72 ADVENTURE WITH A BULL. CHAP. iv. 



When the water was out of his eyes, and he could 

 see, he found that they had gone along the road. 

 He followed them, still expecting to see the bird, and 

 to have it in his hand ; but the gamekeeper was 

 relentless. 



At length he reached the pier, just as the ferry- 

 boat was reaching the landing-place. He had another 

 pleasant voyage across the ferry to Dundee. His 

 object now was to push on to the field where he had 

 slept amongst the hay. He arrived at the place, but 

 there were no haycocks. The field was cleared. He 

 found some whins in the neighbourhood, and went 

 in amongst them and slept there until the sun was 

 well up the sky. He started up, and went rejoic- 

 ing on his way. He passed through Arbroath, and 

 was speeding on briskly to Montrose, when he came 

 up to a man standing in the middle of the road, 

 holding a bull by a rope. He asked the boy if he 

 would hold the bull for a few minutes until he went 

 to a house, which he pointed to, near at hand. " I 

 will give you something if you do," said the man. 

 " Yes, I will," said Edward, " if you'll not be long." 

 "No," said the man, "HI not be long." 



On getting hold of the rope Edward found that 

 he was likely to have a difficult job. Scarcely had the 

 man disappeared ere the bull began to snort, and kick, 

 and jump. The brute threw up its head and bounded 

 backward with such force, that the boy was nearly up- 

 set. Instead of holding the rope short as he had 



