Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1855-10-06
NIKE FINcK AND THE RuLL.

Tne story OF Mike Finck and the bull would
make cynic laugh. Mike took a notion TO 20
in swimming, and be had just got his clothes
OH when he saw Deacon Smiths bull making
at him-the bull was vicious animal, ana
had come near killing two or three persons
con equsntly Mike felt rather '.jubus" He
didu't want to call for he was naked, and the
nearest place from whence assistance could
arrive was the meeting house which was at the
time filled with worshippers, among whom was
the gal Mike wa paying his devours to"
DO he dodged the bull a the animal came at
h'El, and managed to catch him by the tail
tie was dragged round till he was nearly dead.
and when he could hold no longer, he made
up bis mind he bad better hOIler." Aud
now we will LIT him tell his own story.
50, looking at the matter in ell its bearings.
l. cum to the conclusion I'd better let some
one know whar L was. So gin a yell louder
than locomotive whistle, and it warn't long
before seed the deacOn's two dogs a coming
down Ike as If they war seeing which could
get thar first. L know who they were ar,er
they jine the bull agin me, was sar6aiu.
for they were OIfull wenOmous, and had a spits
agi1 me. SO s1y5 /, Old bripdle, as ridin' is
ss cheap as walkin' III fist take a deck pas
sage On that ar back o. yourn. Sol was'n.
very long getting astride of him; then, ifyou'd
bin thar, yen d have sworn thar warn { notbin'
human in thar ar MIR, the sile few so OF July
as the critter and L rolled round the feld-one
dog on one side and one On the other tryin 70
elineh my feet. L prayed and cussed, and
eusssd and prayed, until could mt tell which
did last--and neither warn't of no usa. they
were so oIfully mixed up.
Well L r exon rid apout half al hour this
way, when old brirdle thought it were time 20
stop to take in supply of wind, and cool of q
littie. SO when we got round to a tree that
stood thai, he naturally halted So seq I. ola
boy, you IL lose ene passenger sartin. So jist
clum up branch kalkelatin' to roost thar till
1 starved afore I'd be rid round thar ar vav
any longer. war making tracks for the top
Of the tree, when heard suthin' q maxim an
oI.ul buzzin' overhead. L kinder looked up.
and if thar waTn't-well thar's no use swear
in'-but it war the biggest hornets nest ever
biit-YOa'l ''gin in now / reckon, Mike.
cause there's no help fr you. But an idee
struck me then that ] stood heap better
chance r.dii.' the bull than whar was. Sez
old fcile-, if you'll hold on, III ride to the
next ssaticn anyhow, let that be whar 1t will.
So | jiss dropped aboard him agin, and
looked aloft to sea what L had gained by chang
IL, quarters, aud gentleman. I IA liar if thai
W5fth,t nigh ha', bushel of the stincin'
vafm'nts ready TO pitch into me when the word
s'go'' was gin. Well, L reckon thsy got it.
for ''all hands started for our company. Some
on en- his the dogs-about a Quart struck me,
and the rest charged on brindie.
This time dogs led of first, dead bent for the
old deacon's, and as soon as old brindle and I
could get under way we followed, and as IVES
only deck passenger, and had nothin' to do
with stseril' the craft, L sware, If had, we
shouldn't have run that channel anyhow.
But, as said before, the dogs took the lead
brindle and | next, and the hornets dre'kly
arter. The dogs yeIlin'-brindle bellerin,'
and the hornets buzZin' and stingin'.
Well, we had got about two hundred yaris
from the house, and the deacon beard US and
cum out. L seed him hold up his hand and
turn white, / reckoned he was prayin' than
for he didn't expect to be called so soon. and
it warn't long neither, aforc the whole conere-
gatien--nen, women and childreJ-cum ont
and then all hands went to seIlin'. None
Of 'cm had the fust notion .nat bripdle and
belonged to this world. list turned NV head
and passed the hull congregation. L see the
run would be up soon, for brindle couldnit
turn an inch from fence that stood dead ahead
Well, We reached that fence, and / went ashore
over the whole critters head, iapdinI ON the
tOther side, and lay thar stunned.
IL warn't long afore some of 'em as was not
scared, cum runnin' to see what war for all
hands kalkelated that the bull and belonged
together. But when brindle walked of by
himself they seed how it war, and one Of 'csrn
said, "Mike Finck has the wus Of scrumrlage
once In his life ,n Gentlemen, from II at dav
L dropped the courtin's bizness, End never
spoke 70 a gal since and when ny hunt is up
on this yearth, there won't be sny more Fincks,
and its all OWN to Deacon smith Brindle
Bull. = - - - -. 81 s.-..l..
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