Show A DEsPERATESTUCCULE SAVED BY A liKAVE OUTLAW FROM AU ISFCJtlATED nULL Mr Cbarlts Davlson a well Viuw htock uinn of this Tidally nportg a singular well nigh ia Ul r aJveuture which Ufell him In the valley of the Franklin moun talus lilng noitli of this place Ycur cornsjiondent calling on him leameJ the following particulars which lie gives In Sir Oavlaona own word OrE I had rIdden out to a ranch own e by man uatnetl Illale about twenty miles from ruy place for the purpi of looking at a 10tol Import dietphe had fort and was re ro turning whenl mat Mexican with a broken an hobbling along the road who laid me that a bull had charged him the dn chnre b1 day before and flung him Into water hoi break Ing lib an and bruNng him severely se-verely all over The bull was a wild one from the mountains and dangerously havrige from Imo cause CuecA A UANOEROUS SITUATION The Jlfxican warned me that he WB doubtless fUl III the neighbor hood and Hint it would stand mu In hand okarlia lookout for him I had ridden a mile or two when I dismounted to drink of a little running cling stream I had readied and to eat my lunch Sly home I lefttaud log without taking the precaution of tying him though without unsaddling un-saddling him lie was 1 young mustang as nervous w woman and without any apparent cause n11arnt that I could discover threw ui hh liiad all of a sudden and broke down the valley 111 mad gallop carrying of courSe saddle with cun my Idle my belt containing my pUtnlx while I bad rather foolishly removed from my walt an hour or two before < and hung irorn the horn of ofmysaddle There was nothing for I but to follow II hore on foot t off I jut In as bad humor ns ycu can ImagIne for I fa already fatigued ymy long 3 nod a tramp wrhata miles was anything but in filing I trudged on for an hour or two until my feet went cut and blistered by tin slurp roctand had bat down to mt near a clump of cottonwood tree one of great tire and the rest of them mere Kapllrjga At that moment heard loud roar Allrl rr and a crash in a bu h behind mend me-nd out rushed at I terrific pace a large Lull charging ytralght lit me I had only Just timetc lliTOTr myself to ODD ido tnt on the ground u be thundered l > y me My next move was to make for the clump of cottonwoods wood which I succeeded in nacli wo nnel log just ta the bull turned again My hat had fallen to the earth a Iran I-ran and this the animal now at acked with a ferocity and mqdden eel role that showed how little merry would be shown the man when lila turn came Having torn the bat t piece with horns and hoofa and having emell d me out he commcnpetl a circuit round the trees ttimping awing and bellowing frigbUully With his bionUbot eyes and long sharp hors he looked like a demon I W quite unarmed having by some unlucky chance neglected to put en my knife on leaving home and my gpiitob a I said before being lu my saddle nnd I was wearied unto death The eiluatbu I wa a dcfpcrnte one antI e only chnnco consisted in dodging the bull round < the trees until he should 0 tired out end lllis I Indeed a faint hope for tht animal seemed fresh nud warranted t outlast tho strength of ten men The bull charged cgain and again sometimes coming against the tree with such force that he I on hUlctf sometimes some-times bending the saplings behind which I stood n WIr horns I almcct reached me There was not a branch of the one large tree low enough for me to seize and climb I up and I had no time in which to scale I between the bulls chargis How long this awful game of touch wood lasted I cannot tell for after the first excitement of self < preservation passed oil wearineNj again took pnsecssion of me and it required all ll instinct anal lave of life within me to keep me on my feet Several times the bull left me I torn r seconds pacing suddenly away bellowing his malignant di ounteutof I myrefuil to come forth and be trampled and gored to death but before I could cros over ton better position he always tame hack I at full speed Sly tongue besan to cleave to the roof of my mouth my I eyes crew hot and misty my knew trembled under me while a ringing l In my ears warned me that nature was exhausted and I felt Impossible I to hold out until dark THE KKSCUK I TlE At lensth I grew dept and determined tamakea run for the opposite covert the moment the bull I turned from mo again I felt sure I will doomeJ and thought of I until I I actually began to welcome the idea of Its ending in any way The I bull seemed to know I was worn out and grew moro rapid and tierce in I his charges but just when I was going to sit down under the great tree and Itt him do his worst I I heard the rattle of a hone among the rock above and a about that sounded likoJho voice of an angel Then came nle barking Cn a nr and the laud report of the stock whip but the Lull with his devilish eyes fixed on me never moved Up came a horseman horse-man at full spied and crack full the huh on the bull black hide while the blood spurted out In along a-long streak The animal turned navagel und charged horseman bellowing with astonished rage and pain but the horse whteled round J f moh or u fut just enough to liaBle hImno more and again the lah descended cutting cut-ting like a long flexila razor but the infuriated bull was not to be beaten off with w hllhe charged again and again Hut ho had met his match for tight and left as needed tho wiry Bpaniih mire turned sometimes on her hind sometimes on her fore leg It was the most magniflcent exhibition of equestrianism I ever saw and I actually forgot my fatigue and exhaustion ex-haustion while I watched it Sly rescuer now shouted I omc tiling leaped from his horso and strode forward to meet the bull with an open knife between his teeth Ai the beast lowered his head to charge he seemed to catch him by the horns There was a struggle a clou of dust a slurping like two men wrestling I could not see clearly but the next moment the bul was on his back with the blood welling from his throat and the limbs quivering In death The stranger covered with dust and blood came up to me then saying apparenly as unconscious of triumph tri-umph as it he had been killing a calf in as laughter house lies JeadJ enugh now sir he wont truble anybody anymore any-more I walked two or three paces towada the dead bead when my senHfl filed mo and I fainted When I came to myself my horse was standing near me tied to a bush and mystrnnger rescuer had withdrawn a few feet and was watching me Intently I went up to him and thinking him for the service rendered me inquired the name of him loVhom I owed my life The man luagiied a lIttle and then replied Well I oIont mllld elrcum under the telling you stances I nm io Ill ieavo his name untold he was an outlaw and a fuugitivo from Justice but he certainly saved me from a cruel death and he was tile jrnest horseman I ever say Taka Ter Or Atlanta CcortitituHon |