ar pass this way, a few minutes ago?” : “ Vat kind of a bear vas he ?” ~ “A black bear and a regular whopper.” “ Vas he goin’ py hees legs, or vas he flyin’ mit his wings ?” Crockett stared at the Dutchman, as if meditating whe- ther to bring him to his senses or not by breaking his gun "™encver his head; but there was such an appearance of honesty in his countenance, that, despite his hurry, he paused to ex- change a word or two with him. “ Dutchy, did you ever see a bear ?” “ Yaw, I vos.” — “Did you ever see one fly through the air ?” “ Yaw—more as goot many times.” “ When ?” “I see’d one only next day after yisterday He had wings so big as never vos,and had von sheep dat he hold fast mit his toes,” ie - Crockett laughed. “You old Dutch blunderbuss, you mean an eagle.” “ Yaw; vot kinds does I means 2” Tr et 4 : Comichooks-com) - : x. oe ee ,—- — = ~~ — io |