Bedford inquirer. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1857-1884, 1868-11-20
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FINK IN a TIGHT PLACE.

Nike Fink, a notorions buckeye hunter
was contemporary with the celebrated Da-
w Crockett, and his equal in all things ap-
pertaining to human prowess. It was even
said that the animals IN his neighborhood
knew the crack Of bis rife, and would take
to their secret hiding places on the first in
timation that Mike vas about Yet
strange, though true, he was but little
known beyond his immediate settlement.
When we knew him he was an old man
the blasts of seventy winters had silvered
his head and taken the elasticity from his
limbs, yet 10 the whole Of his life was Nike
never worsted, except upon one occasion.
In his own language, he never gin in,
was up to anything that travelled on two or
four legs, but once.
That once, we want, said Bin Sla>her
as some dozen ofus sat in the bar-room Of
the only tavern in the settlement.
Gin it to US now, Nike-you'ye prom
ised long enough, and YOU re old new, and
needn't care continued Bill
Right! right Bill, said Mike, bat
we Il open with a Ticker all around, fust,
/ it'll kind O save my feelin's, reckon.
Thar that's good Better than t'oJher
barrel if anything
Wei, boys, commenced Mike, you
may talk o your scrimmages. tight places
aod sich ike, an abstract EN- altogether in
one all mighty big IN, and they hain't no
more to be compared to the one l war in,
than a dead kitten to an old she bar I've
fout al kinds of varmints, from an Indian
down to a rattlesnake and never was viii n
to quit fast but this once-aud twas with
a bull
''You see, boys, it was an awful hot day
in August, and I war nigh runnin' off into
pure le, when l war thinkiu that dip in
the creek mout save me- Wen thar was a
mighty nice place in old deacon Smith S
medder for that particular Dizziness. So
went down amongst the bushes to unhar-
ness. l jist hauled the old red shirt over
my head, and war thinkin how setunptious
felIer Of my size would feel wallerin'
round in that ar water, and was jest bout
goin 10, when | seed the old Deacon's bull
a marking a bee-hne to whar | stood.
Il know d the Old cuss for he'd skar a
more people than all the parsons Of the set
tlement, aud cum mighty near kiln few.
Thinks l, Mike you're in rather a tight
pIace-get your 6xiu's en- or be n be dri
vim them big horns o his in your bowel.
afor that time Well you'll hev to try the
old yarmint naked, reckon.
The Bull war on one side of the creek
and on the t'oiher, and the way he made
the "sile' fy for while, as if he war q
diggiu' my grave, war distressin'
Come on, We belIcrin' old hethin, said
I, and don't be staudin thar; for, as the
old Deacon says o the devil yer not come5
to look on. ="
This kind o reach his understandin
and made him more wishious for he hoofec
a little Ike, and made drive And as
don ike to stand in any body's way, gil
him plenty Of sea-room So be kind O.
passed by me and come out on t'other side
and, as the captain O the Mud Swami
Rangers would say bout face for ,uothe
charge.
Though | war ready for ,em this time
he come mighty nigh runnin foul o me! s.
l made up my mind the next time he wen
out be wouldn't be alone. So when h
passed, caught his tail, and he pulld m
to the 'sile, and as soon as we war both a
top of the bank, old brindle, stopped an,
/. wer about comm round again when begil
pullin' t'other way.
''Well. I recken this kind o. riled him
for be fust stood stock still and looked a
me for a spell, and then commenced PAWN
and bellerin', aud the way he made his hin
gearin play in the air, war beautiful!
But it warn no use, he couldn't tee
me, so he kind O. stopped to get wind 70
suthiu devlish, as / jedged by the way h
started By this time had made up m
mind to stick to bis tail as long as it stuc
! to his back bone didn't like to hollor 70
help, nuther, kase IT war agin my principle
and then the deacon had preachin' at hi
house and 1t wasn't far off nuther
Il knowed if be hern the noise, the hu
congregation would come down; and as
warn married man, and had kind {
hankering arter gal that where there,