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If the bull conquered then the cattle would get to milling
generally, and the mischief would be to pay.
It would not take long for them to stampede, if the bull started the
panic, or made a charge. Ted saw the danger, and knew that the condition
must be treated diplomatically, which was the easier way, or with force,
of which the outcome was most uncertain.
It depended, in a measure, on the temper of the bull himself.
The cattle were crowding up from the rear, and those nearest the bull
were beginning to feel the pressure and were pushing toward Gladiator,
who was fifteen feet in advance of the herd.
When he noticed that the herd was moving, his anger increased, and he
lowered his head and began to paw the ground.
Ted held up his hand to Billy Sudden as a signal to cease pushing the
animals, but they had got the impetus and would not stop.
In a moment they had begun to crowd upon the bull, who, with legs
planted stubbornly, would not be crowded, and began to gore aside those
who were being pushed upon him.


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