The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1870-08-06

as ever sot upon the head o a canyne.
/ ''They didn't come on in anything o. a
run; but crouchin', WI thar bellies fat
tened along the groun'; jes like paint
or stealin' on turkey or deer. F'r all
that thar war no niistakin' thar intenshun
1t war plain enuf by the CLINT o thar eyes,
an thar angry growlin'.
/ 81 tried coaxin', same as you'd do wi
other dogs. 1t want no use they only
growled angrier an thinkin' to skeer
them off, | grupped up some donicks an
begun fipgin' 'em right in thar teeth.
1t war the foolishest thing | ked "a
done for the fust stone that fell among
'em, set 'em stark mad an, afore I ked
throw a second, the hui four war arouu'
me, 'ithin bitin' reech o my shins
Il hedn't thing in my hands for,
not expectin' to scare up any game, I'd
kim away from the town 'ithout fetchin'
my rifle along wi me. That war green
trick, an [ war never caught the same
way since
SIN coorse | war helpless an for a
spell kedn't think o what l shed do
! I'd anger'd the dogs, past any hope O
'peasin' 'em an from what I'd heerd o
the mater o them anymals, an what /
seed for myself, | war sartin they inted-
ed tarin' me to pieces.
s'I looked roun' to see eff thar war any
chance to git out o thar way I'd got
bout helf 'crost the incloseyur, when
they fust come rushin' torst me. Thar
ant nuthin' in sight, 'ceptin pump
that stud right in the middle o the yurd.
But it was one o. the tallest kind an
seed at glimp it war my only hope for
salvashun.
ssGruppin holt o. the handle, peeled
up; an afore any @ the brutes ked git
thar ugly teeth on me, l war out o thar
reeeh.
81 want so far out OF, as to feel safe
fer the anymals KEEP springin' up an try
in to grup my legs; the which I heed to
draw up unner me, arter the fashion o a
tailyor.
when they had coed on wi thar
jumpin' an yowln' for bout helf an hour,
they begun to glt tired themselves an,
at last seein' they kedn't rcech me, they
gin that game up.
81 he'd hopes they'd go bout thar biz
mess, an gle me chance O. Citing out
o the yurd. But l soon seed they he'd
no notion O doin' so. Thar biziuess war
to Purtect the place agin thieves an in
tcrlopers, an they he'd tux me for eythe,
one or tother. Ef any O. 'em did stay
away for bit the others kept guard
rouud the pump; an whenever l show
ed any sign O slippin' down, they d
spring forrard an start up fresh spell o
barkin'. and GRIMM and growlin'.
II war in the wust of fixes, an !
know'd it. He'd it been painter, or even
bar, thar might "a been some chence o
escapin' arter tussel; but I'd heard a
deal bout them English bull dogs, an
that whenever they gifts grup they don't
let go agin till they've tux the piece out
They looked jest like it, as they showed
thar ugly teeth all roun me- IF than
he'd only been one o. 'em I mout "a tried
fight wi my naked hands, an choked
the anymal till deth. But wi four O. the
varmints, the thing war plainly unpos
sable"
Thar war no help fort but stay whar
= l wur; an so l squatted down on the
summick o the pump.
An thar | sot, an sot, for six NOR
tyal hours. wi, the four bull dogs growl-
in an GRIMM underneath, an at the
eend o that time shown no sign o thar
intenshun to leave off J
can the way L eussed British bull
dogs, an British brutes as wud own sech
cruel critters an everythin' else thet air
British beside-they way 1 did cuss 'cm
'mout a started old Dave Crockett's ghost
out O its grave, which want so fur
away.
"But the cussin' did no good pree-
haps made things wuss; for the four var
mints below, as eff they knew that wal
agin them an thar country, only growled
the louder, an snapped thar teeth all tht
angrier.
; 81 war as angry as them, an at tha
parteekler minnit I'd gin a hui yur o ny
life to a he'd holt O. my rifle, or even /;
good sized knife. But it want no use
: L hedn't weepun o any kind. | war a.
helpless as babe o, the woods.
, "My persishun, too, war burned un
+. komfertable. The head of the pumI
: want fat, but hewed off to sharpisf
top, On which I he'd skimp room for M,
. stern. | kedn't a stood it nohow bu
/, for the pump handle, on which my fee
foun' sort o supportin' place.
;'What war to be done For the life Q
me l kedn't think. The only hope i het
:. war, that as it war gettin' on torst sun
!. down some o. the people belongin' to tn
!, sladghter-yurd mout be comm back fo
the night.
!, 'eBut then thar want no appearance @
: a sleepin' place, an they moutnt.
. "The thought O bein' beeseeged tha
!; all night wa Mt to be tollyrated. kedn'
= a stood it, eff I'd tried. An eff / she
! drop off o my perch, eyther through be
= in sleepy or tired out, it ked only b
y inter the teeth O. them British bull
;, dogs.
s.Talk Of Munrce doctryne. EFF eve
man believed int this chile did at the
, hour. I'd "a gone in for clearin' ever
Eurewpion off the soil o this contynent
7 an thar dogs with 'em.
ri got SO riled at last, thet I didn'
know how shed stan it any longer. T.
most made up my mind to jump dow
+. among the dogs, an take my chance o
+ skrimmage WI the hui four, tho no douI
they a tore me to pieces.
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