B-r-r-r-r! The stun jumped up an' scampered through the bushes.

Then I _was_ scairt.

Goshtalmighty! I lost confidence in everything.

Seemed so all the bushes turned into bears.
Jeerusalem, how I run! When I got to the barn I was purty nigh used up." "How did it happen that the stone jumped ?" I asked.
"Oh, I guess 't was a rabbit," said Uncle Peabody.
Thus Uncle Peabody led us off into the trail of the bear and the problem of Kate and the Sam Fullertons concerned us no more at that time.
A week later we had our raising.

Uncle Peabody did not want a public raising, but Aunt Deel had had her way.