21G 
ALMOST HUMAN 
this heroic measure was taken for curing his high spirits, he provided 
a morning’s excitement for the staff that has never been forgotten by 
any of the participants in the fun. One of the men was leisurely lead- 
ing a horse attached to a dray laden with green feed past the anoa’s com- 
pound when some imp of mischief must have suddenly stirred him to 
action. He dashed at the fence, that had been strongly buttressed with 
heavy battens, broke through it as if it had been paper, and blindly 
A Broth of a Boy. 
charged the conveyance. Fortunately the horse had just passed out of 
his range, and so his horns got mixed up with the spokes of the wheel. 
It was merciful that this was the case, for he would have torn the horse 
open before anyone could have begun to interfere with his impetuous 
onslaught. As it was the cart got the full benefit of his rush, and he 
lifted it fairly off the ground, nearly upsetting horse, driver, and all. 
While he was attempting to free himself from the wheel, the alarm was 
