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risd Frtee-"Yass. SaFtihg! Well, yer
Apples, Ok here 'beouE almile beyanf the
iresI FESam 11am creek were Walkin' along as
npP,s S,s ~ a lark, sl0okin' o6eout over lh6
Green peas, ssbinkin' heou beautiful The An
ystsTs, S7a@Sl le this part Of the world, an
a. OOe peaeFort taters OTIS sile would raise,
TSvtse Bu,tsr eScSse a big Drove Of cattle just to
73c. Cheese, car;sVcy770em miiTiin' he0w fat and
bds5.;, as%s sugar s Bsso9 eoOki at their good
uTe leaf, in tins, zoe, Egts greet brindle bull
Corned Beef, IT, Dbl, Sl5ga2O r1ssk kt,' begin 10
fiSa o 1icSed deSiei fGd ss ssS head sn bel
Ter, an'.switch his tail an, paw the ground
over his back. l concluded it wur best to
let on likes if l wasn't afraid, so l begin
to whistle Rake her deown, SAL an other
good chunes, thinkin' as heow I'd clip
past the blasted old cuss = but jist as
got opposite be gin loud snort an begin
to walk towards me, stoppin' onc't in
while to fetch a rade in the ale with his
forefect. / put in a few quick steps 'beout
then, but was afeard to run, COS know'd
if did he'd feel encouraged. Putty soon
he begun TO come on a trot, an then let
out in kind O. canter. Then he riz to a
lope, an seein' 1t wur no uss waitin' fur
him to quit. just loosened these ere legs
O. mine an cum deown to my best time.
l looked 'beout for sutiIin' to climb, but
there | were. not pee stick to be seen
nigher'n quarter of a miie ahead. Heow
l did want to stop right there an cuss the
blasted valley l gin a glance over my
shoulder an see the everlastin' cuss, with
his nose deown an his tail up, comm Jest
on the dead lay deown, an let my legs
count another notch. The chase then
went nip an tuck till got near the creek.
when spe that the bull were only 'beout
a hundred yards behind me. Jehosaphal!
/ felt queerish when was sartin he were
gainin'; it gev me such a skeer that my
heart seemed to Dissolve in dishwaler an
my legs kinder lost their feelin' so
could Mt run. But / could see lot o..
trees ahead little ways, an ef could
hold eout three minits longer 1 d be to
'em. looked back, an the snfferii'
Moses ef the bull war MT within twenty
feet O. me-, bis eyes all green, an his nos
trils hooked like might put nv bead in
'em-an' as red as bolt o. new flannel.
/ got almost to the creek. when l found
the timber were on the opposite side from
me, an the bull so close could almost
feel his breath on my cheek. / thot Of
my famerIy in that otfrl time says /.
Farewell, little Jed, an yeou, Sarrr Ann,
my gentle companion = Jist at this in-
stant l see a stump right on the bank o
the creek, an made a spring for il, expect
in to get on top ont, but it happened to
be holler, an landed inside. / just had
room to squeeze down in it, an get my
head below the top, an not dsra bit too
soon wur / 10, fur as my topkn0t went
deown, the bulls head come up whack
agin the stump, till everything jingled.
You better believe L felt thankful wur
housed at last an the old cuss of bull,
was Mt be Disappointed, Lord, heow he
did rave round that stump, switch his tail.
paw the s;le an beller! l peeped UP at
him, Jest to see how he wur gettin' on,
but kalkerlate peeped deowu agin offel.
student for / had MT more a got my
head up till his horns come a straddle ont,
an his skull hit the stump ike maui.
This convinced me that the best thing /
Could do was, in the language Of Squire
Wheeler, to lay low, watch fur black
ducks an chaw poke root. Jest as I'd
made up my mind not to put my head up
sgin, l felt the offelest pain in the leg 1
ever see, an at the same time someihin.
commenced 10 whiz. whiz, deown in the
bottom O. the hollow stump. tried to
look down to see what on airth il could
be, but the hole was so narrer could MT
get chance to look, an all at once it
popped into my head that there were
rattlesnake in that stump. When / thot
O. that l made an offel plunge to get out
o the horrid den, but the eussed bull
war Mt more n six feet of, an the mint
he seed my head.he came at me full chisel
The fust, 1 knowed 1 had lodged back
into the stump agin, an bad MT more n
touched bottom wheE felt another offel
keen bite on the leg. I made rush TO
get out agin, bnt the cussed Internal bull
drove at me an was blpeged to pop back
agin. As squeezed deowE into my stump
agin, l would bet a barre, O rum that
Sarer Ann would be a widder in less n
ten hours. tried TO cipher cut which
would be the most becOmin' for Christ
ian, to be pizened to deaih by an offel
great snaik, or my innards slu1g to the
four winds by cussed brindle .buil.
thot o the nartyrs-Amor billed in oil,
Elizur smeared with honey, and Joseph