Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1906-04-22

HE GRADC ALLY FORGED THE BULL BACK. Store,l rescue of the Christian maid en LyGia by the slave Ursas, who strangled the bull on the bloody sands of q Roman arena and saved the girl from the horns of tine brute.
 It was a schoolboy prank that made Nick Oberting a hero and nearly cost the trio of lads thei; lives.
 John Williams. Henry FrontZmann and Karl Wolff. aged fourteen, twelve and nine years respectively, passed through pasture of the Obertin- farm. in which Satan, d valuable but vicious prize Durham bull, was run ming loose ImpeIled by a spirit of mischief and ignorant of the danger they provoked the animal with stones and sticks
 Enrag ged at this indignity and in furiated by the sight of red toboggan cap worn by the youngest of the lads, the bull emitted q frightful below and, with lowered horns, charged upon the defenseless boys.
 Instantly they realized that their only safety was in flight, but in this the chances were decidedly against them. They were in the middle of an open field extending over many acres. with a dense thichet. the nearest avail able shelter, more than 600 feet dis tant The believing bull was charg ing upon them and was only fifty feet away before the boys could take a step in their flight
 Just as the boys reached the thicket John Wilson. who had permitted tn other two lads to precede him into the shelter. tripped over a protruding root and was hurled to the ground with such force that he was rendered un- conscious. In an instant the bull was upon him.
 1t was at this critical moment that Nick Oberting, who from a window in his home had witnessed the desperate flight of tho lads across the pasture arrived upon the scene.
 Satan lifted his head and glared de fiantly at his owner. That movement gave Oberting the opening he sought. Rushing at the head of the bull, he grasped the maddened animal by the horns and, bracing his feet in the soft earth. summoned all the strength at his command. The terrible contest be tween man and brute was on. Shout ing to the other two terrified lads to drag the body of their unconscious companion to a place of safety. Ober- ting gradually forced the bull back.
 The strain to which Oberting was subjected was fearful. His face. neck and hands turned purple, his body grew tense and rigid, and his muscles were stretched to the bursting point Five minutes man and beast strug gled for supremacy. The undergrowth was trampled down, and the earth was thra shed into morass.
 Thrice the bull tore away from Oberting. and thrice the intrepid man regained his hold upon the wicked looking horns Oberting's hands and face were torn and bleeding, and his breath came in labored gasps.
 Then came the turning point in the mad conflict. The man and the bull were locked together in one final. fur ous effort for supremacy. With be low that ended in q groan the eaor nous head of the bull slowly began to turn under the power of Oberting'" grip. Suddenly the parched and blood stained tongue lolled from the foamin2. jaws, and then the bull staggered fN his knees as the sickenng crunch of rending bones was heard, and the ami nal toppled over dead.
 Oberting staggered erect, his fac" turning from purple to the pallor O. death and his arms hanging limp at his sida Then he fell unconscious upon the body of the bull.