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Show MAN ON HORSEBACK M FEARED AND RESPECTED BY WILD CATTLE OF WEST. EH Bull and Wild Herd of Cattla Charge IH Railway Train and Terrorize Train- H men, but 8curry Away When H Cowboy Appears. H The old laying "Fear of man rest H upon every beaat" must bo qualified In B the caae of th'e berdi of halt wild cat- H tie that sometime range the leml- m arid region ot the west It la a curt- L en faot that auch animals, (ear and Hk respect a man who Is mounted on a WWf ttone, but seem to hare nothing but, M contempt (or him when he Is on (oot. m The following case In pol.it: H A railway train slowly making Its B way through a herd grating along the H track was confronted by a large bull. H He occupied the center of the road, H and with lowered head-was bellowing H defiance at tlio engine. The engineer " wiping not to lnjuru the animal, stop- ped his train and sent the tlremnii, H armed with a shorel. to drive blni H away. H Now, the fireman had courage H enough, and the job to him scorned to H offer no particular difficulty. So, boldly and confidently, with consider-I consider-I able brandishing of his shovel, he B was proceeding to almost a striking I distance, when with a roar the bull H charged upon htm I Tho fireman sprang aside Just in time to save himself, and when the I bull turned and charged again tha railway man dropped his shovel and sought safety on the top of a large bowlder near by. Unable to get to the man, the bull set up a frightful din that soon brought somo 60 other members of the herd galloping about him. Quickly encircling encir-cling the rock, they began rattling their long horns against it and trying try-ing to climb upon It, tho 'man shrinking, shrink-ing, and trembling to Its very center, cen-ter, y The engineer, thinking to aid the fireman, sprang to tho ground armed with a coal pick, only to be chased back Into tho engine by a savage cow. f Then the engineer began to cast about for some other means of frightening the beasts, when a cowboy camo riding toward the train. He was a welcome addition to the situation. situa-tion. Taking in the railway men's predicament predica-ment at a glance, ho spurred his horse Into a gallop, and uncoiling bis rope, began swinging It In graceful circles about his head. Soon tho cows spied bim'and their attitude was changed as If by magic. With lowered heads and tails thrown alo(t, they scurried away, the bull In the lead, to lose themselves In the main body o( the herd, while the Are- man lost no time in regaining his engine en-gine Thus ono man on horsebock accomplished accom-plished In a twinkling what two men on (oot would never have achieved. |