The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1907-12-06

posing this to be a buggy. the young
couple swerved out Of the road to one
side.
"a bull" cried the girl.
Farmer fuckers BULL" supplement-
ed the young man.
The two stopped and stared at one
another. The situation was serious.
They were too far away from house or
barn to be able to run back for shelter
before the bull would overtake them,
And five ropes of barbed wire barred
their way to the fields.
The bull will gore US" declared
Stella.
81 don't care what happens to me-"
returned the young man. with Il sLrug
of the shoulders. "You run back to the
village. l shall keep him busy for
awhile at any rate"
81 WON'T" announced Miss Wal
bridge. "Nhy don't you care what
will happen to you"
"You know very we'll Why" gloom
lily answered Osbert. Nov. hurry up
and run. Do"
II stay!' cried the girl. "There is
the other girl, you know" she remind
ed him lightly. "Why don't you care
what will happen to your
"There is no other girl" quietly said
Lorins. Nov hurry along with you to
the village" he added. with much con
Germ.
81 WON'T" again cried Stella. 'If you
wish my life to be saved, save your
OWN
"Then marry me!' from Osbers.
"Nine times" triumphantly from the
girl. Eying admiringly her compan-
ions six feet two, she added, ION that
condition l Will"
Honor bright"
A l live"
"Cross your heart"
The girl obeyed.
They were near the clump of trees.
LOring's coat was Off in a minute. AS
the animal came up he received this
coat over his head. Tightening the gar
ment deity over the beasts head, Os-
DCll VIII uClCuIcitu cllOII luElltu Tie
bull in the opposite direction. Now he
lifted the girl up lightly and swung her
gently over the fence. Stella from her
safe vantage watched With beating
heart the struggle of the giants.
The brute had made short work of
Osbert's coat. Enraged more thar
ever, he returned to the charge. With
his head close to the ground the bull
went straight for Loring. But that
young man had been an all around
Yale athlete. lie sprang deftly aside,
and the beasts horns struck the mir.
With bloodshot eyes, steaming ~nostrils
and with a loud below he went once
more for his victim. Osbert had no
ticed a huge stone and had bent down
to pick it up. intending to smash with
it the animals head. He was not
quick enough, however. The bulls
horns We're at him before he could get
the stone.
Miss Walbridge held her breath in
terror. The mex moment she beheld
the bull raise his enormous head high
in the air, and with it the body of her
lover. \. mist swan before her eyes.
But she called upon all her energy to
fight her %fainting. spell and see the
struggle out.
Loring had grasped the brute's horns
and swung himself upon them as if
on Il trapeZe. When the bull reared
his head at it's highest the young man
flung himself over the fence.
Stella closed her eyes and sank down
upon the emerald carpet. Presently
she felt some one rubbing her wrists
and forehead. She looked up to meet
her lovers gaze.
In the evening Stella related to her
aunt and hostess how Loring had saw
ed her life.
"He is a splendid hero!w cried she,
with her usual enthusiasm. cam ]
going to marry him? Well, 1 guess"
On the following day she repeated
the story to the girls.
"Bull?" laughed they. Farmer
fuckers bull? Nonsense! Farmer
fuckers bull was tied up in the barn.
1t was a COW. You city girls don't
know a COW when you see one"
But Stella would not be cheated or
leased out of her cause for rejoicing.
II know one thing" said she.
"What is that?"
"Osbert is a hero!"