The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-09-09
FATAL RED COLOR LURED
 VICIOUS BLACK BULL TO DEATH

tern, meanln' to run I'd scarcely ro< 11X hand out when that red. lantern 4u11<4 straight up in the air. Yes. 1t did. Want yonr snssrn sIssns when S "ss yoars ks yS the yard. and your foot sticks in frp1-
 The same second the lantern goes ux somethin' fetches me an awfu hAnk m red lantern with fair chance Of catch1n 1t. Now, don't mind tellin' you feIief1 that hates walkin'. an maybe w@*L SuEst to to ss sSt Ssn1oa yoa know wssre wa found, don't you7 Right up atop Of the rear car! An where was the lantern asks you? The lantern was down <4o lantern wssi An didn throw it there. neither, an didn't climb atop ok anf rear car to get out of tho way of nny-
 What I want to know is this: What hit me an the lantern, an what was U jolted the train so hard that the rear platforms all bunged up. an Pete Mas
 There were plenty of opintons a>i- vanced by the round house men. but e John and Tony were not .present. tha general ner 0S opinion ' was n that sss Sraksnsa had been hoisted either by stray buf- faio, or else by 'one of them there dust devils that goes blcwin' around so." Inc laughter. but its advocate insisted that he had once seen Q dust-devii lift c whole herd of stock right over trak1s and as ns n was S ne,Ss'eSs,y sSoG se. cepted. .- crawlcd into the station two hours iatA whether red or green. wss out for twslvo miles down the track, and that. in eev- eral instances, the switch-posts them selves were esq so badly @ bent @ ana r, TfssnrS werS came to the station sust oefore daWns and as another train was soon due trackman was sent out with red ana a green flag to signal ali trains.
 it seemed but few minutes when the men in the round house heard Wil3 veil followed by six shots. Rushing t9 the door they looked out just in ums. hand and the red lag in the ether, run ming for his life. with big black Duz8 just behind him. The remains CT a Ere91 lag hung from % the ,Ss ssis sslS nsrs sS. Ms maa tripped on . signal wire. anS t@ trying to recover his balance dropped nAs
 That ended the chase as far as the traokman was concerned, for the pull checked at the fallen flag and deliberately proceeded to stamp It into frakmentS snS sssr ts. Tisa s es ess SsI spsa nsw
 painted red switch pest and charged fult tilt at that. 1t was iron and strong, hue he got it bent oyer 70 far at last that M " A Pacific car, with It's well known red tre1e~ mark. caught the black bulls eye. He charged the car and in tive eunts knock- ed out the ,ss Ssnslss sS. sn psns n the rsuna house had recovered theInsslves ana wgr9 bombardng the bull with every pls,ol and missile they coulA nno- hlthey ssse 5n@ men were very bad shots or the bulls hide was surprisingly tough. for not q shot seemed to hurt the bull, altneu8n he came close enough to the rouna house molished two more switches and . shed and then walked away.
 That was the beginning of the pubic Expectations of the black pun ,e,a,s 4l snS x the road were confronted by such tsie- grams as Train No. held up two hours account black bull" Another would reads hospisai psmaa acSounf Sss Ssosed Sa Sy SIack bull To other departments would come telex grams reading, Twelve switches ae. Tran Tram Nc. a ditched last night by biacls bull throwing switch.
 The last straw came when a director 2 nephew. a young man given 70 solL, Was chased for a record hundred yards by the black bull, was overhauied and tess ed into the water tank of the station: The young man was very nearly drownea mo not fuil and its sides afforded no hand hold. The telegram telling of this disas- ter read: Director Blanks nephew caught by black bull thrown into water tank account wearing red coat; will re-
 Hitherto the officials had contended Etth sending SHs aw orassS asey piemented them by a, message saving: koffer reward s2o for hide of black bull"
 1t was that reward which stimulated ln- yention on the La Veta section. Poisone0 grain, traps, even band of cc5vpunch- CTS from the ranch, were tried. but none was successful. The destrucuon ol re@ and green switch lamps and hegmen went on undisturbed. Then came Pete the enei- neer with his plan.
 No one really appreciated Pete.s p.sn psa until he pulled hls engine out on the seen that the pilot and whole front ol his engine had been painted vivid soar let, while two green flags hung well ons wanted to hitch a car behind and ac- company Pete on his expedition put ne would have none of them.
 If the black pull get; tnis OHsnt st ws @ don't want him to lay out every man sn
 It was late in the afternoon when dS%n 1ssss Sss iSnsns tracs Ias Ths fssn brought his field glasses down to the wa- ter tower, from which the best view could be obtained, and looking long an"
 '.Both the flags are gone" he saidt presently; ''and-and-by ginger, the tronk of the loco's black" Then without taking the glass from his eyes. he sadi: "rhe pl- lots gone and the smoke-stocks out o4 plumb, an she's all bunged up; now wonder what sn-by gum! Boys: they. ye got him TheySs sodt nlm ,,n in tront ost Tbas makes her black" (The SyperintendenS was growing ungEammntical in his Joy.l And can see his horns. They've gos
 The progress of Pete's engine into the yard was a triumph. but neither Pete nor his fireman looked overly triumpn- ant. The fireman's head was tied up m red. Pete had a black eye. his nose was badly swelled and he seemed to have disinclination to talk.
 50 you got himT' said the superin- tendent, jubilantly.
 When do you want that s2o?'' asked the superintendent.
 First thing I wants a quit claim fer the damage to the ingine, said I,sac RSte; we hit that bull he came so hard that the headlight was carried away ana tne smokestacks all out of plumb. The pen somewhere over there or thsreaoouts' an the whistles In the tank"
 My stars" gasped the superintenoents "did he ditch her? Who helped you on again? Did ye run into No. B. or iand'
 T didn't run into nothing. but that derned old bull" said Pete, stolidly hirs rather, he run inter me. We seed nm away up the track, an he seed us apoue the same time He tap 2In'fH Hs s'rhi Was fight M fin in fine middle of the track. too. When he was about a quarter of a mile on ! kltes her the whole throttle and hooks her up good We're maktn all or n1ty-t1Vei an the bull he's doin' his best. ,,
 'fWhen we gets clost, says to Jlin- mic, here, says, Jimmie, you better get hold of somethln sldes that bad shGvJls haIi