WHERE JOHN SAT.
"I hae heard that ye can tame a wild beast jist by lookin' boldly in its e'e, and never takin' it awa' for an instant ; but I dinna believe it," said Bob Meckin.
" It's quite Itrue, I assure ye.' Tbe human e'e can frichten the maist savage animal," answered John Tamsoh.
"Did ye ever try it?*' asked Bob. "Of coorse, or I wadna be sae certain aboot it. Ye remember aboot twa year* ago the fanner at Carseriggan used taekeep a bull. It was the wildest beast ever was 'seen in oor part o' the country, and has nearly killed half -a-diazen folk. Ae day as I was comin' owre the park the bull charged me. Weel, after runnin' a wee bittock, I jist sat dow •-. and glowered it out o' countenance. It never offered tae touch me, and went away quite quiet !"
. " That was wonderfu', but where did ye tit?" .
"In the hoose, of course, and looked at it through the window while it stood oa the other side o' the road."
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Star (Christchurch), Issue 7678, 11 April 1903, Page 3
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176WHERE JOHN SAT. Star (Christchurch), Issue 7678, 11 April 1903, Page 3
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