The Iowa transcript. (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1858-1866, 1862-11-06
8 5nia aaa's la.4a to- gaiss sststs agiours md gns.

II aNtll 1aieTs this si!c would ralsc, when
I I saw 4 Zig drove 81 catllcj jist one side.
/ I wur al'airin' leow ~ aud Fix they
wnr, and Iaokih at tieir good rints,
when m almighty great br'n,'le bull
Jumped cont the tan grass and begin
lew shake lis all fred great Gully head
fan.1 bellsr, and switch his TAIL and paw
!: tic sic over Ills back. concluded it
Bcst tcw let on Ike warn't Arid, ar
Us 1 bfssfn ~ wliis,lr .l,ske fer>dcowu
]: SAL Sal an other g5od cIinncs, fhinki,. .
'f5ow I slippakt Che blasted oIllcnss;
4 but jist as -; orpcrzit, hc gin snort,
and begin tew w.Jk lords me, storpin,
'onct ina Willie 10 fetch ! rake ii lie sile
with his fore feet. ! put IN ! few quick
steps beout then, but was afcared tew
lfnn. Cos knewcd cf did he'd feel en-.
] coaragea Putty soon he begin tew
come on thctrot, an then llet out in a
.kintfer canter. Then he riz tewa lore,
an scein' it wur no use wailin' far him
10 qnict,sI iist ioescncd these e,e legs Of
mine, an CONG down TO my best time.
Il looked abcout fur ..su hin tew
climb, hnt there wur in The ,ussed
, prairie an not pea stick tew be seen
nearer than mill ahcai-hrnw | did
w,li' 70 stop right there and cnSs the
bllstcd prail;es. Gin glance over
!, my shoulder an see The cvcrlas,in. cuss
With lis nose tcown an his tail np.
comm .ii>t on the dead lay deown, and
II let my legs count another notch. Tnc
chase vrr nip and fuk iii ! got near
The creek, when I sec TIC hnll WEI
makin u lee L gram the best time lie
wnr only abeout a Hundred yards be-
hina ,nr. Lord. j: ho>syrat . bat ] felt
glneri~h when l wur sar,ine he wur
gaining, il give me si'cl. >sccr that
my hcaI 'pearcd to dissolve in dis
wa>tcr, an my legs kinder lost their
feelings 50 Icoulit't run. Bnt I conl
zee 4 Lt or trees ahcal little wav !,
m ef cnnll hnl.l cout three mi,ii,s
laat<rr I'll be 70 en-. looked back.
AMI, The suilrriii' Moses If the bull
warli't in twenty feet o. me, his eyes
! Ill green, an his nostril, looked like l
might 4 pnt my head in 'cn, m as red
rs Il bolt ofnc tlan'n'. got almost 70
s The creek, when | fround the timber
Nur all on the opposite bank from me,
and the hnl SO close ] could almost feel
lis breath oh my b:.l. thor. Of my
fimerlv ii that ofrl time; seq i.
Farewell, little Iel. ard You, Sarcr.
Ann, ny genil companion" list At
ftat instant sec stump on the bank
OF the creek, and made spring tpr il
, expecting to get .ons;Ie top ont, bu. II
happened ,ew be hol.er. an | landed
inside. | list lad room tcw squeeze
leown in it and get my head below the
top, an not darn hit too soon wur in
Tor as my topknot went deown, Mr..
Bulls head cup whack against the
stump till everything jinglcd.
You'd better b'lieve felt thankful
wu1 housed 4, lasts and the old cnss Of
4 lull wasn't he disappointed! Lord,
how -. dill rave round that stump,
switch his tail, paw the si'c, and bellcr!
l,eere upsa' him, .iisi Us see how he
wnr gettin' on. hut kalkerla,c pee, d
| tle.pwn a ara, yifr. srdtent! for hadn't
smoa.'n. oct myhcad mn when his horn
come ssra.iiie Of il, an his skull hit
i.the stump like manl That little in.
cerdent convinced me that the best
thing ! could do Was, in the language
of Squire Wheeler, 10 hay low, watcl,
black lneks, and chaw pokcroot Jist
as I'd made up my mind not 70 put my
head up again, I fsl. the oftslest pain
take me in the leg I eyer see, and a, the
same time some,hin' commenced to
whiz, whiz, down III the bottom Of the
stump. tried to look down to sec
what on airlh could il be, but the hollcr
was 50 nearer I coul'lnt get chance
70 look, and all At onct il popt into my
head that there wMr . rat,lesnakc in the
stump. ..sss.s4ss 49, pnass ,ssssz
.ANhcm ,.tlaat Of that Isnlatle offel
plunge TO Ect epst o the eoufoounded
den but the cussed bull warnt nor n
six lsst 81, aads the sminit he seed my
heal he sat me fall chisclsA The
fAst knowed / had lodged back inter
the stump again aud hadn't MORN
|tencAcl botten heforos \ felt another
aLlel Keen hlsaaip nv lea. ImaAe \
\ ,spAA - st opl ag&iA hut thelalsscl IN
fernal bnll drove at nc, and Iwas
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