The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-05-22
BY GEORGE RANDOLPH CHEST

he had to twist it's tail or rub sand on it's eyeballs.
 "Tts jest as fur back as it is to go on, he said an besides. l am by yore sides You needn't to have no fears, I'll protect ye. l know how to handle a bull, me ! bein' a hero anyways
 "The girl in blue gathered her skirts about her ready to run, but the girl in red glanced up at him in the way that makes q man want to lick somebody just 10 show off, and murmured:
 ]" How perfectly splendid! How did you eyer do it?'
 Well, drawled Jim, modestly T didn't really do much yit, exeeptin' to stop runaway onct an save two on grateful lives but I hain't through yit by long chalk. Now fur instance, this here bull He's so ornery he paws dust in his own eyes,, but ef he was to make a dash fur you girls I'd just pull out this red hankercher an shake 1t in his face. Coursen he'd foifer me then, an you girls could git to tn fence
 "rhe girl in blue was streaking it along with one eye on the fence and the other on the bull. but the girl in red was as calm as a plate of ice cream.
 How perfectly splendidr she ex- claimed. And what wonld you do next?
 Jim swelled ID until 2 shirt button popped off.
 :" Me? I'd make him feel foolishn he replied I'd jest double an turn an keep teasin' him with this here han.er- cher till he'd most have spasms, an me all tn time edgin nearder an nearder tn fence. then when I got there I'd pop over. An there you arl
 !" How perfectly splendid, calculated the girl in red
 ] 'Looky heree said Jim 'lsf- seeh I hing did happen l s'pose you girls would tell everybody Jest what l done eh?
 wed get megaphone and tell 1t till we were out of breath and had blue lipsn the girl In red assured him.
 An would you? he asked of the other one.
 oh picklesf said the girl in blue, neryously hikink on ahead Yes, of course I would! Hurry up, Mamen
 ," You'd spread 1t aroun how l was regular, really. sure enough. allwool-an'- award wide hero eh?' he insisted.
 Well I speak four languages, golf. baseball, shinney and horse, and I'd tell 1t in all of them. the girl in red protested.
 Well then. watch! said Jim, and with ! that he picked up a stone and shied it at old Satan, striking him square in the flank The girl in blue let out one sereech, gathered her skirts around her knees and took to the air. She never landed till she perched on the fence, but tue RlTi III ltu SUCK lDi lIt blE SlioNs She kept on walking. but she wouldn't run, and she never lifted a hounce.
 T guess he's only wild on Tuesdays and Fridays, observed the girl in red as she slackened her pace Old Satan had simply jumped straight forward few steps. and had quietly gone at his grazing again.
 Jim was mad enough to chew nails and think they were macaroni, but he only grltted his teeth and picked mp an- other rock. Another and another and still another he bounced off of old Satan's flank. all with the same peaceful result They were close to the fence now and even the girl in red refused to stay any longer, so the best he could do was to point out Dams house across the oatfield, and go back across the pasture No put up the fence panel he had torn down.
 "'Tm going to ask MT. Beam to let me have this wild animal, the girl in red called after him. He'd make a lovely pet
 Jim was so mad he nearly set fire to his celuloid collar and as he reached the center of the pasture he heaved one