Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1872-03-14

tics 10 brisk aggression. Bullled and |
maddened, Jovita began the descent of |
the hill. Here the artful Richard pre-
tended to hold her in with ostentatious !
objurgation and well-feigned cries of
alarm. 1t is unnecessary to aid that
Jovita instantly ran away. Nor need
state the time made in the descent: it
is written in the chronicles OF Simpsons
Bar. Enough that in another moment,
as it seemed to Dick, she was splashing
on the overlooked banks OF Rattlesnake
creek. AS Dick expected, the momen-
tum she had acquired carried her be-
yond the point of baking, and holding
her well together for mighty leap,
they dashed into the middle of the
swiftly flowing current. A few mo-
ments of kicking, wading and swim
ming, and Dick drew long breath on
the opposite bank.
The road from Rattlesnake Creek to
Red Mountain was tolerably level.
Either the plunge in Rattlesnske Creek
had dampened her baleful fire, or the
art which led to it had shown her the
superior wickedness of her rider, for
Jovita no longer wasted her surplus
energy in wanton conceits. Once she
bucked but it was from force of habit;
once she SHE'D, but it was from a new,
| freshly painted meeting house at the
crossing of the country road. Hollows,
bitches, gravelly deposits, patches of
| freshly springing grasses flew from be
meath her rafting hoofs. She began to
smell unpleasantly, once or twice she
coughed slightly, but there was no
abatement of her strength or speed.
By o'clock he had passed Red Noun
tain, and began the descent to the
plain. Ten minutes later the driver of
the fast Pioneer coach was overtaken
and passed by Z" man on a Pinto boss"
AN event sufficiently notable for re-
mark. AT halfpast two Dick rose in his
! stirrups with great shout Stars were
| glittering through the rifted clouds, and
beyond him, out of the plain, rose two
spires, a flagstaff and struggling line
of black objects. Dick .jingled his
spurs, and swung his RATA, Jovita
bounded forward, and in another mo-
ment they swept into Tuttleville and
drew up before the wooden piazza Of
"The Hotel Of All Nations"
What transpired that night at Tuttle-
vile is not strictly part of this record.
Briefly may state, however, that after
Jovita had been handed over to sleepy
ostler, whom she at once kicked into
unpleasant consciousness, Dick sailed
out with the bar-keeper for a tour of the
sleeping town. Lights still cleaned
from few saloons and gambling houses
but, avoiding these they stopped before
several closed shops, and by persistent
tapping and judicious outcry reused the
proprietors from the beds, and made
them unbar the doors of their maya
zines and expose their wares. Some
times they were met by curses, but Of
tener by interest and some concern in
their needs, and the interview was
invariably concluded by drink. Ii
was three o'clock before the pleas
antry was given over, and with Q
small water. proof bag of India-rubbel
strapped upon his shoulders, Dick re
turned to the hotel. But here he wa:
waylaid by Beauty-Beauty opulent il
charms, atf1uent in dress, persuasive II
speech, and Spanish in accent! In vair
she repeated the invitation in excel
sior," happily scorned by all Alpine
climbing youth, and rejected by thi:
child of the Sierras-a rejection soften
/ ed in this instance by laugh and hi
last gold coin. And then he sprang t,
the saddle and dashed down the lionel,
street, and out into the lonelier plain
where, presently, the lights, the blacl
line of houses, the spires and the flag
staff sank into the earth behind hin
l again and were lost in the distance.
The storm had cleared away, the al
was brisk and cold, the outlines of ada
I cent landmarks were distinct, but it wa
1 halfpast four before Dick reached tn
2 meeting house and the crossing of tn
a county road. To avoid the rising grade
1 he had taken longer and more circuit
Gus road, in whose viscid mud Jovit
sank fetlock deep at every bound.
e was poor preparation for steady as
e cent of FIVE miles more, but Jovita
< gathering her legs under her, took
a with her usual blind, unreasoning fury
and half hour later, reached the lonj
: level that led to Rattlesnake Greek
Q Another half-hour would bring him t
d the creek. He threw the reins light
a upon the neck of the mare, chirrupet
/, TO her, and began to sing. Suddenl
e Jovita SHE'D with bound that woul
y have unseated a less practiced ridel
g Hanging to her rein was a figure ths
e had leaped from the bank, and at tn
same time from the road before he
d arose shadswy horse and rider.
n Throw up your hands," commando
II this second apparition with an oath.
P Dick felt the mare tremble, quive
and apparently sink under him. Il
= knew what this meant, and prepare
e himself.
o "Stand aside, Jack Simpson. Ikno
you, you id thief. Let me pas
re He did not finish the sentence. Jovi
rose straight in the air with terrif
A. bound, throwing the figure from her b
It with single shake of her vicious hea'
at and charged with deadly malevolenc
al down on the impediment before he
An oath, a pistol-shot, horse and higl
re wayman rolled over in the road, and tt
~ next moment Jovita was a hundre
yards away. But the good right arm
her rider, shattered by bullet, dro
rd ped helplessly at his side.
us Without slackening his speed
tv shifted the reins to his left hand. b
re few moments later he was obliged
of halt and tighten the saddle girths tn
K! had slipped in the onset. This in b
We crippled condition took some time. {
9. had no fear of pursuit, but looking |