The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1899-04-22

spears. with the foam hanging from
his mouth in long ropes. The bulls we
have east are no more like him than q
house eat is like Bengal tiger.
"To see those horns dig up The hard
earth AS if il had been cheese, and to
think that in another minute they
would be coming down on me like an
express train, with hundreds of pounds
Of solid flesh to push them along. was
something ! can't attempt to make you
realize. II was simply horrible!
Suddenly the bull threw up his tail,
gave loud below and sprang forward
with his horns almost touching the
ground.
IL had shut my eyes and given up all
hope. when something struck me in the
face-the moose of lasso. Looking up,
saw Pablo Moreno checking his horse
upon the very brink of the bank above,
so close that the animals feet crumbled
the edge.
"'Put the lasso under your arms!
Quick! quick!' screamed Pablo.
His gesture told me what 10 do, and
running close to the wall, | passed the
moose around my shoulders.
"'IIold on to i'll called Pablo, and
| was drawn up into the air just as FL
Sacudidor Numbered beneath me with
n toss of his head which sent one of his
pointed horns along the sole of my boot,
cutting the tough heather like n knife,
One instant more of delay would have
given that horn something softer to cut.
Before the bull could turn about to
attack me again. / was sitting safe at
the top beside Pablo. who told me how
he CHANGED to come to my rescue.
Having seen FL Sacudidor entering
the ravine. he had galloped to the edge
to watch his movements, and looking
over, discovered me.
81 don't believe you'll dispute me.
boys. when ] say that no one not
trained as he had been could have pos
sibly dared what he did. If he had
stopped single second to think what
plan he should pursue-if he had hesi-
tated the least bit in the world
should have been gored to death or
trampled into jelly under the great
brute's hooss.
''But he did exactly the right thing
exactly in the nick of time, and was
saved. | had made n great mistake in
despising him.
IL told him this. and much more,
when was able to speak again; and on
his side he acknowledged that he had
often envied me what knew. SO, with
out any particular agreement, we be-
GENE firm friends. and went to work to
exchange knowledge.
"The result was that before left Los
Pueblos | could ride o horse, drive cat
| tie and throw Il lasso ;n what I'm con-
ceited enough to say Is very skillful
manner, while Pablo picked up Latin
English and a dozen other things with
most surprising quickness. He soon
| found the use of them. too, for ras-
cally Spectator would have cheated
his father out of half the ranch if Pablo
| hadn't been able to read the documents
and detect the swindle.
III Sacuddor was killed as soon as
the don learned of my adventure.
suppose the old gentleman thought
that bull which so far forgot Spanish
hospitality as to attack his masters
guest couldn't be of the genuine race
and would appear to better advantage
as beef for the guests consumption
| anyhow, that was what he became.
And | had the satisfaction of eating
some of his sirloin-tough enough ii
was. too!
when | came away ] brought the
boot and lasso with me-" finished VIII,
carefully putting lHs treasures back. in
their former rcsting-place, land shall
keep them as long as | live, 10 remind
me of the time when my friend Pablo
Moreno pulled me up from before the
horns of FL Sacudidor. "-iolden Days.