BY THE DIRECT ROUTE.

Pukekohe & Waiuku Times, Volume 5, Issue 229, 24 November 1916, Page 5 (Supplement)

BY THE DIRECT ROUTE.

A certain Savannah lawver was roared °n a Georgia plantation. As l e on the'nh 8r ° UP °/ the youn g° r darkies ; f T ? ccoon h " n ting one mjit ana took with them Uncle Isom. ° ne fb" eighty years old and trippled with rheumatism ee.sides. no dogs treed some animal in n cotton-wwd on the»edgo of Pipemakc? fe«amp five miles from home; out when the tree fell there rolled out of tne top of it, not a raccoon hut a fullgrown black bear, full 0 f fight and long, sharp claws. The pack gave one choral ki-vi of shock and streaked away, yelpin<* a.« i.hey went; and the two-legged hunters followed, fleeing as fast as their .egs wou'd carry them. When they came to a moonlit place in t.iewoods they discovered that I nele Isom was missing; hut thev did not go hack to look for him—thev did not even check up. I oie o.e Lnc I<om!" bemoaned ' one of the fugitives between pant-.. His old laigs must 'a' give out on him . J' lc " €n t ten jumps. I reckin dat wars feastin' on his bones right di? minute "Dats so! Bat's so!" grunted the others. ' Pore Lnc' Isom!" When they readied the safety of the plantation cotton patches in 'an exhausted they limped to Uncle Isom s cottage to break the news to the widow. There was a light in the window: and wnen they rapped at the door, and it opened, the sight of the person who laced them across the threshold made t.ie young negroes gasp. " I'oh do I.awd! ' exclaimed one ol 11> f;n. "How did you get lieah?" "Mor said Uncle Isom calmly. • I come long wid de dawgs."