Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1906-07-04
The Break Of
a Young Steer.
BY c. c. JOHNSTON.

day To personally conduct the
cows. and such Of their near rcla.
tives as accompanied them To-
the BARNARD drinkingtr trough ut
milking time. back IT, pasture.
Triah was known as one of
the most patient, inoffcnSirc OF
mortals. This in itself was Il So
rious fault In the eyes ar Lucy's
father. old Sylvester Graham.
II amt got no complaint
cause you're poor. Orlah, the
old man had said the evening hc.
fore: you're industrious. and
would bc just the kind of a Teller
20 take hold q my little place.
but I'm 'fraid Ia risk You as Il
son-in-law. Somehow YOU don't
strike me as hciu' just human;
You're too good | don't sposc
YOU ever broke one a. the com
mandmcutS in YOUR life. "Tain't
natural. faint healthy Tor n
Young fciicr not Ia break loose
and cut q cape nucc in awhile. IN
the pride of his youth. rs the
Bible says. | know YOU and Lucy
think heap q each other, but |
got u parents anxiety that II
YOU didn't leave her Young wild
der you'd some day caLsc her
sorrer by sowin' wild oats out
q season
Criah had taken hrS way home
10 the ncighhorinE farm. where
hr worked. i'm sadness of soul.
Even had h" NJ drrstood Sylycs.
tcr's philoSoph.,. he would have
been AT loss how 10 put il into
practice. lnconsciously. how.
ever. hc hat been Influenced. He
had been bordering the old
mans words all day. and to
night. for the first time he felt
an impaticncr with the tamcncss
Of his existence. II affected his
usual gcntlcncsS. Letting down
only the upper bars. he seized a
club. and with some homely eX.
pletivcs foreign Ia his lips, ca.
iolcd the cattle into hnrdling the
gap.
As they were swallowed up in
the dusk Of the field, Iriah
stood, pensively. gazing after
them. Suddenly he had a sense
of something rushing toward
him out of the darkness. The
next moment he WAS doing
somersault. \ halfgrown steer
dashed by. Driah was not hurt,
but the incident seemed to
awake something within him.
Instead of anger he felt a wild
sympathy with the impulse that
had caused the steer Ia throw oil
the restraint " the pasture field.
The beat of it's hoofs. as il flew
up the lane thrilled him. Uriah
lay for a long time in deep
thought. After awhile the steer,
evidently happy and satisfied,
returned Ia the gap Of its own
accord. aud quietly permitted il.
self Ia be- hcrdcd. I riah r..
placed the bars and started for
the house. His mind was made
up.
Midnight found him well on
toward the city He had walked
u miles. \ haystack served him
as bed. and a pocketful Of
cakes supplied his breakfast,
after which he caught a friendly
farmers wagon.
Uriah had never been in the
city before. Its rushing life aud
strange sights both bewildcrcd
and intoxicated him. In his
pocket was $40, his entire say.
ings. TO his mind this sum pre-
scented limitless possibilities. He |
was ready 10 part with the last |
penny of il IN his mad determine
ton 10 turn himself loose. The |
only pOrblcm with him now WAS |
bow 10 begin.
" Jriah was unacquaintcd |
with the town, il might be- said |
that the town was not 81 famil. !
lar with Criah, or the pro. /
nounced type Of rustic he repre-.
scented. 10 rob him of novelty. |
An awkward. oycrgrown Youth. |
Of marked popularity Of feature. |
Criah in ordinary garb would /
have won more than passing no.
tice. Uriah with his SUNDAY |
clothes on was sensation. The
garments were Of archaic cut