The Washington herald., 1908-06-25
TAKING THE BULL BY THE HORNS
BY BARUcH DISRAELL

young couple swerved out Of the road t.
one side
"A bulIT' cried the girl
Farmer fuckers bull!' supplemented
the young man.
The two stopped and stared at one an
| other. The situation was serious. They
wore too far away from house or barr
/ 10 be able 10 run back for shelter befort
the bull would overtake them. And five
ropes Of barbed wire barred their way tc
the fields
The bull Will gore u.s. declared Stella
I don't care what happens to me-" re
turned the young man with shrug OF The
! shoulders. You run back to the village
| i shall keep him busy for a while, al
any rate"
Il won't" announced Miss Walbridge
why don't you care what will happen
10 you?'
You know very well why" gloomily
answered Osbert. Now. hurry up and
run. Do"
Il stay" cred the girl. There is the
other girl, you know" she reminded him
lightly. Why don't you care what will
happen 70 your"
Lorlng- Now hurry along with you 10
the village he added. with much con-
cern.
I WON'T" again croed Stella. IL you
wish my life 10 be saved, save your own! 20
Then marry me- from Osbert.
Nine times" triumphantly' from the
girl. Eyeing admirably her companion's
six feet two. she added; "On that con
dition I will
Honor brlght?"
AS I live"
Gross your heart"
The girl obeyed.
They were near the clump OF trees.
Lorings coat was of in a minute. As
the animal came UP he received this coat
over his head. Tightening the garment
deity over the beasts head, Osbert, with
herculean effort turned the bull In the
opposite direction. Now ne lifted the girl
UP lightly. and swung her gently over the
fence. Stella, from her safe vantage.
watched with beating heart the strug-
gle OF the giants.
The brute had made short work OF Os-
bert's coat Enraged more than ever. he
returned to the charge. With his head
close 10 the ground. the bull went straight
for Loring. But that young man had
been an all-around Yale athlete. He
sprang deftly aside. and the beasts horns
80 N-'HA NAAN c4A " 4AA4 nlNUQ-elOL eyes.
steaming nostrils, and with a loud bel
low, he went once more FOR his victim.
Osbert mad noticed a huge stone and had
bent down TO pick it up. intending 10
smash with II the animals head. He
was not quick enough. however. The
bulls horns were at him before he could
get the stone.
Miss Walbridge held her breath in ter
ror. The next moment she beheld the
bull raise his enormous head high in the
air, and with 1t the body of her lover.
A mist swan before her eyes. But she
called upon all her energy 10 fight her
fainting spell, and sec the struggle out.
Loring had grasped the brute's horns.
and swung himself upon them as If on a
trapeze. When the bull reared his head
at its highest the young man flung him
s-ii over ti.e fence
Stella closed her eyes. and sank down
upon the emerald carpet. Presently she
felt some one rubbing her wrists and
She looked UP 10 meet her
lovers gaze.
In the evening Stella related TO her
aunt and hostess how Loring had saved
her life.
He is a splendid heror' cried she with
her usual enthusiasm. Am 1 going TO
marry him? Well, I guess,'
On the following day she repeated the
story TO the girls.
'Bull2' laughed they. Farmer Tuck
er's bull2 Nonsense, Farmer fuckers
bull was tied up in the barn. II was a
cow. You city girls don't know a COW
when you see oner'
But Stella would not be cheated or
,eased out Of her cause for rejoicing.
I know one thing" said she
What is that?"
"Osbert is a herow
copyrighted. 1903, by P C. Eastment)