BEAR HUNTING IN MIASMA, MISSISSIPPI
Reading edition
“Now, you jest be patient, Mr. President, and ye’ll soon have a nice mess o’ bar.”
(Four hours later.) “I wonder where the bears are to-day. This is unbearable.”
(Eight hours later.) “Strange there wa’n’t none o’ them bar around. Reckon you all wa’n’t patient enough, Mr. President.”