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boo it ~as. "a, the INST III sgsted in
diyIdual YOU ever saw.
BY no means At all could ! reach the
house before il vas late at night, and per
haps near morning: and before that time,
Mary and the rest of them would be wOr-
ried half to death. They would think of
q hundred things that might have hap
pened, such as tree crushing me, falling
by the shot of stray Indian, getting
drowned in crossing the river, losing my
way, and being devOured by wild beasts,
and other things, while would have to
tell them that it was all because l was
sleeping like pig.
"Well, was on the back OF my horse
in twinkling, and gallOped away to the
river, which was where my ill.luck be-
gun. We had two dug outs, and Of course
there ought to have been one ON my side,
but when come to look it wasn't there.
THAT was a setback, can tell you.
A little noising around showed that the
dug-out had been stole, and that, too, by
some constituencies Indian. There was
Just enough light left for me to make out
the moccasin tracks in the mud.
IF could have come across that cop
per-skinned gentleman about that time,
there would have been fight; but he was
gone, and so was the boat, and the only
thing l could do was to ride the horse in
and let him swim over. That wasn't
very pleasant outlook, for the only part of
my garments that would be able to keep
dry would be the top of my hat. Besides
that, the river was very high from the
spring freshets, and a. chilly a. snow.
"'But tomorrow IL my wedding day.
I shouted, as directed old Emperor into
the troad, swiftly flowing river.
"The horse knew what was expected of
him, and he went at the business like q
hero as he was, sitting lightly on his
saddle, and letting him run the machine
without any orders from me, which was
the only sensible way of doing.
"You generally find that when thing
starts wrong like that it goes
wrong all the way through. By the time
the horse got fairly to swimming, I no.
ticed the current was running swift
er than I had ever knowed it, and when
the water crept through my best clothes,
up around my neck, it chilled me to the
marrow. The only way l could keep
warm was by reminding myself that
Mary was to become my bride on the
morrow.
'"By the time Emperor reached the
middle of the river, it was so dark that I
couldn't see either shore. That which
was in front of me was all woods, and
the route to the Hunters being nothing
but bride path, knew when we struck
the other side it would be long ways
below where it ought to be.
"But calculated that with the help of
the horse we would be able to find it,
and then it would be clear sailing, straight
to the house.
IL was peering ahead for sight of the
dark line Of forest, when my animal gave
q snort, and made such tremendous and
peculiar plunge that was thrown of his
back and compelled to swim for myself.
| was pretty well astonished and called
To the beast, with the idea of regaining
him; but he was 50 scared that he swan
like . steamboat, and in O txinkling was
out df sight
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