The Saline County journal. [volume] (Salina, Kan.) 1871-1893, 1872-10-10
Jones mounted the seat and took the

ing quauTupcu, cS'uo'y - >.
tenacious purposes-but Jones hadn !
expected anything like such speed. II
i, was backed by corresponding bottom
/ he would reach Tick Knob in ample
time to demoIish Dox, and brand his
wife's sister-in-law's swindling brother
in-law with the everlasting lnfamy ne
served. =,
At the end of the quarter hour the
road forked, Jones way led to the right
the horse saw the path of duty on the
left. Jones tugged. ono way, the horse
set his face the other. Jones coaXed, the
horse was infiexible. Jones swOrc; IT
was SHINING to no purpose. 1t was near
" noon and there were yet twenty miles
to go.
(which way're yer agoin' ?, inquired
shock-headed urchin in ventilation
trowsers.
ITO ck-Knob-blast you" The lat
ter clause to his horse.
yer don't understand Jinglebones,
said the boy. He wants to go home,
an wen he does, there's only one way
to manidge i'm. Lemme show yer.
The boy took off his hat, and holding
it brim mp, went to the right calling:
'Cope! Cope"
Attracted by imaginary oaths, Jingle
bones turned in that direction, when the
boy adroitly clapped thistle he had IN
readiness under the crupper. 1t acted
like a charm. JinglebOnes set ON at full
gallon. Jones' heart bounded with de-
light. He might yet be in time. II the
stimulating thistle only kept its place
everything depended on that.
/ Butthe fates were against Jones. At
"A sudden turn the hub of the sulily
struck telegraph pole, and the whole
concern-spokes, felloes, axle and body
flew to pieces like the shell OLA touch
me-not. Jones was hurled head first in
to brier patch, and before he could ex-
tricate himself, Jinglcboncs, whom the
shock had relieved OF his thi,tles, turned
about and cantercd placidlv home.
| Jones gave it up. 1t was too late to
think of going forward. He would walk
back and tell the fair creature he had
left, all he had suffered for her sake,
trusting to her generosity to reward his
devotion. On second thought he would
wait till evening. The lady would prob
ably keep her room till then and IT
would be against etiquette to disturb
her
Turning into the fields he sought a
quiet spot for meditation. lie tried to
imagine what Dox was saying at that
moment. Could he nave known that
Just then the reputation OF the unfortu-
nate halfsister of his step fathers I'M
cle's aunt's cousin by marriage was being
ruthlesslv assalcd, aud his own absence
attributed to a saeaking fear of meeting
that and other tissues of the hour, he
would have felt even less comfortable
than he did.
i On his way back, he skirted through
the lanes and by-paths, carefully avoid
ing the public road, now thronged with
people returning from the meeting. As
he listened to the cheers for DoX, and
groans for Jones, his heart sank. tire
vived a little when he thought Of the
consolation ahead.
His destination reached, he rang the
doOr-bell.
Could he see the lady he had left there
in the morning?
He could. Would he please step in
\
same ma.chless eyes, the same heavenly
I smile. But stay, who is that she Is
about to introduce!
Dox! by all that's diabolical
sMy husband, Mr.. Jones, said the
sweet voice that had so charmed him in
the morning, and so diabollically delud-
ed him.
5 Jones rushed from the house with a
fervent curse on Jinglebones for not
having ended his woes by breaking his
neck. OF course DoX carried the dis
l trict by reclamation, and Jones left to
avoid being laughed out oft. He went
r into shoe pegs, made fortune, and now
thanks his stars at having escaped apol
itician's fate.
: The obliging relative, we forgot to ex
: plain, was no other than the wretch tina
5 sold sand in his sugar.
Jones, we may add, is still bachelor
=, PRAYING WITH CAUTIoN.-We have :
, fresh anecdote of EllistOn, one of tn;
. most delightful actors of England hun
a drcd wears ago. When scarcely eight
b cen he was one day engaged in earnes
, conversation with the hostess of tavern
at Wrapping, with whom he was smlttcn
4 An alarm of fire was given, and As 1T wa
q necessary to conceal young Robert vii
d liam, he was placed in hasped chest
9 Five minutes passed still the noise con
n tinued-nay, it increased. lie tried t
raise the lid, but she had prudently fas
!. tened il. He listend: the confusion ii
the house became more evident. Ill
e could hear persons running to and fro
e he heard the drippings of water: Al
!, considerations but those ofpersonal safe
). ty vanished. He, sought with all hi
might to ex,rieate himself-in vain
4. frightful thoughts of being burned aliv,
~ flashed through his mind. "At last,
to use his own words, al had NOTHING
tor ii but patience and prayer
p. Prayer exclaimed his nearer " yo
should have said repentance also"
y "Sir,' he replied, I" did not pray d
" rectly for myself, but that those VIII
I were endavoring to subdue the fire migl
be induced to take care Of The furniture"
), Elliston's flame went out with the fire
=. and he went TO that tavern no more.