Kanawha Valley star. [volume] (Charleston, Va. [W. Va.]) 1856-1861, 1858-06-22

IN rather eight placeget your hxins
lon Or he'll be a driyin' them bigHhorns Of
his in your bowels afore no time Well.
you'll have to try The old yarlnint naikid,
/ ( reckon.
The bull was on one side % the creek
and I on the other, and the way ne made
The sile fly for while, as if hc war a dig
cling my grave, war distressing.
e Come on ye bellerin' ol@heathen, Z
said /, land don't be standin' thar; for
az the old Deacon says Of the devil, yer
Il not eomely 10 look upon.
i This binder reached his understand
lin and made him more wichous|; for he
lhooted 4 little and made dive. And
las don't Ike to- stand in any body'sI
way. / gin him plenty Of sea7ro9m. So
he kind Of passed by me and come out
on the other side; and as the captain of
fthe mud swamp rangers would say,
bout face for another charge
Though I war ready fol him this
time he come mighty nigh running foul
lof me. So make up my, mind The next.
thine be went out he wouldn't Sbe alone
So when he passed, / grappled Install,
land he pulled me out on the silaand as
i soon as we war both atop of tbe( bank, the
lold brindle stopped and war about cum
ming round again, When,1 began pullin
tile other. way.
Ia Well, / reckon This kind o rsled him..
i for he fast stood stock still and hooked
AZ me a spell, and then commenced paw
| III and bellerin. and the way he made his
/ hind gearin play in the air was beautiful.
7. 4" But il warn't no use. he couldn't
tech me, So lie kind o' stoppedHto get
1 wind for sumtflin devilishs as Judged by
1.-THE way he started. BY this timei ! had
i madeyup my mind to stick to- Install as
Hong as it stuck to his back bones; /
idilnt like toholler for help nuther, kase
Ait war agin my principles, and ths sDeas
con had preaching and praying at his
Il house, and It warn.'t fur off neither. s
81 fssI knowediif he hearn the noise, the
huh congregation would come down; and
| as i warn,t married, and had 4 kind o.
fhankerin arter. . gal that was thar, !
sIdjdn''t feel asSif I would like to be seen
4 lin that an predicament.
$50 says s yer old ssrpent, d6 your
1cusseGest And so heidi for he drug
lime over every brian and stump lin the
Held, until Iwar sweatin and bleedin like
Ia fat bar with a pack 81 houadsHat his
lheels. Aud my name amt Mike Fink, IL
lthe old critterss tail and / didn't blow
out sometimes at q dead level with the
varmint's back.
$50 you may kalkelate we made good
q time, Bimeby he slaekened his Hpace,
and then had him for a spell, forII iist
drapped behind a stump. and that snub-
bed the crittef. Now, says i, youi may
! PUN up this white oak stump break yer
tailor just hold on a bit till blow
8 stss Well. while | war sitting thar. an
Idea struck me that had better be gittin
tout q. this some way. But hoo exactly
was the pint i'll let go and run he d
n be foul o. me sure.
II H So lookin az the matter in all its bear
ling. cum 10 the conclusion that I'd bit.
tier let somebody kaoao whar / was. So
III gin a yell louder than a locomotive
whistle, and itawarn't long before ] seed
) the Deacon's two dogs q comin down
!. likeas if they war seein| which could Get
thar fust.
u saI knoWed who they were arter-
they'd iine the bull agin me, / was sssr-
Tin. for they were orfuf wenomous, and
had a spite agin me.
$50 says I, old brinIle, as ridin id as
= cheap as walkin on this route, il you've
! no objections, Plltake deck passage on
!. thatar back o. yourn. So WASH t very
Hong getiin astride Of him then if YOU
been thar, you'd have sworn thar warn
! Hpthin human il that Ar mar; the sile flew
j l'orfullY as the critter and ] rolled round
/. the feid-one dog on one side and one on
! the Iother-tryin to elinch my feet.
prayed and cussed and prayed until
l1couidn't tell which did at last and
! fneither warn't Of no use. they war so or
! fully mixed up.
fl f.sWell,s i feckoniI rid about half an
t Ihour this way, when old brindle thought
-titHwar time to stop to take in a supply oI
! lwiad and cool off 4 little. $50 when We
/. lgot round to a tree that stood thar, he
naturally halted. s8
i IS So, sex 1, old boy. you'll lose on,
! passenger sartain. So I list clum upon
!. branch, kalkelatin to roost there |till
) starved. afore I'd be rid round inl thai
way any longer.
!. & war making tracks for the top o
/ the tree, when / heard sumtllin nakir
!, fan erful buzzin over head / Kinder
4 looked up, and il thar warn wal, thar'i
+ tno use Of swearin now, but it war th,
biggest kornet's nest ever huiltg
i Ia You'll gin il now, ! reckon, Mike
s cause thar's no help FOR you. but al
d idea struck me then, that I'd stand ,
e heap better chance a ridin the bull, thai
d wharf war. Sex /, old Teller, If you'l
. hold on, I'll ride to the nert station AM
d how, let that be whar it win.
/ Sol iist dropped aboard himlagin
b and. looked aloft to see what I had gained
IL Iby changiI quarters and, gentlemen
I'll I'm d liar If thar warn't nigh : bushel 0
/ the sfingin Farmints ready to pitch int
a. me when the word 60 was gin!
!, .sWell, I reckon they got It, for d
1 hands started for our company. Som
III on EN- hit tie dogs about ) gldrt struc
e me. and the rest charged on old bFindlt
d This time, the dogs let of fust dea
i bent for the old Deaeon's and assspon a
d old brindIe and [ could get under way