The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1872-03-15

Y at the crossing. Two Of them w.
struggling in the darkness with SOM
I strange misshapen bulk, which. as D;cI
, came nearer, took the semblance of y
! great yellow horse. 4
1t was the mare. She was not a nra,
~ picture. From her Roman nose ,o
, her rising launches, from her archeJ
spine, hidden by the stiff machillas Of al
Mexican saddle, to her thick, straight
! bony legs, there was not line of eonina
grace. In her halfblind but wholly
vicious white eyes, in her protrudiny
, under lip, in her monstrous color, there
was nothing but ugliness and vice.
"Now, then,n said Staples. "stsn,
crar Of her heels, boys, and up with
you. Don't miss your first holt of her
name and mind ye get your OF stirrup
There was a leap, a scrambling strue.
gle, bound, wild retreat of the
crowd, circle of flying hoofs, two
springless leaps that Jared the earth. a
rapid play and jingle of spurs, plunge.
and then the voice of Dick somewhere
in the darkness, "All rightw
Don't take the lower road back on
less you're hard pushed for time Don't
hold her in down hill Wen be NJ
the ford at 5. G'lanSl Hoopal Mulal
Cor
| A splash, a spark struck from the
ledge in the road, clatter in the rocky
cut beyond, and Dick was gone.
Sing, o Muse, the ride of Richard
Bullen! Sing, o Muse, of chivalrous
men! the sacred quest, the doughty
deeds, the battery Of low churls, the
fearsome ride and grewsome perils of
the flower of Simpsons Bar! Alack,
she is dainty, this Muse! She will have
none of this bucking brute and swac.
gering, ragged rider, and | must fain
follow him in prose, afoot
1t was i o'clock. and yet he had only
gaiAed Rattlesnake Hill. For in that
time Jovita had rehearsed to him all
her imperfections and practiced all her
vices. Thrice had she stumbled. Thrice
had she turned up her Roman nose in
a straight line with the reins, and re-
s;sting bit and spur, madly struck across
the country. Twice had she reared.
and, rearing, fallen backward; and
twice had the agile Dick, unframed. re.
gained his seat before she found her
vicious legs again. And mile beyond
them, at the foot of long hill, was
Rattlesnake creek. Dick knew that
here was the crucial test of his ability
to perform bis enterprise, set his teeth
grimly, put his knees well into her
TANKS, and changed his defensive tao.
tics to brisk aggression. Bullied and
maddened, Jovita beg the descent of
the hill Hara Tho (.,l
tended to hold her in with ostentatious
ohurgation and wellfeigned 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 chat in another moment,
as it seemed to Dick, she was splashing
on the overfiowed banks of Rattlesnake
creek. As Dick expected, the momen-
tum she had acquired carried her be-
You'd the point of baking, and holding
her well together for a 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
he opposite bank.
The road from Rattlesnake Creek to
Red Mountain was tolerably level.
Either the plunge in Rattlesnake Creek
lad dampened her baleful fire, or the
'rt which led to it had shown her the
hyperion wickedness Of her rider, for
'ovita no longer wasted her surplus
mercy IN wanton conceits. Once she
tucked, but 1t was from force Of habit
nee she SHE'D, but it was from new.
reshly- painted meeting house at the
rossing of the country road. Hollows.
Iitches, gravelly deposits, patches of
reshiy springing grasses flew from be-
eath her rafting hoofs. She began to
nell unpleasantly, once or twice she
oughed slightly, but there was no
batement OF her strength or speed.
y : O'Clock he had passed Red Noun
ain, and began the descent to the
lain. Ten minutes later the driver of
ne fast Pioneer coach was overtaken
nd passed by imam on Pinto hoss'
AN event sufficiently notable for re-
lark. At half-past two Dick rose in his
irruPs with great shout Stars were
ittering through the rifted clouds, and
eyond him, out of the plain, rose two
.ires, fag-st and Struggling line
black objects. Dick .jingled his
'urs,. and swung his RATA, Jovita
bundled forward, and in another mo-
ent they swept into Tuttlevile and
.ew up before the wooden piazza of
The Hotel Of All Nations"
What transpired that night at Tuttle-
lie is not strictly part OF this record.
reilly l may state, however, that after
vita had been handed over to sleepy
tier, whom she at once Kicked into
pheasant consciousness, Dick sailed
t with the bar-keeper for tour of the
'eping town. Lights still cleaned
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