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WILD SPORTS IN THE SOUTH. 



heer'en tell that Tiger Tail ware lookin' for me about the Mecaco 

 this summer." 



" And if he catches you, you will not be able to raise hair 

 either," said Jackson. 



" Ef he does," answered Mike, laughing. 



" But what became of the other sucking cub after the Indians 

 had killed its mother and brother ? " 



" I went back arter it that veiy same night, and found it jist 

 whar the she-painter had left it when she tuck my trail. It was 

 a-meowin' away in the woods all alone, and I felt kind a sorry for 

 it, and carried it into the Fort at Tampa Bay and guv it to the 

 Colonel thar, whar it growed up, and got so big and sassy that it 

 licked the hull fort one day and then cleared." 



