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The officer, a hundred yards below in the 

 valley, was watching him and saw him lift 

 the revolver, and then lower it as though 

 uncertain. 



Again he lifted the weapon and again it 

 fell to his side. The officer uttered an ex- 

 clamation of astonishment and disgust, but 

 his bewilderment was still greater when he 

 saw the young man start slowly toward the 

 old bull, holding out his hands as he went. 



He would go ten or twenty feet and then 

 stop and hold out his hand again. The 

 officer thought he heard him giving a low 

 cattle-call but was not sure. The young 

 man had certainly gone daft. In another 

 minute he would be trampled and hooked 

 to death and it would serve him right for 

 his folly. 



To the utter amazement of the watching 

 cavalryman in the valley, Bennie continued 

 to advance toward the old bull until he was 

 within ten paces of him, and the buffalo 



