The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1880-11-21

never pray again.
| saw and thought of hundred
things at once. | saw the great tree
trunks AMI the huge black rocks close
upon us. j remembered the clenlatis
over the front door at home, and won-
dered who would tell my father that
| was dead.
Meanwhile Ray was over the DASH
board, and down with her feet over
tho whinletree.
How she did it, | shall never know,
but the next we saw Of her, she was
creeping along the pole between the
horses, steadying herself with her
hands on their backs.
The horses went tearing on like wild
horses, their names flying, and their
great bodies quivering all over.
Every instant the girls were bccom-
ing more excited.
Queenie was holding Mrs. BANDS
cousin with both hands, to prevent
her lcaping out Kate cried:
I'VE are almost to the turn. What
is Ray doing? She will frighten the
horses worse than cver!" and she COW
cred her eyes.
The brow of the hill was not forty
feet of. Far behind we could hear
Obcd's voice screaming TO the horses
TO stop. The keeper OF the tower was
flying toward us.
But they were too far away to do
any good. There seemed not one
chance in Il thousand for us. But that
very instant, when we all believed we
were lost, we looked at Ray.
We saw her reach forward with
one hand, and grasp the reins which
joined the heads Of the horshs togcth-
en- just where the connecting straps
crossed one another her fingers clutch
ed them.
One sharp, fierce jerk of those great
heads backward, and the horses slack
cncd their speed, and in an instant
more stopped.
The wagon stood still, although the
creatures were snorting and plunging
vet. But that small hand Of Rays
held Oh with q death grip, and in Il
moment more Obcd caught the horses
by their heads.
His face was as white as ever ii could
be, and he spoke one word only. IL
was.
"IIomctsw
The horses had been stung in more
than twenty places. They were un-
harnessed at once, and we were all
out Oh the ground directly.
We laughed and we cried, and Mrs.
BANDS cousin distinguished herself
by iainting away.
Il don't blame the horses in the
least" Queenie said "Onc sting is
bad enough" and she showed where
her eye was beginning 10 swell. "Thc
hornets came sWarmng ont OF the
woods there" As Tor ODed, lie was a
Inundated man.
But was the one to blamc," he
said. II thought the horses would "a
stood till their hides dropped onn
Their ribs but tell We Their never was
the team hitchcd up yet that 'ud
stand hornets. Blarst the creeturs !"
he added, in an undcrtone.
"But Ray Tinkhamw cried Kate,
and she went up TO where the little
thing was sitting Oh rock, looking
pale. You saved rs all, you blessed
child. How did you ever think OF
doing that"
"My grandmother stopped some
runaway horses in that way once"
gaspcd Ray. II didn't know whether
I could stop these. I knew somebody
must do something, or we should all
be dashed topieccs."
well "spoke Obed, "Pvc kn0Wn o
that bein' done just once alorc in M
lifetime, but it was a boy that did it.
There's saying 'mongst teamim' men
that, when you hain't got the reius
you can stop runaway if YOU walk
out Oh the pole and grip hold o the
brides, but faint every horse that'll
stand it,"
"Bufwasn't ii splendid Of Ray ~
cried Lou, going over, and putting
her arm around her.
"Never knew q girl cd have so
much pluck" answered the driver
III she hadn't a. been light on her
feet, and level in 'er head she never
cd "a done it. tell you if these
horses hadn't been uncommon good
horses, nothin' on airth would a.
stopped them"
And Ray! Inevcr meant TO make
so long story Of it, but must tell
you that we gave her party after
this. All the fathers, and mothers,
and brothers went, and we carried her
q carpet for her room and a new cham
Der set, and nice new clothes all
through and few of the gentlemen
gave her bank book, whatever that
may mean. | only know that she was
to have the income of certain money,
and that was enough to educate her
thoroughly. We had the best time
that night, and Queenie's father took
Ray out to supper, and she SAB at his
right hand, and everybody treated
her as though she been princess Of
the blood.
do believe there never was hap
pier girl on earth than Rachel.