The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1909-11-04
THE CONQUEST
OF MR.. IDEAL.

OF more without success. / hadn't
proposed, for whenever I'd get spooney
she'd tell me just what kind of a man
her Ideal was-no more like me than a
landau Is like donkey cart. Her
lover must be intellectual, profound.
whereas l am stupid and scatter
Drained. But one thing / am, and I
know it-I'm dead game sport. At
tennis, football. horses or yachts can
beat Mr.. Ideal every time.
One afternoon / called on Millicent
with my new four cylinder auto. II
Millicent was always worshiping this
imaginary pulled up being of ideas,
she didn't mind a sixty mile an hour
| jog In an auto. Sometimes / used to
think she was holding the dunfer up
to bother me. for l didn't see where
her own lofty sentiments came In.
Anyway she ran upstairs and In five
minutes was down again in a long
gray silk duster and her hat tied down
with no end of yelling. l was waiting
for her In the hall, but she was in such
hurry that she brushed right past
me and out on to the stoop. There by
the curb was my automobile glistening
| for all 1t was worth She stood look
/ ing at 1t for a moment wrapped in ad-
miration; then we both went down
/ to the curb.
what beautiful shade of red"' she
exclaimed, jumping into the machine.
"Glad you admire It," | replied.
We logged along at a town pace till
we reached the open road: then I let
! her out trife. She was a lightweight
! two seated vehicle and with all her
/ power on a match for a hurricane.
/ We soon put matter of twenty miles
1 between us and the town and came to
a big stretch of open country all on
dead level. ! wanted to get on another
road to my right and, knowing that
/ I'd have to go around Robin Hoods
/ barn to do 1t, made up my mind to
| take to the fields. The ground seemed
perfectly smooth. and there were but
/ few fences. some of them down. l
asked Millicent if she would like
ride of that kind, and she said she
would So, swerving to the right be-
tween two telegraph poles, we took to
| the open.
( OF course we didn't attempt any
rapid gait, and. considering our springs
and big tires. we didn't find it uncom-
\ Portable wheeling. There were here
and there house and scattered herds
of cattle. We'd gone couple of miles
when we came to rail fence directly
in our way. | got out to let down the
rails | was getting the last rail out
of the way when, glancing at a herd
of cattle grazing near. saw a power
| full bull break from among them and
{ trot toward us. / glanced at my red
auto shining in the afternoon sun and
took in the situation. The bull would
4 go for the machine break up the tom
neau. and Millicent would be at his
| mercy.
| In two seconds / was in my seat and
| had the power turned on. l gave
! quick look back and saw the bull COM
| ing on a galiop. Passing through the
opening | had made, | FASTENED my
/ pace, and had we been on n road we
could have laughed at the bull But we
weren't, and as luck would have 1t we
struck the toughest piece of ground to
| be met in four counties. The best i
could do was about six miles an hour.
| and the bull could beat that easily.
''I'll keep my eye on the ground
ahead while you watch the bull"
said to Millicent. land tell me If he
gains"
Hes gaining every moment she
cried. $50 faster"
| The way became smoother, and put
! on more power, but it was question
whether 1t was preferable to be knock
ed to pieces by the jolting or gored by
| the bull Millicent evidently preferred
! the former, for she begged me to in
crease the speed. At the same time
| l received a solace in our danger. Mil
licent in her terror put her arm around
nv neck. she didn't know what she
was doing, but it felt nice all the same.
! While l was enjoying it l saw
| ahead the remains of swamp. There
| was no water in it. but plenty of mud.
| glanced to the right and the left,
| only to see that 1t was long way
round l plunged into the bog, and
| when l did so l knew it was all up
| with us. The buA came on, and pretty
someone could hear the thud of his
hoofs directly behind us. Millicent
| chung to me, and | chung to the wheel.
| We had nearly crossed the bog when
| noticed before US on the other side
rail fence. l put on as much speed as
l dared. and on reaching the fence,
telling Millicent to crouch, under
| took to drive through it. At the mo-
ment the bull caught the machine ON
| his horns. we felt the tonneau rise,
and it and we and flying fence rails
| came down In scattered heap.
| l saw NIillicept rising on her knees,
the bull charging toward her. Picking
| UP fence rail- | put myself in his
| way. poised the rail and took him
| with the end of it square on the fore
head. STUNNED by the blow. he stopped.
! looked at me in dazed fashion. turn
/ ed tail and trotted away.
1 felt proud Of myself. Yes, l admit
! n aaIized that I'd done something