The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1906-03-08

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thrust, he must reach hsr.
i should .hs call to Pclly' THIS ~ss u
nrst thought that h,.hed isto her min
Ne, no, 90, VAS the sasser. Poll vi
/ be killed II she comes 1hta, sn IN q
seer 10 her tbcagh, she heard Polly
voice calling
| Iesunei Jesunel Jesnne' Where s
f, you, and what 10 the msitsrs
Stay where you are! cried Jeanne u
cafe 10 hole 10 ,his rock pennsd in B
ops OF the sIk. Don', come near please
I'n all right
Bu, there was something IA the sound I
Jesnpe's voice which roused Poliys fear
She had come out upon the 'lope above
moment before. and had seel au elk dissI
pear bebird some rocks which projscts
upon the slope below, and row she hear
bis horns grating and clscki {.
she listened to her sis,er't warning, 40
then ran a, full speed acro.. bhe slops au
mounted the broken pron gtofy whic
Jeanne had climbed not thrs minutes b
fore. Directly below she sss the spgr
bull, and then Jeanne hugglng the inne
surface OF Ler narrow shelter.
Polly nearly swooned With fright ~ Oh
saw the narrow margin between thos
gouging horns and her sisters body. Sh
shouted instantly ard IT The top q be
lungs, hoping to attract the mad creature
attention, to divert the attack even for a
instant.
Jeanne heard. and turned her face up
ward, and Polly saw that her CHEEKS wen
deadly white and her ei es despsiring.
Don't faint, Jeanne, don't faint sh
c,hd. III get him away before he ca
burt you.
Polly turned about. There were man,
loose rocks lying At the haze OF the slanlin'
promontory. She ran down and gathere'
one, ss heavy as she could lift. and climbt
hastily to the top. Poisipg this ston'
above the bulls head, she auug 1t, bnC
struck him squarely upon the base Of th'
skull. But the stroke, heavy as 1t was
served merely to enrage the animal, and ht
away at the rocks which shelter
ed Jeanne more furiously than before.
At the distance Of seventy five or eighty
! ards Polly marked an isolated rock stand
Ing at formidable height, ,but,as she jadg-
d, not too high for her to gain the top
There was safety there, II she could make
1t. and she did not sop TO debate the mat
ter.
She descended at once to the upper slope
and passed round the promontory She rap
directly at the bull and flung a stoDe
against bis flank and then she sprlnted a.
,he had never run before, straight past the
elk and down the slope, leaping ike a
frightened deer.
Fleet, sure-footed and foe athlete, Pol.
" had measured distance and height with
10 uncertain eye. The mad bull, having a
iew object flaunttd in his face, whirled
md gave chase. IL took second or two
o wheel and launch bis great bulk.
As it war, he crashed close upon Polly's
reels when she made her fyi leap. The
ock WIS higher than IL had seemed, but the
lope was In her favor, and Polly, scrsmbl-
ng upward, was safe upon the fiat tp OF
he boulder. The bull swervsd to left and
,lowed by down the slope, goining several
DDS before he could stop.
Polly threw herself fat upon the rock,
nd Jeanne took quick refuge behind an
ngle Of her sheltering boulder.
The bull whirled again and returned to
he open slope, where he stood, snorting
nd stamping with wrath, for several mil
ties. Then, seeing nothing to invite fur
hur attack, he whistled last shrill def
nce and trotted across the ridge and Gu
Il sight.
When his footballs hsd ceased to reach
.er ears Polly sat up on her rock and scsp'
ed ite mountain slope. jaime Quilted bel
helttr and came forward.
Pslly Rsnyer, she shouted, that was lh
b gu ckest- witted and the bravest ihins
ever saw done And, o Polly. Nv.
rot four exposures Of EN-, and thoIl
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