Bisbee daily review., 1902-06-21
X LITTLE GEOLOGY
(copyright. 1902. by c. B. Lewis.l

 ,ojourn was the study of geology in the ,eighborhood What brought the Wid- ,w Clingham there was the study of man. She wasn't saying word to my of her friends, but she had decided .o get married again whenever the tight man came along The right man needn't be a millionaire. as she had considerable money of her own, but ne must have attainments and name and be in position to help her carry put her social ambitions. When sbe 6rst set eyes on Professor Compton, she was full of riIicule for him. He was ! bachelor forty five years old; he was hIl. ungalnly and absentminded: he wore his clothes as an Indian wears his blanket, and his manners were odd and eccentric. The widow at first passed him over with disdain and con- tempt. but later on. when she heard that h!s works on the formation of the earth. the drift period, the iron age and the carboniferous period had given him d worldwide reputation, she changed her mind.
 There were times when the professor talked to her chair or over her head and seemed ohl'y'ous of her presence, and there were times when he fell over her train or asked her for a match to light his cigar. but she excused those trifies for the sake of genius. In due time she decided to go in and win. The
 I.x, mt, 1x-t thn usual artifices employed by her sex, but would have to be taken by storm, as it were. She decided how the storm was to be worked and set about 1t.
 One day when the widow knew that the professor had planned to wander over certain old field and look for evidences of the Niagara period she put on her hat and got ahead of him by half an hour The professor reach ed the field to find her up a tree and an old bull charging up and down and believing his disappointment. The widow was weeping and shouting for aid. The professor stopped to pick up and examine a rock which bore un- doubted evidences of the Chemung period and then headed for the tree. At the same time the bull headed for him, and it was a nip and tuck race. As the bull was handicapped by a sore foot and the loss of one eye he only got second place-that is. the pro lessor was seated on the limb beside the widow before the old bovine am- bled up to an Outcrop of the Catskills period and fell over 1t and came down on his back like a brick house. Owing to the widows agitation 1t was posi- lively necessary for the professor to put his arm around her waist, and to further soothe and calm her he quietly observed:
 ''There is no occasion for alarm. We have simply been pursued by species of the genus bos. Taurus is also one of the twelve signs of the zodiac"
 But it is terrible, terribler' gasped the widow as she nestled under his arm. You won't leave me to he gored to death by the monster, will youT'
 Certainly not. We derive the name bull from bulle. bolls. bull, boil, bauli bullus. bOllis. The name Is applied tt the male of any bovine quadruped. have not given much attention to ths subject, but am of the opinion tha the bull made it's first appearance dur ing the trassic period"
 'How nice it is to know so much! sighed the widow as she cuddied stil closer.
 "Y-e-s," absently replied the profess F.
 And how proud your wife would be of your
 "Y-e-s, If had one"
 "But why-why"-
 "Why don't I have one? My dea Mrs. CIngham, I have been thinking that is, l have been wondering-tha b"-
 'T am so flustrated-' she gasped a she pressed her hands to her heart
 AS I was saying. have been think ing that if I could find''-
 He found it-that is. In shifting abOu on the limb he lost his hold. and pro lessor and widow swayed backwar, and fell to the ground. ten feet below fin chorus. They came down with thud and a bump. and the professO uttered a grunt and the widow scream. The bull was standing fort rods away with a stiff neck and lame back. and he didn't care for an, more circus. Nevertheless he lifte, his head and uttered below. and tn widow made for the fencs at one angl and the professor at another. Bot reached 1t in due time. but they hal become lost to each other. While tn professor went about scanning tn cliffs along the creek for evidences O the Hudson period the widow wade through the dry grass and fnall brought up at the hotel. It was a hour after dinner before the professo appeared. She was seated on tn veranda. and he came up to her wit