New Ulm review., 1901-12-18
would be decided in one moment Of

4 time.
When within two feet of his victim
/ Sir Toro closed his eyes in a murderous
i lunge, while the man from whom En-
/ rique had taken the red cloth made 8
dash for safety behind the grating.
! But there was hot blood in that son
OF the south, too, and the red flag OF
Jealousy had faunted itself in his face
anu the audience with wonder saw
him skip to one side safe, and before
the bull could recover from his disap.
pointment leap from the side into the
very embrace of DEATH
| Two arms clasped the animals
/ throats like bands of steel. The as
/ tonished beast lunged and tossed in a
1 vain endeavor to free himself The
/ goads bent and snapped dropping one
by one.
Then the dazed people woke to a re
alization Of this bit of daring. and
groans and hurrahs rose again and
again from $4,000 throats as those two
1 struggled in an encounter unheard of
before in the history Of bullfghting.
4 But never since the days of Ursus
has jealousy or desire for revenge, nor
love even, matched human arms with
he strength of a bull, and Enrique's
grasp must surely weaken.
To drop now was certain death be-
meath the angry hoofs which had paw
| ed the ground so that man and beast
were of the earth's color.
Then the young senior who. in the
role Of matadore, was to have dispatch
| ed this bull, came to his work with a
| coOlness hardly less notable than En-
! rique's daring, and Drawing the usual
! disgrace Of attacking the bull when
not charging approached the paving
animal, watched his chance and point
| ed the sword.
The ball. seeing more feasible en-
emy, charged to his own death. For,
rested in the palm of his hand. Don
| Enrique SO steadied it that the onward
| impetus of the animal forced the keen
blade into the very arch of the aorta.
| One moment, as If daring even this,
and over he fell.
Don Enrique gave bound over the
neck and, alighting on his feet, walked
forward to the queen to receive the re
| ward for his daring for her sake.
The crowd roared and howled and
stamped in it's excitement Beautiful
girls snatched off thsir silken shawls,
their flowers: cigars. hats. canes and
handkerchiefs by the thousands came
II, chouo. into tho
But Enrique was all unheeding. He
was looking for something more Sure
ly she knew he had done it for her
sake! Did she think her American low
er would have done as much?
But even AS she placed the crown on
his brow with hands that trembled and
with eyes shy and beautiful he saw
threading his way to them between
the benches.
"Querida mia" Enrique whispered
as her eyes dropped to his. But he
knew the sudden flush that dyed her
face from throat to brow was not born
Of that endearment.
That evening old Don Jose, the land
Enrique coming from Philip Carter's
apartments.
'No esta aqui." said the old man.
"He is not here. His American seno-
rita and her father came for him this
morning, and they have just taken
themselves away on the train"
The disappointed anger on Enrique's
face did not lessen any.
II have left remembrance for him.
When he returns, he will find it, and
do you tell him Enrique Costello left
it."
"Diablo" said old Don Jose when he
found Enriques dagger driven to the
hilt through the covers of Philip Car
ter's bed.
Two weeks later he received word
from Carter to forward his traps to the
Office Of the Mexican Central.
Possibly Carter considered that in
Guanajuato there was nothing of suffi-
cient interest for the American girl
who was to be his wife.-Vogue.