The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1908-09-23

BULL IN CHASE"
grew stale after awhile. AS a usual
thing there are drawbacks to the he.
"oic business. You go up like a rocket
nd come down like q barrel of sand.
'One day six or seven years ago as |
was taking il the scenery along an In
diana highwaC l saw a horse and buggy
approaching on the gallop. There were
4 man and Eoma in the buggy, and
the woman was screaming and the
man laying the whip on the horse. 1t
was Don Qu:Sote to the rescue. l saw
that the female was being abducted,
Y when the outfit came along !
sprang for the horse. caught the bride.
and after being dragged twenty rods
I brought him to a halt. The man ut
once !eaped out and disappeared in the
woods. and the tainted away.
Don Quiyote brought water and re-
vived her and babe her look upon her
self as rescue! and then drove her to
her home. three miles away. She didn't
say much en- route. She didn't praise
my heroism or declare my %gallantry.
Ia ti.I tCiilltliN, VI NttS liz Siu)lltI
home than she TUNED oil me and gave
no fits and Threatened ne with all
mGnilc Of ~ta,umities. was driven
away in disgrace. and it was only
when l reached the next farmhouse
that the mystery az solved. The fe
male was q widow-a romantic widow.
She had vowed that she wouldn't mar
,sx- {l,> ,,o, Ia 49,. -.
He came and abducted her. She want.
I'd him to. Her yelling was simply
pretense. In making a hero of myself
! had interrupted a marriage, and she
was as mad as a wet hen about it.
The man who had escaped from The
buggy sem a constable after me. charg-
ing me with an attempted holdup, and
| was arrested and given three months
IN jail rs a suspicious character.
Again in Connecticut about 4 o'clock
II afternoon ! came along to a farm
to hear a woman's ream and to see
a girl flying across q field with a bul,
IN chase. Over the highway fence
went Don Quixote. with a rock in his
hand. and as l cut in between the girl
and the bovine I threw the rock and
knocked 4 horn Off and checked the
pursuit. Then several things result
ed. The bull turned out to be an am
bling OK. The girl screamed for help.
Her father and a hired man came run
ming. and | was set upon and given an
old fashioned lambasting. Just as 1t
was finished Il Young man came run
ming up. and then the girl fell upon
his shoulder with an oh, Dick"
How t!e Figured It Out.
Il figured It out that night as I lay
under a h3ystack three miles away.
The girl put up a job for the old OK
to chase her. She wanted her lover to
rescue her, He was slow in catching
en-. and I cut il ahead of him. I not
only spoiled aer plot. but knocked 4
horn of the pursucr. and the father
naturally looked upon nle as a villain
instead of a hero. | carried two black
eyes for a NORTH. but felt that de-
served them
Il got into Il Maryland village one
day to find the people ali agos over the
mysterious disappearance of q young
LAZY from her home. She hal gone out
20" 4 walk The day before ana had
failed 10 Return had 40 sooner up
pearetl Than suspicion was fastened
upon me a Il matter Of course. For
tuuatcly | ha' been at work for Il
farmer for the last three days. and
upon his hcin: communicated with by
telephone he cleared me of any charge.
| waS then ordered to move on. and l
Went. Two miles away l turned into
the woods Il take a nap. but had not
fallen asleep when Il man cane along
and dug Il crave not five rods away.
He had Il big bundle with him and
buried It. 1t was the body Of the miss
ing girl. Of purse
when the man had smoothed the
grave over and departed l made a bolt
back to the village and told the news.