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Show MAN ON HORSEBACK FEARED AND RESPECTED BY WILD CATTLE OF WEST, Bull and Wild Herd of Cattle Charge Railway Train and Terrorize Train-men, Train-men, but Scurry Away Whin Cowboy Appears. Tbe old saying "Ftar of man rests upon every biast" must bo qualiflud In the case of the herds of hulf wild cat-Uu cat-Uu that sumetlmea rangu thu sum!-arid sum!-arid region of the west It Is a curious curi-ous fuct that such aulumls fear and respect a man who Is mounted on horse, but seem to have nothing but contempt for blm hi-n be Is ou foot. The following caue In point: A railway train blowly making Its way through a herd gracing along the track was confronted by a lurge bull. Ho occupied the center of the road, and with lowered head wuu bellowing defiance at thu engine. Tho engineer wlbhing not to Injure the animal, stopped stop-ped his train and sent the llreman, armed with a shovel, to drive blm away. Now, the fireman bad courage enough, and the job to him seemed to offer no particular difficulty. So, boldly and confidently, with considerable consider-able brandishing of bis bbovel, be was proceeding to almost a striking dlHtance, when with a roar tho bull charged upon blm. The fireman sprang aside Just In time to save himself, and when the bull turned and churgid again tbe railway man dropped his shovel and sought safety on the top of a large bowlder near by. I'nable to get to tht- man, thu bull set up a frightful din that toou brought some CO other members of the herd galloping about him. Quickly encircling encir-cling the rock, they began rattling their long horns against It und trying try-ing to climb upon It, the man shrinking, shrink-ing, and trembling to lu very center. cen-ter. Tho engineer, thinking to aid the fireman, sprang to tho ground armed with a coal pick, on'y to be chased back Into tho engine by a savage cow. Then the engineer began to cast about for some other means of frightening the beasts, when a cowboy came riding toward the train. He wait a welcome addition to the situation. situa-tion. Taking In the railway men's predicament predica-ment at a glance, be spurred his horse Into a gallop, and uncoiling hla rope, began swinging It In graceful circles about bis bead. Soon the cows spied blm, and their attitude was changed as If by magic. With lowered bends und tails thrown alort, they scurried away, tho bull In the lead, to Ioko themselves In tti ! main body of the herd, while the fireman fire-man lost no time in regaining bis engine. en-gine. Thus one man on horsobr.ck accomplished accom-plished In a twinkling what two men on foot would neVer have achieved. 1 |