Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1898-06-24

dust mOvi"g OSarl them.
Mss Armsiead divinrd he
cauSr. Tne Children, with the TX.
C., y ion of Ii Nps, had noticed il.
hut soon faint, onluGns roar
came To their ears.
The hull ha- got loose, Miss
Arms cad. ind Is coming fOr n>p
Is saS II Nrs thar sad rhl-, BIT
- very Qniri manner.
In moment the chlldrAn were
in panir, clutchlng NJ - A M
stead'- dress nd scrr,n,in.. what
ShOrld she dol For ~ eighth of a
mile M each direction V,s III At
high board !ence, which no one
could scale, and OIL the Other side
hat rocky preciplce.
There seemed 10 be no way of
escape. She might have escaped
herself, bnt she could not leave
those little ones.
In the meantime the believing
grew lOnder. The bull was coming
on 1T full speed
Miss Armstead, come on, quick!
carried Hayes; this way follow
me-
She dld not understand, but she
Obeled AS if be had been The
master and she the pupil. Taxing
the smalest-one 10y each hand
aud telling the rest to come, she
turned 10 follow fl ,yes. Back a
few yards. up to what seemed
solid plank, he led them, and in
the twinklipg OF An eye one of the
heavy planks slid hack, leaving an
opening large enough to admit
one person.
In the meantime the brute had
gained upon them; they codld not
hope to get ont his reach IN lime.
Mss Arms cad, give ma your
ctpe,' aud II ,yes SnAtched It tron
her shoulders aud >prnng ont to
what seemed certain death, direct
ly in front of the animal.
Miss Armstea1 believed thar
her time To die bal come. bnt >h-
determined to save her little popil'
it possible. Calling them, one If.
ter another. sh.. tumbled them
Ihr0ngh the Opruin l. tins fence
She glanced mp as he last un+
went through. AID S4e II NrS
waving CAPE with ~ re- | ili'nI
almost in the fac OF The blll, I'D
Guiding its att,ck with The tsill y
of A trained mAta lore Tan she
crrI,r lhro"gh tie open ~ h 9
seii. ,.aNi z thAt h. n'g NV.
\ cudnCr Iur,n hr 'l'i ucr tu'i
fnl ON hpr, IL n" toy ,,d - 10 8
ut. u iuns. We,n al hr 9th IL
w,rr r.. hr gtNt 'h~ chpr d Il
toss ~ lhr face OF the hnll, a d
= 'rung H. one side itlI In i'
'-lude the 10 Srrch hOrn>; then,
srizins the llmb of lree tbh
grew on the edge of the decll. "
ae was quickly out of reach.
The lnfuriated animal now made
a charge directly at the frnce. A.
1t did ~, one is horns passed
through 4 knot hole in "A board,
,hich for a moment, held il fast
Then 1t jeIked its head back anC
the board gave way, remaining
fastened to the animals hOrns.
In trying to free itself from thu
awkward encumhrance, tbe bull
went back against the railing a
the edge of the precipice. Tbi'
would not stand the pressure, anC
the next moment the animal wen
over the brink. 1t was found late
dead; the fall had killed It.
hayes's face soon appeared Al
the opening.
Come on, Miss Armstrong; b'
cried; ft's all right; he's a gomez.
Thanks to tie courage aud th,
presence of mind If the boy the,
hal called coward, the teacher n,
and her little scholars were saved
'HOw did YOU know abOnt
tn at loose board in the fencePNis
Armstead asked.
Il aud another boy crept through
there once To sea "A base ball game
: Tne hero vas a very hu nan bJy
after al,
well. Hayes, nail that board OF
, aud will give you ticket to al
tend every ball game that Is play
J ell there this season.
Miss Arnstead Is now Mrs. Nor
gan, aud she lives ln the city OF
Some repairs we're needed In th
cellar of her house this summe
r and Mr.. Morgan sent young ma
e to do the work. When she wer
out to give him so ue directions
he said: