The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-06-17

chanted bull. It reared on its hind leg.
/ and danced sideways as a kitten does be
/ tore II has learned dignity and seemed tC
/ De contemplating the climbing of the tree
But Hawley felt reasonably secure ane
as he saw the dust of an approaching
team he decided to stay where he was
and may be a purchaser would pass by
HOFrOrS OF horrors. The team turned
out to be a young woman in a Dhaetor
who held over her head a red parasol.
She saw the bull st the same time thai
HaWley saw her All thought of profit
had vanished from his mind He knew
that just as soon as the bull saw the
paraSOl he would insist on getting into the
phaetOn with the young woman and the
result would surely be disastrous both tC
the carriage and its fair occupant BY
great good luck he had a silk red hand
kerchief in his pocket. He called TO the
young woman.
Don't be afraid It's only a mad bull
Drive past in a hurry and I'll keep him
away from YOU"
The young woman was not only one in
phaetOn. she was also one in hun
dred and she whipped UP her horse and
dashed by the bull just as Hawley
Haunted the handkerchief in the animals
face.
If the bull saw the young woman he
did not think of her after this insult He
came right under where Beveridge was
straddling a limb-and the faithless limb
took that occasion to break and
let Hawiey down astride of the angry
animals neck.
He seized the broken branch in his
hand, tied his handkerchief at the end OF
it and held it just in front of the bulls
eyes. The bull was pointed toward Pay
sOnville and. toward PaysonVilie he went
The weight upon his neck he did not feel
but the insulting rag in front of him must
be Overtaken.
And so, riding the bull at headlone
speed Hawley passed the next to the last
mile post and as he had feared he found
himself once more on his feet. while or
his shoulder perched not sparrow, but
T a canary.
He felt that he ought to be thankful
that the bull had not gored him and he
was more than glad that the young WO-
man had escaped with her phaetOn. but as
canaries We're plenty at PaysOnville he
knew that this wouldn't be worth an ex-
ira spoke. He felt like crying from veXa-
ton. If he had been Platt he would have
Wrung the birds neck in his irritation,
but being Hawiey he had no meaneT
thought than to press on and do the best
he could. He talked kindly to the bird
and said Il do hope that when the next
change comes I won't find that / have
graSshOpper in my hand Tor 1 Couldn
sell grasshopperS even by the bushel.
The canary cooked her head on one
side and sang what seemed to Hawley
to be a very hopeful song
On he trudged. going over in his mind
the strange events of the last two hours
and regTetting that Platt bad not been
old man had presented.
He approached the next mile post
with many misgivings. He certainly
had tried to do his best but there
seemed to be so much chance in the
changes that ne was not at all sure
that ne would go into Paysonville
market with something worth selling.
PWee, tWee, tWee, pTrrrrrr, vince,
whee, Whee," sang the little bird as they
neared the mile post and Hawley felt
sorry to think that he was soon to
lose her, but as with sOldierly stride
he passed the last post in his journey
he found himself grasping big golden
eagle and a minute later he was the
center of a group of marketmen who
were asking a thousand questions and
Offering him dozen prices for his prize
The bird made no effort TO escape
and Hawley sold him to a dealer in
game, who wanted a Gagged bird as an
attraction for just the price of a chain
less bicycle with lantern, bell and
brake.
Hawley lost no time in mounting bis
new and beauti-Gl wheel and setting
out on his return home Half way
there he was met with by a crowd of
anxious neighbors, who had been told
by the young phaeton woman that
Hawley was probably by then food
for the bull, forgetting in her alarm
fo- him the fact that bulls like some
very cross grained people are vegetar-
ians.
He hastily recounted his adventures and
then excused himself
I want to see how Plat came out"
He was in time to literally see how he
came out for when ne reached the VOL
colt homestead he saw Plat coming out
of the house with one shoe on and an
anxious expression on his face.
Say. 1 can't find my other old shoe
anywh-ooh, where'd you get the bike?"