Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1898-06-09
VA, THURSDAY, JUNE 8, 1898

and she the pupil. taxing the small
est-one by each hand-and telling
the rest to come, she turned to follow
Hayes. Back a few yards, up to
what seemed solid plank, he led them,
and in the twinkling of an eye one of
the heavy planks slid back, leaving
an opening large enough to admit one
person.
In the meantime the brute had
gained upon them; they could not
hope to get out his reach in time.
Miss Armstead, give me your
cape" and Hayes snatched 1t from
ner shoulders and sprung out to what
seemed certain death, directly in front
of the animal.
Miss Armstead believed that her
time to die had come, but she deter
mined to save her little pupils if pos
sible. Calling them, one after anOth-
er, she tumbled them through the
opening in the fence.
She glanced up as the last one went
through, and saw Hayes waving her
cape with its red lining almost in the
face of the bull, and eluding its at
tack with the agility of trained
matadore. Then she crept through
the opening herself, praying that he
might have chance to run the distance
and follow her, but the boy had 9TH
er intentions. When all the others
were safe, he gave the cape a final
toss in the face of the bull, and sprung
to one side Just in time to elude the
lowered horns; then, seizing the limb
of tree that grew on the edge Of the
declivity, he was quickly out Of reach.
The lnfuriated animal now made a
charge directly at the fence. As it
did so, one of its horns passed through
a knot-hole in a board, which, for a
moment, held it fast. Then it jerked
its head back and the board gave way,
remaining fastened to the animals
horns.
In trying to free itself from this
awkward encumbrance, the bull went
back against the railing at the edge
of the precipice. This would not
stand the pressure, and the next mo-
ment the animal went over the brink.
1t was found later, dead; the fall had
killed it.
Hayes's face soon appeared at the
opening
Come on, Miss Armstrong" he
cried cts all right he's a goner !"
Thanks to the courage and the pres
ence of mind of the boy they had
called coward, the teacher and her
little scholars were saved.
"How did you know about that
loose board in the fence ?" Miss Arm
stead asked.
Il and another boy crept through
there once to see base ball game"
The hero was a very human boy af-
ter all.
well, Hayes, nail that board on
and will give you ticket to attend
every ball game that is played there
this season. l."
Miss Arnstead is now Mrs. Morgan,
and she lives in the city of --.
Some repairs were needed in the cellar
of her house this summer and Mr..
Morgan sent a young man to do the
work. When she went out to give
him some directions, he said:
you do not know me, Mrs. Nor
gam"
mo: | think | have never seen
you before"
"My name is Tilden H. Fad Hay
seed they used to call me.
"You are not Hayes Fad Why,
Hayes, l never should have known
you, and she took the fine looking
young man by both hands. you
saved my life once and the lives ofthe
scholars, besides. Do you live here
in the city,"
Eyes, Mrs Morgan, l learned the
carpenters trade after leaving Mr..
Forsythe's. l lived with him two
years after you left. believe | al
ways had an inclination towards that
trade. The mousetrap made at
school was my first piece Of work in
that line. Do you remember t?'
Indeed, l DO, and that you were
too kind-hearted to kill the mouse.
Are you doing well here p
Very well, thank you. have all
the work l can do and earn good
wages. have just taken contract
to build two new houses and I'm not
quite twenty-one yet.
Had Mrs. Morgan been inclined to
doubt Hayseed's identity, one item in