Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-06-17
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principle the matadores in Spain go On, !
believe.
This particular bull evidently had strayed
from the rest of the herd, and was brows-
bushes and rank grass He was formid-
able looking old piece of beef, but was quite
gentle until he spied US coming up. Then
he snorted. raised his head. beloved and
made direct line for the girl.
She had been paying more attention to
me than to her mount and when the
horse saw the bull charging. he gave
terrified neigh and bolted. Then he did
the girl sailed over his head and landed in
the sand.
I. naturally, rushed toward her. The bull
couldn't have been very far away, then.
Are you hurt?' 1 asked.
mo, no., she gasped. go away. Tne
bull-what shall dor
'shoot him. said. very sensibly. you
said you could shoot. Or. quick"-the bull
was very near now-"give me the revolver.
I snatched 1t out of her hand.
"Oh! ohg' she walled. ut isn't laded;
1t isn't loaded. I'm afraid OF a loaded
Now wasn't that a deucedly annoying
thing to happen? A bull within twenty
yards of one and not weapon to lay MIN
out with.
run away" said. Quick"
"It's me he's AFTER" she cried. The
And then the bull came, anu, IKE aAy
person would have done, did the best l
could. don't really know what did. but
1 think made jump in front OF the gi.i
and grabbed the bull by the horns Read
ing some book-'Quo Vadis, isn't lt!-rnaoe
me think of 1t. Rather neat.
At any rate, 1 got him by the horns ana
held on. I'm weakIng, you know. and
the only thing 1 did at varsity gas ath-
letics. But that bull was stronger than l.
He started across the country, believing
and snorting and jerking his head about
and incidentally jerking me about. My
strength began to peter out, and ! didn't
dare let loose, for 1 knew what would hap
pen If did-he would gore me.
So 1 held on Lord knows how long. oh,
my aunt! but it was beastly. And, finally
that bally beast gave a fearful tug and
jerk and shake and missed my hold.
And then something happened l don't
know exactly what 1t was. But fell on
to the ground, and something picked me up
and jabbed me and 1 sailed through the air
and fell, and then l was jabbed again and
went sailing up again-and then-well.
don't remember any more about it. Every
thing got rotten about that time 1 must
have done a faint.
You know. somehow I think remember
a woman leaning over me and kissing me
| and saying something foolish about heroes
and all that sort of rot Then l went OH
| into the same sort of trip through the air
and landed back in Sussex and had chat
with the pater, and he sent me to Aus
| tralia All sorts of strange, quaint things
| happened. They were a long time at It,
| too, and then finally took another air trip
and landed somewhere where 1t was so1t,
and l opened my eyes and found myselI
| lying on bed with one of my arms done
| up in a splint thing, a queer numb feeling
in my side and rotten headache
| And there was a fellow sitting at the
| side of the bed; he had on one of those
large felt hats and wore a flannel shirt
| open at the throat, and was tanned.
"Oh! how dye do l said and he
| looked at me in a queer sort OF way, and
| then slapped his leg.
"Blest if you haven't come to-" he said
I asked him where was.
Now, I amt a-goin' to "a answer X9 no
a very coarse speech. 1.-The little missy
got me to take over this job while she
| rested and not to let the other folks
| know you was here. And I'm garter
snake If 1 likes the job, see? Pears 20
me she makes too much over a little bull
| fghtin'. But still you done the right thing,
and l amt sayin' you didn't. But don't
like no man whatsoever who stole money.
You savvy that?"
Then I heard a girls voice. The girls
voice and shaft of sunlight came in the
door with her.
rs he conscious, Martini" asked the girl
"Yesm," said the man. Hes conshus
| all right an a-askin' questions. So long.
mister. and m go now, Miss Isabel. if YOU
kin spare me-"
,o "Al right a MA; Martin in. she said. Thank
Then l asked the girl where / was, and
| how and why and what was the matter
| with me. Now. I'm hanged If this doesn't
seem strange to tell as truth but that girl
was still under the impression that l was
| the man who stole that money. She had
| not said word to any one, except this
| old COW puncher. about me- She had ftudi-
| ed medicine at her college and she had set
my broken arm and doctored my ribs (arm
and three ribs were broken).
And when you are well,' she concluded,
1 VIII get you horse and let you go
away. This hut is right near uncle's place
| and use 1t as a place for chemical ex-
| periments. So he won't know"
but my dear young lady" I protested.
| Hello" I heard a voice say outside.
Here's Isabels little experimental shack.
Let's see what the girls doing"
| The girl gave shrek and rushed to the
| DOOR NO, you mustn't" she cried YOU
But two men had already entered the
| hut and had spied me on the bed One was
| an oldish, haired fellow and the other
by love was that chap Drayton whom i
What this. Isabel asked the older man
Then saw my chance to make things
plain; So 1 said: Hello, Drayton"
| And Drayton said: BLESS me If If ism,
Clough; Why Clough. old man. what in
Then he turned to the oldish man-"This
is the son Of the Earl of Winton, told
he manage to unearth that?
And that girl looked at me and tears
| came into her eyes, and she bent over me
| and said: Forgive me, please-my heror'
| So l rather fancy l didn't dream that
part OF 1t where imagined a woman had
kissed me.
| written six months later)
| l have just shown what / wrote after the
| affair to my wife. She says 1t was not a
| dream-that kissing-hero part of 1t.
Most 'straodinary how real things and
| dreams things gets mixed up together when
chap does faint. Isn't t-eh-what?
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