The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1906-07-18
Ihe Break Of
q Tsung Steer,

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no4s. and s1eh q their near fels
rires A. aceom T.anied them -
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milking tllBe. laek - posture
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cd msn had I'D fhe evening BE-
fofe. -son-rr fn6nxtr5ous- and
sausa o. jass rbe kind - feIler
- izs- bod o. nv litsie piare-
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- ia gaM- S~BnseboN seu deaf
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r0u .rer broke one - fbe ION
msDsmenfs ia sour life -Tsin't
nsfsraf- faint healthy for a
young fel5er ssf 70 break loose
and cut a fsprr Duce IN sEnile- %
ibe pride Of his youth. az the
Bib saws ] kBow FOB and Lucy
rhink q hap q each other. but ]
=o1 . parents anxiety that II
sou didn't leare Der yOusg Nid-
der you'd some DAY esLse her
sorrer by soWin- ~ilc oats cot
O. season
Urish had taken hrs Way home
10 the Beighborint farm. where
hs worked. IN ssLness Of soul.
ENsn lad BE- NJ 5ersfoOd SylVes-
fer's philosOph.. b. would have
been al l0sg how 10 put ir into
practice. Tneonseiously. how
ever. b. has been Influenced He
had been bordering the old
mans words ali DAY, and TO
night. for rbe first time he felt
an inpsfienee zifh the tameness
% biz existeDee. II affected bis
usual gentleness. Letting down
onlv The upper bars. he seized .
club. and Eifh some bomely ex
plefiFes foreign Ia his lips. ca
joled The cattle into hurdling the
gap.
A. they were swallowed up in
the dusk Of the field, UriahI
stood, peBsiyely. gazing after
them Suddenly he had a sense
Of something rushing toward
him ont Of the darkness. The
next moment he was doing a
sOInersault- A balf-grOwn steer
dashed BY. Uriah was not hurt
but the incident seemed 10
awake something within him.
Instead Of anger be felt a wild
sympathy with the impulse that
had caused the steer 10 throw of
the restraint of the pasture field.
The beat Of lis hOOfs. as IL flew
up the lane thrilled him. Uriab
lay for a long time in deep
thought. After awhile the steer,
evidently happy and satisfied,
returned 10 the gap Of its own
accord, and quietly permitted IL
self 10 be herded. L riah re-
placed the bars and started for
The house. His mind was made
mp.
Midnight found him well on
toward the city. He bad walked
IS miles. A haystack served him
az bed, and pOcketful Of
cakes supplied his breakfast,
after which he caught friendly
farmers wagon.
Uriah had never been in the
city before. It's rushing life and
strange sights both bewildered
and intoxicated him. In his
pocket was $40. bis entire saw
ings. 10 his mind this sum pre-
scented limitless possibilities. He
was ready TO part with the last
penny Of it in his mad determine
tion to turn himself loose. The
only pOrbIem with him now was
how 10 begin.
If Uriah was unacquainted
with the town, ii might be said
that the town was not so famil.
lar with Uriah, or the pro-
nOunced type Of rustic he repre-
scented, to rob him OF novelty.
An awkward, Overgrown youth,
Of marked popularity Of feature,
Uriah in ordinary garb would
have won more than passing no
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