Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1890-03-24

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dlsmounted 10 drink OF little run.
ming stream | had reached, and tc
eat my lunch. My horse left stand.
ing without taking the precaution
OF tying him, though without un.
sadGliDg him. He was n young
mustang, as nervous as a woman,
and, without any apparent cause
that could discover, threw ua his
head all Of a sudden and broke down
the valley in a mad gallon. carrying.
OF course, my saddle, with my belt
containing my pistols, which bad
rather foOlishly removed from my
waist an hour or two before, and
hung from the horn of my saddle.
There was nothing for 1t but 10
follow the horse on foot, so Off put
IN as bad humor as you can
imagine, for / vas already fatigued
by my long ride, and . tramp 81
perhaps miles was anything but in
viting. | trudged on for an hour
or two, until my feet were cut and
blistered by the sharp rocks, and had
sat down 10 rest near q clump OF
cottonwood trees, one Of great size,
and the rest Of them mere saplings.
At that moment | heard a loud roar
and a crash in a bush behind me,
and out rushed at q terrific pace a
large bull, charging straight at me.
| had only just timetS throw myself
to one side fiat on the ground ss he
Numbered by me. My next move
was to make for the clump OF cotton
woods, which succeeded in reach
Ing Just As the bull turned sgain.
Ny hat hsd fallen 10 the earth as l
ran, and this the animal now at
tackled with ferOcity and madden
ed rage that showed how little
mercy would he shown the man
when his turn came.
Having torn the hat 10 pieces
with horns and hoofs, and having
smelled me out, he commenced a
circuit round the trees, stamping,
paving and believing frightfulIy.
With his bloOdshOt eyes and long,
sharp horns, he looked like demon.
WAS quite unarmei, having, by
some unlucky chance, neglected to
put On my knife on leaving home,
and my spistols, as / said before,
being in my saddle, and / was
wearied unto death. The situation
was desperate one, and my only
chance consisted in lodging the
bull round the trees until he should
be tired out, and this was, indeed,
faint hope, for the animal seemed
fresh and warranted TO Outiazt the
strength Of ten men. The bull
charged again and again, sometimes
coming against the tree with such
force that he fell on his knees, some
times bending the saplings behind
which l stood until his horns
almost reached me. There was not
q branch Of the one large tree low
enough Tor me to seize and climb
UP. and had no time in which to
scale il between the bulbs charges.
How long this awful game of
tstOuch wOodv lasted | cannot tell,
for after the first excitement of self
preservation passed of WEAKNESS
again took possession Of me, and il
required ali the instinct and love Of
life within me to keep me Oh my
feet. Several times the bull left me
for a few seconds, pacing suddenly
away, believing his malignant dis
content OF ny refusal to come forth
and be trampled ANA gored to death,
but before l could cross over TO q
better position he always came back
at full speed. My tongue began to
cleave TO the roOfOf my mouth, my
eyes grew hot and misty, my knees
trembled under me, while r ringing
in my ears warned me that nature
was exhausted, and ! felt impossible
to hold out until dark.
THE RESCUE.
At length l grew desperate, and
determined to make run for the
opposite covert the moment the bull
turned from me again. L felt sure |
was doomed, and thought Of ii until
actually began TO welcome the
idea Of its ending in any way. The
bull seemed to know | was worn out,
and grew more rapid and fierce in
his charges, but just when l was
going TO sit down under the great
tree and let him do his worst, |
heard the rattle Of a horse among
the rocks above, and q shout that
sounded like-the voice Of an angel.
Then came Vie barking Of n dog
and the loud reports Of the stock
whip, but the bull, with his
deyilish eyes fixed on me,
never moved. Up came n horse
man at full speed, and crack fell
the lash on the BULBS black hide,
while the blood spurted out in a
long streak. The animal turned
savagely and charged the horseman,
believing with astonished rage and
pain, but the horse wheeled round
Just enough TO battle him-no more
and again the lash descended, cut
ting like a long flexile razor; but
the Infatuated bull was not to be
beaten of with q whip-he charged
again and again. But he had met
his match, for right and left, rs
the wiry Spanish mare
turned, sometimes on her hind,
sometimes on her fore legs. 1t was
the most magnificent exhibition Of
/ ever saw, and /
actually forgot my fatigue and ex-
haustion while l watched 1t.
My rescuer now shouted lsomo-
thing, leaped from his horse and
strobe forward to meet the bull with
au open knife between his teeth.
As the beast lowered his head TO
charge, he seemed 10 catch him by
the horns. There was a struggle, a
cloui Of dust, a stamping like two
men wrestling. / could not see
clearly, but the next moment the
bull was on his back, with the blood
yelling from his throat and the
limbs quivering in death. The
stranger, covered with dust and
blood, came up to me then, saying,
apparently as unconscious OF tn
umpb as if he had been killing a
calf in as laughter house; "He's
JeadI enugh now, sir; he
won't truble anybody any
more.D 1 walked two or three
paces towads the dead beast, when
INV senses filed me and / tainted.
When ! came 10 myself my horse
was standing near me, tied to a
bush. and mystranger rescuer had
withdrawn a few feet. and was
watching me intently. | went up
10 him. and, thinking him for the
service rendered me, inquired the
name OF him town ON owed my
itS. rho man Imagined a little and
then replied: ''well, / don't mind
telling you, under the eircum,
stances. am" No, IN
leave his name untold-he Wa an
outlaw and fugitive from Justice,
but lie certainly saved me from a
cruel death, and he was the gnest
horscman ever ssy.-Ydtstd tIer.l
Or, AEidntd Cooasttution.
An advertisement for wife In a
Colorado paper brought such a
heavy usil 10 the advertiser, Mr..