Show cald n ells nells aright john burns of bedford had at one time a very narrow escape from froin the indians one of burns bums nei neighbors by the name of caldwell use used d frequently to tease him about the occurrence and question his courage b in in the affair and end by declaring what he would have done under such circumstances one evening caldwell was at his neighbors and burns found his boasting rather hard to bear 1 I suppose you know just whal whai do if you you metr met an nn indian that wanted your scalp burns inquired waal I 1 guess I 1 do was cald wells confident reply and he soon after took his departure no sooner had he left the house than burns bums rigged himself up to look I 1 as much like an indian as possible and sallied forth after caldwell it was a clear moonlit evening and caldwell had no dalr difficulty in seeing inthe indian ho he sprang a quickly into the bushes where lie stood still burns too stepped into the bushes after awhile caldwell ventured out and looking fearfully around moved forward burns followed him caldwell ag again a in concealed himself in tho the bushes find and his pursuer did the same several times this performance was repeated at ion length 0 th caldwell could endure it no longer and leaping from the bushes he ran forward at his topmost speed burns uttered a wild whoop and pursued him when caldwell came to the brook which I 1 was spanned bya by a single plank he was in such haste that lie ho could not stop for the bridge but bounded through the water he ran into tho the first house ho he camo came to and gasped tho the woods are full of indians moron moren a thousand of lom cm I 1 and bo be hero here in a minute 1 aher wheres s the gun wheres the gun glan ho he was in a 1 terrible fright while tho the owner of the house was trying 0 to find out what had bad really occurred burns bums appeared at tho the door laughing heartily 1 I say caldwell he said 1 I thought you run for an indian 1 history of bedford |