Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1891-07-09
Mr. TOMPklNo' QUIET FOAerh.
How tie Fled from tho Noise and Bustt,
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Of Town to Dodge a Bun.
To escape the sweltcrng heat Of town
on the Fourth Of July last year Mr.
Tornpkins gathered up the savings Of
several weeks and started for the quiet
Of the mountains. In order to be totally
free from noiSa AMI excitement Of any
kind, he repaired TO the house OF
friend, which was situated in valley
near a spur Of the Catskiils, and although
he had but one day in which 70 enjoy
perfect rest and escape the hustle and
turmoil of the town, he consumed
little over four hours on the afternoon Of
the 81 getting tr his retreat
After a hot ann trin- railway Journey
Mr. Tompkins reached his friends house,
hungry and dusty and nearly choked
with coal dust
Isn't il glorious" said ne To himself.
as he sazed through his window at sun
rise next tnornlns over the green expanse
Of woodland and meadow. The gleam-
ing silver 1f t,sopus creak glnr-l through
the green that frinsrl its banks Fields
of grain We're already turned to a rich
gold color
The Cltskills rose in purplish blue
background Hastily dressing. Mr..
Tompiins wandered forth on a tour Of
discovery
His footsteps led him to brook that
ran through meadow thick with tall,
damp grass As he pursued his course
along the banks of the stream several
trout darted under stones ana roots
after the bashful manner Of trout. Mr.
Tompkins had been thinking of how
much he wished he had a rod and flies
along, when a terrific roar made him
jump two feet into the AIR This was
quickly followed by another anl another
Mr., Tompkins thought some menas-
erie must have lost an animal The
noise continued. 1t came from a clump
Of trees. At a loss what to do the
young man did nothing but wait And
then with an astonishing gamut Of
roars, bellows and snorts out came a
bull on IA dead run, with tail stiffened
and pointing toward the blue empyrean
Down the hill he came, roaring and
snorting at every bound The only GER
tain way to get clear away was straight
up the hillside, and that pass was held
by the bull. \ brisk run across the low
land to another clnmp Of trees offered
temporary refuge.
Mr.. Tompkins made the best time on
record, and reached the trees not a mo-
ment too soon, for the beast was at his
heels. Then the bull lodged the young
man around the trunk of big hickory
tree and kept up his pressing diversion
for fully half an hour.
A heap of stones several hundred yards
distant looked more promising to the
young man who had come to the coun-
try for quiet day. The bull was get
ting angrier every moment, and in his
blind rage stumbled and fell over a root.
A dash for the stones, and then the
young man thought himself safe.
The bull came right along, and wasn't
many seconds behind. But the heap of
stones was a regular fort, for the bull
could not ascend it. and slipped at every
attempt. although it was only few feet
high.
They had time then to reason with
each other and become acquainted. But
they didn't have chance after all; for
signs of life began to appear about the
farmhouse on the hillside, and one of the
farm hands came to look for the cows.
The young man took a mean advan-
tage of the bull. He called for help, al
though the bull couldn't talk. This was
hardly square, but the young man did
not obey the promptings Of his noblest
nature He just sung out for help as
loudly As he could, and it came, with q
snarl and bound. in the person of a
bull terrier
Now, this bull knew that bull terrier,
and the instant he saw the dog he
changed his tactics and started on run
for the barn. But the dog was too quick
for him, and, with one bound, seized his
tail and held on till they reached the
barn, about 500 yards away
The bull beloved with pain and anger
as he ran, but he couldn't get rid of that
dog or get him to loosen his grip on his
tail. When the young man reached the
house of his friends he wondered whether
there wasn't little hustle and hurry in
the country at times.-New York Sun.