The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1874-01-15

Hark!s exclaimed Curt, as he drove
out from the shore. 'Did you hear tina ?
\ We shall hardly have tire to &C.
scross. I'm afraid"
! "Then they Won't need no warnin',''
coolly remarked Jake.
"Hark!' again cried Curt Rowland but
hoarsc'y this time, and with something
like pain in the inteusitf of his u'terance.
II did hesr it! There's team coming
down the river st rnn!"
Jake Robinson himself heard it now,
and exclaimed:
/ 1T does sound mighty like runaway,
| declare. Just bark to them bells!''
Curtis breath weud have come even
faster and bis heart would have jumped
more Asrcely, if he had known the whole
truth. The hors' g of the aleighing party
had recognized the signs Of approaching
danger much more promptly than hid
their masters, uor had it been at all elf.
flcut, In most cases, for their skillful
drivers to heaG the frightened and wilful
brutes toward safety and the shore. The
single exception had been III tho young
and stylish but lll-broken span over
which Sile Herring held the reins, for
the gay young lawyer was not only not .
"akillful driver, but he had fai led to I'm :
aarstand the situation at frat, and had
!, lashed his po"r colts mercilessly for their
trembling refgaal te go forward. Even
q when he consented to wheel them he had
: not been able to guide them lsndwald
r for great heave aud grsan of the ice
around him had just then nearly scared
4 the senses out Of both him and his quad
O rnpeds In moment more the fright al
\ the latter was wild RUNAWAY" righl
3 down the river, and certainly had one
h gsod result, for it bore the sleigh and il,
h occupants swiftly away from what wa:
q fast becoming an angry tumult of crack
ing, tossing, and grinding fragments. Al
! this Curt Rowland aid not know, but
nevertheless, he drove straight forwari
q instantly with dim idea of giving hetl
4 to somebody Wull for him that hs die
J.. 80. for, in less than half . minute, h.
9 found himself spinning along at almos
raciug speed, behind light sleigh, i,
which there shortly arose a female form
which he knew only too we'll, whilo
clear, firm vsics exclaimed:
30 Curt, the ice is break ng! Driv
p ashore right awayr'
y And he had shouted in reply:
+ "Head en- for The Island, Sile; you CA
a bring 'em in there I'll follow right on
Don't be scared. Faith, won't leav
!, y.u,"
AHd then another fora had 1isen in th
sleigh, and Faith Murray herself caugh
The falling rs,ns az Sile Herring droppe'
them and sprsrg out upon the ice. |
was q rash and foolish thing TO dc, an'
. Curt relgnsd in just long enough to say
"Thas's it, Jake; jump cut and dra!
him ashore, while go on after the runa
ways
Jake obeyed hsroieally, and he fount
that sile Herring did indeed requir
, dragging 10 get him ashore, after 'ha'
wild spring and thump upon the ice.
Faith was slone In her sleigh now, ast
% but little sorry for that, to tell the truth
= or even that she had the reils in her Owl
hands, e., she knew how to manage then
far better than the panic stricken youth
u who had deserted her, VIII lie the colt
. themselves were getting the first freRz,
p of their fright somewhat raced out o.
them. The brave girl knew very wei
q what Curt meant by "the island" low
u lying bit Of duck marsh and drift woot
y hardly above the waters edge, not I
great way further GowR- stream, but ii
4 the very middle of the river. She tho
. it a strange stopping plae at first. unit
she recalled how blaff and steep were thu
q banks on either side al the river Cor mils
below the accustomed Crossing
S$raighs for the island, then. and Curi
How lands aleigh was close behind her
but, even as her wild young team sprang
up the low activity, there cAase to Faiths
ears SHARP, quick, swapping sound; the
rcns were jerked from her hands. and
abe found herself suddenly sitting still
In her light cutter, whilo the colts went