The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1877-08-30


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upon kio bock. md then walked GloWiy
n1d cautIoualy down the hill.
But this did not suit Master Dick. He
tuggcd = The REIN, shouted, and, finally,
breaking . branch from thorn buah thas
was near IT hand, he laid It on to tlle pooE
old hide. Inc horse Quickened hIs poce,
looking back = Il be was amused q IL
boy. Finally, be broke into slow not.
Dick yelled With delight. Sticking Ike
burr to Black Eagles bony old back, be
thumped, kicked and struck him with the
stick; but Black Eagle would not move Z
leg the faster. He logged on slowly -
any Obstinate donkey. He knew what was
good Tor Dick quite - well e did the
hotsekeeper, who was now searching the
mouse ior tne young oeuc
Dick continued his Journey f0r It least
an hour. He WAS then about hve miles
from home, IN lonely road which wound
up the SCUM Mountain. his roe nao
given him an appetite ne was really feel
ing lungry Looking Ground, ne caught
sight OF some bushes such g ne had found
chinquapins on few months before. The
snow did not look very promising for
chinquapins, nor was he quite sure II was
the season for them; but he thought It
might be worth while to look at those
bushes more closely.
So he slid off the hOrsc-.easily enough
but The Trouble was, that he could not
stop sliding. The ground was covered
with ice and crifted snow. On the right,
the hill rose, thickly wooded. Upon the
left was perpendicular precipice OF fifty
feet, with q creek at the bottom, which
was covered with thin ice. The bushes
grew along the edge Of this precipice,
hiding it from view. 1t was to them that
poor little Dick had turned.
The horse stood were the child had left
him. shivering as though he had the ague,
and thinking, no doubt, that even the cold
stable was comfortable place compared
with this bleak hillside.
Suddenly, he heard q crash among the
frozen bushes, and a cry. Then he looked
about him, and saw that Dick was gone.
Cautiously testing the ground 1t each
STEP, the old horse approached the edge OF
the precipice and looked over. There was
Dicks fat face lew feet below him,
turned up, very white little face just
then. The child had fallen over the edge
OF the ravlne INTO the tnick bushes that
stoou DeioW. inc Drittie stems naa Dent
Deneatn MS weight. II seemed As II tney
could not support MN many minutes.
Below was sheer descent INTO the frozen
creek.
BACK Eagle, win ms lore ieet planted
on the eoge OF the CHI, tried 10 reacn
DICK win ms leetn. Inc oid leliow
stre.cned nus neck 70 the utmost out
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uown' ou' cou.u no' reach ~.
Then the oid racer turned ana seemed
TO measure with his eyes the distance be-
tween nlln ana nome. lie icoKed at DICK,
telling hlm-ln ms way, nave no DOUBT
TO hold on until ne couid come BACK,
and the next moment, the BOY heard the
peat OF ms hoots on tne rough, snow
frozen road.
DICK caiied wildly aitef MN, Dut as ne
raised MS nead, the siigni motlon maze
ms Drittle ped rack ana SINK Deneata
MN.
For the first few rods, Black Eagles
gait was careful one. Then, when he
reached better ground, 1t was Quickened !;
but the old horse pulled in few minutes
like cart-hors forced into run. It was
bitter cold. The solitary mountains, the
great gray snow clouds, the dreadful
silence Ct the woods, were 50 different
from the stable, that ne was dazed. But
his senses soon canie to MIN. 1t really
seemed as II ne UNDERSTOOD II all. There
was DICK, whom ne loved better than any
BODY else living, IN deadly peril. lie
WOulQ Gle unless ne COQlQ Drlng helD,
Black Eagle looked down the long slope
of the road. There was at the moment
not living crea,are on u. his eye be-
gan 10 klndie- tnlnK ne remembered
then some race mat ne nad run long ago
-tne st.oKe OF the Dell as ne started, the
terrible strain, the nashing by OF the
massed races tne SHOUTS, he triumph.
Inc oia !eiiow trempied; MS ears prlcKed
up; tne strengtn OF old tme ran IKE
flame through his veins, and, after one or
two staggering bounds, he was on
DOWN tne ROAD, tnrough tne snow. COW
ered swamp, across tne WOODEN brioge,
into the nighway again, with tnat long,
loPlng slrloe winch nae Drought MN IN
winner against tne s"iltess norses IN the
country.
81 bus ne.ls oia now was Dn! INC vigor
VI ufean, WHICH nilgnl iai, a. any mo
menu. ne was pu. Pool, uyinR plute,
running . race against ueatn' ana IN some
uun way nc Knew -.
he passed through the village. his tread
falling noiselessly on the deep snow; The
windows OF The houses were closed, and
the smoke arose from the slaked fires
arowsliy into tie coid gray SKY. II would
be OF no use to stop there; those people
would not un iersiand, at least not for
long time, and the loss OF minute might
COST DICKS lie.
One or two men who were closing their
barns for the night, saw him pass like q
flying shadow. A traveller, out on the
road, jogging into the village, saw, as he
fancied, black horse fit by him, its feet
scarcely touching the ground. Its strides
were gigantic. its ears lay back on its
neck, the foam flew from its lips, its eyes
blazed.
at might be the ghost of Black Eagle"
said the traveller, who had seen that great
racer in his youth.
AT DICKS own home there was by this
tlme dreaaiul QUERY ana search Tor the
iost boy. his iatner, orother. everybody,
were out hunting lor MN. Even OLD San
GERS nad iorgotten 10 scold, and with
snaking nands, was sounding the well,
eown "hicn ne insisted tnat DICK had
ia1en.
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