Beadle's Dime Novels No. 231: The Texan Trailer — page 8: what you’re looking at

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10 THE TEXAN TRAILER. “A bald-headed eagle, I suppose.” | “ Yaw—dat’s him; ef -he dald-headed, den he bare-head ain't he ?” - “T suppose.” cam “Den he eagle vot was bave—hooh ? vot you call him ?” “ Yes.” 3 “Den he dear mit wings.” And the Dutchman laughed, as though he had said some- thing extremely funny, while Crockett was amused in spite of himself. “Vos he great pig bear, mit four legs ?” inquired the Hol- lander, suddenly becoming serious again. “ Yes—a ring-tailed roarer.” “And he hop along so?” he continued, dropping on his hands and feet and hopping along like a frog. “ Something like that,” assented Crockett. “ And his mouth open, mit his tongue hanging in ” “ Yes—yes: which way did he go?” “Yaw; I hash not seen notting of him !” : And again the Dutchman langhed until he was ready to ~ fall off the log, all the while cramming his mouth with food. = here was no little humor in Colonel Crockett, and the round fat Dutchman, shaking with laughter, like so much jelly, was more then he could stand, and throwing back his head, he made the forest ring with his own mirth. This made Hans Bungslager go it harder then ever, till finally he capsized—and tipping over the log backward,«#e- —~ last Crockett saw of him, as he moved away, was his dumpy legs beating the air, as he sought to complete his partial summerset so as to rise to the standing position again. But Colonel Crockett was seeking the trail of the most enormous bear he had seen since coming into Texas, and as he had a special anxiety to secure and take it back to camp, he was fearful of losing too much time. Se, without cultivating the acquaintance cf Bungslager any further, he tarned his back upon him and struck into the woods, making for a point where he believed there was a good prospect of finding his prey. I may say, to relieve all anxiety of the reader, that Hans finally succeeded in turning over on his face, and _— a rr Conmcloooks.cOmnn.