Nobody knew this better than Leroy. But the liquor was still in
his head, and even when sober he was reckless beyond other men.
"They need water," he said, and with that opened the gate and
started for the windmill.
He sauntered carelessly across, with never a glance at the
dangerous animals among which he was venturing. A great bull
pawed the ground lowered its head, and made a rush at the
unconscious man. Alice called to him to look out, then whipped
open the gate and ran after him. Leroy turned, and, in a flash,
saw that which for an instant filled him with a deadly paralysis.
Between him and the bull, directly in the path of its rush, stood
this slender girl, defenseless.
Even as his revolver flashed out from the scabbard the outlaw
knew he was too late to save her, for she stood in such a
position that he could not hit a vital spot. Suddenly her
umbrella opened in the face of the animal. frightened, it set its
feet wide and slithered to a halt so close to her that its chorus
pierced the silk of the umbrella. With one hand Leroy swept the
girl behind him; with the other he pumped three bullets into the
forehead of the bull.
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