The Bedford gazette. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1805-current, 1858-03-19

home again. Bot ii was ordered that / sboul,
not die then. A bene6cent Providence, whc
sees all things, held my destiny in the hollow
OF his hand, and naught could prevail 10 change
my fate. The horrible brute had driven hi:
horns deep into the breast of my poor Charley
and now sprang upon Us both with his sharr
boots, trampIing over our PROSTATE forms
How ever escaped the tread of those feet,
and the struggles of my dying charger, / can
not imagine, but | received but few trininr
wounds, and the fearof sudden cruel death,
was the greatest suffering l was called upon 10
bear.
As ! lay, partially shielded by Charley's
body, qickly drew my hunting knife, and
when the bull came upon me, with hoof on
either side OF my head-iarly pinniag me 10
the ground; made one ghastIy cut from one
SIDE OF hIs throat to the other, aided by the
superhuman strength which some times aids US
IN the hour Of mortal terror. TIE prairie-le-
viaban raised himself with a coyulsiye shud-
der, and drawing back with demoniac roar
which has rung in my ears ever since, fell dead
by my side!
For an hour, | could not collect my energies
enough to think or act conuectediv. | LAUGHED.
wePt, ! prayed, [ shouted, and I 50 no: far
more like lunatc, than a sane man. Al
length became calm, aud saw, by the declin-
ing sun, that | must hasten back, as / must
now travel aioot. 1t was late at night ere I
reached the 'Eoak-opening," where | had
Iunched that morning, and but for The intense
brIilIancy OF the Texan moonlight, ! should
have been hopeessIy lost on the trackIess
prarIe. As II was, I could see the distant
forest outline distinctly, and on reaching this
PoIG', knew my way homeward 10 the rancho. /
My companions would not al FIRST believe the |
tale told; but / finally convinced them. by !
showing the marks Of the bulls hools nnon +
The skirts my buckskin coat, and by the tray- |
'is'alned condItlonI Of my ha5ilimenls cener
Ally.
The next day, we went to the scene of nv
'ncounter, and as the wolves had not vet
ouched the carcass ofthe bison. skinned if.
hat might have trophy OF my fight. The
tHn noW covers my lounge, in this room where
am writing.
My sorest grief was for my horse. Poor
harley | mournrd his loss as have since
nourned that Of friend. He was 50 trus,v
so kind-so noble. bad many other fine
teeds afterwards, but could never find one to
u hls place ! killed my buffalo, bat at
-, H. -. ',ould hardly have paid, had known
COURAGE IN WOMEN.
There IS a branch Of general education which :
not thought al all necessary for women as
egards which, indeed, it is ell if they are not
rought up to cultivate the opposite. Women
Re not taught TO BE- courageous. Indeed, 10
ONE persons, courage may seem as unnecessary
Or woman as Latin and Greek. Yet there are
ew things that would tend to make women
.appier in themselves, and more acceptable 10
n yrIth a. hrff Z tbst, lft,a
There are many women Of the present day,
ens5!e women in other things, whose panic
errors are 4 frequent source Of discomfort to
themselves and those around them. Now, il is
great mistake 10 imagine that hardness must
% with courage and that the bloom of gentle
less and sympathy must all be rubbed oil by
bat vl5or which gives presence of mind,
enables person 10 he useful in peril, and makes
he desire to assist overcome that sickiness OF
'ensl3llIty which can only contemplate distress
md difficulty. So far from courage being IN
feminine, there is peculiar grace and dignity
n those beings who have little active power
of attack or defence, passing through danger
with moral courage which is equal to that of
he strongest. We see this in great things. We
perfectly appreciate the sweet and noble dign
y fan Anne Boleyn, Mary Queen Of Scots,
Or Marie Antoinette. We see that it is grand
tor these de!icately bred, high nurtured, help
less personageS 10 meet Death with silence and
confidence like his own. There is no beauty
IN fear IT is mean, ugly, dishevrlled crea-
ture. no statue can be made of it that wo-
man would " sh 10 see herself like.
We may be quite sure that, without losing
any OF the most delicate and refined Of feminine |
graces, women may be taught not to give way |
10 unreasonable fears, which should belong no
more 10 the fragile than TO the robust.