Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1851-04-19

'I - wv hSiiu' uiilil val oWSdl-
in and bleedin like fat bear with
pack O. hounds at his heels. And
my name amt Mike FinF, if the old
crit or's tail and | didn't blow out
sometimes at a dead level with the
varmint's back
so you kalkelate we made good
time. Bimeby he slackened little,
and then | had i'm for a spell, for |
jist drapt behind a stump, and thar
snubbed the critterl Now, says |,
you'll pullsupthis 'ere white oak
break yer tail! or jest hold on bit
till ! blow!
well, while | war setting thar, an
idea struck me that [ had better be a
gettin out O. this in some way.
But ho1O, adzackly, was the pintl If
let go and run he'd be foul O. me
sure!
SO looking at the. matter in all it's
bear,ns, lcum TO the conclusion that
I'd better let somebody know whar
| wasl So Igin a yell louder than a
locomotive whistle, and it want long
afore seed the Deacons two dogs
comm down like as if they war seein
which could get thar fust.
j know'd who they war arter-
they dime the Bull agin me, war
sartain, for they were orful venom
GUS and had spite agin me.
so, says |, old brindle, as ridin is
as cheap as walkin, on this route, if
you've no objections, I'll jist take
seat on that ar back o yourn! So /
wasn't long gettin astriG of him, and
then if you'd bin thar, you'd have
sworn thar warn't nothin human in
that ar mixl the sile flew so orfully
as he and / rolled round the field
one dog on one side and one on 10th
er, tryin to clinch my feetl
Il pray'd and cuss'd, and cuss'd
and pray'd, until ! couldn't tell which
] did last-and neither want of no
n!.ssee, lie war so orfully mixed up.
well, I rid about an hour this
way, when old hrindle thought it
war time TO take in a supply ofwind
and cool off little! So whenywe
got round to tree that stood thar
he naturally stopped.
Now, says |, old boy, you'll lose
one passenger sartain. So | jist
clum upon branch kalkelatin to
roost thar till Istarved, afore I'd be
rid round in that ar way any longer.
i war maxim tracks for the top
O the tree, w en- j heard suthin a
maxim an orful buzzin over head. /
kinder look'd up and If thar warn't--
well there's no use a swearin now,
but ii war the biggest hornets nest ev-
er built
You'll gin in now, 1 reckon, Mike,
case thar's no help for you'll But an
idea astruck me, then, that I'd stand
heap better chance rldin the Bull
than whar [ war. Says /, old feller,
you'll hold on, Ill ride to the next
station! any how, let that be wharit
will
so jist drapped aboard hir agin,
and looked aloft to see what I'd
gain'd in changin quarters; and, gen
tlemen, I'm aiiarif thar warn't nigh
half bushel of the stingin varmints
ready to pitch into me when the
word 'go' was gin.
well, Ireckon they got it, for all
hands started for our company Some
ON 'em hit the dogs---about quart
stuck me and the rest charged on old
brindle. 'ad aUe aIa d,ssi
This time, the dogs led off fust,
dead bent for the old deacon's, and
as soon as old brindle and could get
under way, we folloaoed! And as /
war only deck passenger, and had
nothin 10 do with steerin the craft,
l swore ifI had we shouldn't have
runtheti channel, any howl
But, as said afore, the dogs took
the IeadtTbrindle and / next, and the
hornets dre'kly arters The dogs
yelhn--brindi bellerin, and the ,hor-
nets buzzin and stinginl ] didn't
say nothin, for il warn't no use,
WELL we'd got about two hum
dred yards from the house, and the
deacon hearn, us and cum out. /
seed him hold up his hand and turn
whitelr | reckoned he was prayin,
then, ,,er he didn't expect to be called
for SO soon, and it want long, nither,
afore the hnll congregation; men, wo
men and children, cum out, and then
all hands went to yelIinl r,laNf
None Of 'em had the first notion
that bFindle and i belonged to this
world, Ijist turned my head, and
passed the hull congregation ] see
the runwopld be up soon, for brin-
die couIdn't turn an inch from fence
that stood dead ahead