The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1900-06-10

where he was and may be purchaser
would pass by.
Horrors of horrors! The team turn
ed out to be a young woman in a
phacton who held over her head 3
red parasol.
She saw the bull at the same time
that Hawley saw her. All thought
of prof 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 to he car
riage and its fair occupant. By great
good luck he had a silk red handllet-
chief in his pocket. He called to the
young woman
Don't be afraid. It's only mad
bull. Drive past in a hurry and ~
keep him away from you.
If the bull saw the young woman
he did not think of her after tits in
suit. He came right under where
Reycridgc was straddling = limb aud
the faithlcss limb took that oc-
casion to break and let HawIey down
astride Of the angry animals neck.
He seized the broken branch in his
hand and tied his handkcr-
chief ON the end Of it just
in front Of the bulls eyes
Tho bull was pointed toward PaYSon-
vile and toward PaysonvIl" he went.
TIE weight upon his neck he die! not
feel, but the insulting rag III tfpNs
of him must be overtalen.
And so. riding the bull at headlong
sneed. IIawley passed the next the
last mile post and as he had fcare he
found himself once more on ms 'eet,
while on his shoulder pcrchcd not 4
sparrow, but canary.
He felt that he ought to be thank
ful that the bull had not gored him
and he was more than glad that he
young woman had escaped with her
phacton, but as canaries were plenty
at Pavsonvlle he knew that this
wouldn't be worth an extra spoke.
He felt like crying from veNation. II
he had been PIatt he would have
wrung the birds neck in his irrita-
ton, but being Hawley he had no
meancr thought than to press on and
do the best he could. He talked kind
" to the bird and said, 81 do hope
that when the next change comes |
won't find that ! have a grass-hoppcr
in my hand for ] couldn't sell grass
hoppers even by the bushel.
The canary cooked her head on one
side and sang what seemed to IIaw-
ley to be a very hopeful song.
On he trudged, going over in his
mind the strange events of the last
two hours and regrctting that Platt
had not been ready to seize the OPP
hat If Al 1I
scented.
He approached the next mile post
with many misoiVingS He certainly
had tried to Go his best, but there
seemed to be so much chance in the
changes that he was not at all sure
that he would 90 into Paysonvillc
market with something worth sell
ing.
''Twcc. twec, tWcc, prrrrrrrr, vince,
Whee. vince" sang the little bird as
they ncared the mile post and llawicy
felt sorry to think that he was soon
to lose her, but as with soldiery strife
he passed the last post in his Jour
ney he found himself graSping big
golden eagle and a minute later he
WAS the center Of a group of market
men who were asking thousand
questions and Offering him dozen
pieces for his prize.
The bird made no effort to escape
and HawIcy sold him to a dealer i'm
game, who wanted a Gagged bird as an
attraction for just the price of Il
chainless bicycle with Il lantern, bell
and brake.
HawIcy lost no time in mounting bis
new and beautiful wheel and setting
out on his return home. Half way
there he was met by u crowd OF
anxious ncighbors, who had been told
bv the young phacton woman that
Hawlcy was probably by then food
for the bull, forgetting in her alarm
for him the fact hat bulls like some
very cross grained people are vcgcta-
rians. =
He hastily recomted his adventures
and then excused himself.
81 want to see how Platt came out"
He was i'm time to literally see how
he came out for when he reached the
Wolcott homestead he saw Platt com
ing out Of the house with one shoe on
and an anxious expression on his face.
Say, | can't find my other old shoe
anywh-ooh, Wherc'd you get the
bike?"-
Every cat has her coat and every dog
has his pants.