Bozeman avant courier. [volume] (Bozeman, Mont.) 1872-1882, 1875-04-16
Young CoviIle Takes a Ride.
from the Danbury News. /

lrIOm the D8uDuIy news.
Young GoviIle was out looking for
ride. Friday afternoon. He had his slet
with him. and wanted to fasten it to
horse-sleigh An opportunity finally pre-
1sented itself II was farmer who wal
driving, and he had two good horses
Hls SON sat in the back Of tho sleigh
watching the various village boys. liz
was pale boy, with bread forehead, anG
a soft, brown eye. No one can read char
acter so we'll as children, and when Master
Coville looked into the open eountenance
of the farmer lad, he put after the sleigh
with all his might, and catching up to it,
threw himself on the tall board, keeping
his eye firmly fixed on the farmer boy.
Then the farmer boy suggested that young
lCoville get on his own sled and he would
hold the rope for u little way. The offer
was accepted at once. and master Coyl.le
mounted his own sled, where he rode in
triumph, to the envy of every boy he
passed. Getting towards the suburbs, the
farmer who was quite deaf, harried for
ward his horses, and master Covillc tried
to look ahead without smiling. but it was
impossible, the speed was So exhilarating.
When the party got by Granville avenue,
young Covilie told the farmer boy that IL.
guessed he'd be going back. and it he'd
kindly drop the rope, he'd confer favor.
The farmer boy smiled rural smile. ba,
dldn t relax his hold on the rope. Young
COvil!e smiled. too, but rather feebly, and
again repeated his request. But the soft.
brown eye was musing. and the rope still
r, mained in the owners grasp Young
Coville began too look scared. 1t was
after five O'Clock, and would be dark in an
hour, and here he was sailing out into the
country at the rate of eight miles an hour.
LET go of there, why don't you?" he
asked.
The farmer boy smiled-one OF those
smiles, which told of greer
Ilells ard moss-fr!nged brooks.
IF you don't let go of that rope II.
just get into that sleigh and smash your
darncd old snoot!" suggested young Gov
lille. which Was very imprudcnt state
mcnt in view of the fact that every mus
Gle was engaged in keeping his seat.
But the farmer boy did not let go. IL
Kept his hold Of the rope, and kept up til,
smiles, the waving grain and blooming
laisy smiles.
''Oh, I'll make you laugh on the Other
,ide f-u4A..-...v~vis.:S ,4>.. .l4... 49, ,x.t
If that r4,..~.,' .i,o.-.-s.
lc saw the paved sidewalks give way It.
DOT paths and gardens dissolve into broad
;aow-clad fields.
On they went, the farmer lac smiling SO
beautifully, and young Cosille grating his
ee,h and shouting the awful things h,
would do in the future.
About four miles out of town, and as
hey were passing through heavy wood
he farmer boy smiled broad smile, ana
ct go of the rope. and as the sleigh darted
way, the rope passed under the sled,
bringing it up SO suddenly as to throw
'oung Coville heels over head into the ,
now. When he got up, the sleigh was
,oing over hill, and his tormentor was
hrowing agricultural kisses at him.
1t was late at night when master Gov
lie reached his home, but when ne wen
0 bed, there were thirteen snowballs,
oaked with water, freezing slowly bu,
urely on board in the back yard,