New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1909-07-14
TO THE MANNER BORN
BY HELEN lNGLEHART.
Copyright, 1909, by American Press Asso-
citation I

Adf yoOA Dwell AOlC VI WI
graduation, Amy, dear, and have read
it with deep emotion. How kind of
you to show so profound an interest
in all that concerns me, especially in
matter of such Importance both to
my feelings and my future welfare!
cannot give you. as you ask, ga mi
mute account of the courtship,' for
there has been no courtship. True,
was for months becoming interested in
Algernon, and it has since appeared
that AlgernOn was becoming interest
ed in me, but as neither knew of the
predisposition of the other there is no
story to be told concerning this period,
or, rather, the eourtship was concen-
trated in one thrilling event, occupying
only few minutes, but in those few
minutes my life hung in the balance
l, think hear you say to yourself:
"This is going to be delightful. I Won
der if she fell overheard from the.
yacht, and he Jumped after her, or the
steering gear of the automobile broke,
and. while the machine was running
wild, he Jumped with her into hay
stack. Perhaps the carriage was
stopped on the highway by robbers.
and he put them all to fight with a
gold headed cane" 1t was none of
these, sweetest. Would that any one
of them had happened instead of the
real incident. | was rescued, my life
was saved, but in none Of these ways.
The terror 1 endured was far greater
than that of falling into deep water
or being run away With in an auto
or robbed. But, alas, that romantic.
dramatic, ecstatic setting to the Incl
dent which appeals so forcibly to us
women was entirely wanting.
I must first tell you that Algernon-
now my Algernon-is a splendid large
man with noble countenance. True.
he inclines to fat, but no more. l think.
than is becoming to his proportions.
He stands six feet one in his stockings
and weighs $50 pounds. There is
dignity about him that corresponds
with his physique, and one has only to
see him bow to know that he is ''to
the manner born.''
But to get on with my story. Alger-
non was spending the week end with
us at ldledale. On the eventful after
noon that was to plunge me into dan
ger, resulting<in an awakening in my
soul Of delight l had never known
before, he proposed that we walk to
the top of the mountain. [ consented
and we set forth. On the way we were
n nl1 1trnf 1ot
down some bars, gave me his hand
and assisted me over the lower bar
with that air of Difference so natural
to him and so engaging to all of our
sex. Then he put up the bars, and we
started to cross the field. We had
reached the middle when I heard q
peculiar snort as of some wild animal
and, looking UP, saw a bull with head
up, followed by herd Of cows, walk
ing toward us.
Now, if a bull is dangerous at all he
is very dangerous. That this bull was
Of the ferocious kind was apparent
from a warning that had been posted
near the bars through which we had
come-':Beware the Bullw l had not
noticed it. but Algernon, turning to
me. put his hand on his heart and said
in his melodious voice:
''This is my fault 1 saw warning
but failed to heed it,
''Heavens." I gasped. "What shall
we do?'
The bull broke from a walk into a
trot, his head still in the air, his eyes
fixed upon us, his tail lashing from
side to side We both took hasty
views about u.s. looking for an avenue
Of escape. There was no fence or
wall within quarter of mile. The
bull and the cows came on. l knew
that if I turned to fee l should be
gored from behind Nevertheless. wild
with terror, / was about to do so
when I saw the bull. on whom my eyes
were fixed to the exclusion of all else
suddenly stop.
CHANGING aside, l saw--bow can
designate the sight? There is no adj
jective for it. I must use my poor
powers Of description as best l can.
There was Algernon, the courteous
model Of manhood, facing the bull, not
like Ajax poised to hurl his spear, but
in STOPPING posture, with his hands
on his knees, his elbows thrust out at
his side. Squat and motionless he
stood, his eyes fixed on the bull. the
bull regarding him with puzzled GU
riosity. Then Algernon made a hop
on both feet toward the enemy The
bull grew anxious. Algernon hoped
again. The mystery-for the bull
thickened. Algernon gave a third hop
and fourth and fifth in quick sue
cession. This was. too much for Tau
rus. Turning, he swung his tail in the
air and, followed by the cows, gallop-
ed to the other side of the field, disap-
pearing in a clump Of trees.
Then Algernon turned to me.
l cannot describe. dearest, my condi-
ton. induced by a mingiing Of terror
and the sight Of Algernon hopping to-