SUMMER RETREAT IN ARKANSAS. or 
the hole in his carcass—and thar I stood like a fool— 
rifle in hand, watching him, instead of giving him an- 
other ball. All of a sudden he caught a glimpse of my 
hunting shirt, and the way that he walked at me on his 
two fore legs, was a caution to slow dogs. apn a 
“T fired, and instantly stept round behind the trunk 
of a large tree; my second shot confused the bar, and 
as he was hunting about for me, just as I was patch- 
ing my ball, he again saw me, and, with his ears nailed 
back to his head, he gave the d 
heard, and made straight at me; I leapt up a bank near 
by, and as I gained the top, my foot touched the eend 
t w—h—e—w I ever 

of his nese. . 
“Tf I ever had the ‘ narvious,’ stranger, that was 
the time, for the skin of my face seemed an inch thick, 
and my eyes had more rings in them than a wild cat’s. 
“ At this moment, several of my dogs, that war out 
on an expedition of their own, came up, and immediately 
made battle with the bar, who shook off the dogs in 4 
flash, and made agin at me; the thing was done so 
quick, that as I raised my rifle, I stepped back and fell 
over, and, thinking my time was come, wished that 1 
had been born to be hung, and not chaw’d-up; but the 
bar didn’t cotch me; his hind quarters, as he came at 
me, fell into a hole about a root, and caught: I was on 
my feet, and out of his reach in a wink, but as quick as 
I did this, he had cut through a green root the size of 
my leg, he did it in about two snaps, but, weakened by 
