The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1881-02-01

borsss.
We always drew iots Cor lie seat
beside OLod, and il was one Of our
treats u get him taking sSout his
-team," as he called it.
Qaeenie.
talks, but he had a IOst deal TO ka..
.srLe OFF one there Is Gear, am tie
nigh one he is Alexander"
'Arc they afraid of the csrs7'
"s.in't afraid o. nothin' in catur.n
Obed pa,.sas for US to think this
over, AID then went on:
"Know too mucb, them crccturs do.
They have carried 4 load 10 the noun
tains four lines a week all sumner.-
They'd take au 'bo.t's well 81 was
Iot alolg. They know-well-beats
all what t=sm animals know. UNDER
stand't r-o talkin' bout iem tits min
its wells you do. They're u~ol to
being talks. 20 VI sif, she thinks
sight of'sn-. Bsals Lil She'll go to thu
barn, and she'll carry 'em apples, and
she'll be all oyer 'eE1 90 week when
she was sics, and hep in thr house,
you en- believe it or no., it's q fact
that them creefurs Lost flesh. She
braids up their 'front.' hsir for 'cm, and
ties it with O red ribbon one day, and
then the next day she unbraids il, and
it's crimped in the fashion, You'll un-
derstand. AS they was n coming TO a
to q party to-day, they've got their
hairs crimped."
But alas for Cesar and alack for
Alexander. 1t was a terrible piece OF
work you came near doslg that day,
though we girls never shall feel that
you were much to blame.
You sec that this was what happen-
ed. ~Wo were all tucked into the
wagon as tight as figs in n box, that
afternoon, ready to stci. for hone,
when Lou called out that sic had
left her pafasol. She E.ust get out
and run up to the tower and get il.
"You just keep y'r ~sittin'," said
Obed, "Pll fetch yer umbrill !" ard he
started for the tower.
1t was about ten rods oil. The
tower and stable are built in q small
cleared space at the top of the noun
tain. All around and below are thick
woods and great rocks.
Obed had just gone oni Il sis!i
when QucS9is gave a little scream.
and put her haSd to her eye.
"Somcthing has stung me-" she said,
and then, that instant, while we were
looking ut her, it happened.
The horses both reared, and then
gave q plunge, the omnibus seemed 10
rise from the ground with O great
leap, and, sooner than l can tell it, we
were all being borne at an awful
speed down that narrow rocky road.
l glanced toward Cesar and Alex
ander, and saw q terrible pair of wild
animals. l looked toward the girls
and saw two rows of white, frightened
1~v~
The rems w,ro dragging ON the
ground. Some of US wero s~nricSrnes
"Whoa" A few of us were getting
ready to jump. All this in an instant,
and then suddenly, above the noise Of
the wheels and of everything else, we
heard o voice ring out clear:
"Sit still, girisl ! think 1 can stop
It was Ray Tinkham, of all people
IN the world.
She stood up with o steady look in
her eyes.
must explain here that tho road
from the tower runs down . esn
tic slopc for half o mile, and the,
comes a sharp turn. Beyond that u
long hill, tho sse.pcst. mos; dangerouI
part Of tho way. Kaic scizod MI
hand, and whispered:
"If he horses are no. stopped bcfor,
they get TO the turn, We shall all b,
killed."
Ray was climbing over tho driver
sea- She always could climb any
where like q cat. Sic didn't pause at
instant, but do called back TO me
"Natty E-eck, put ae tho ''rakea
The resi- Of you sit still, only pray a,
hard as OF cam
l sprang u th-, ATiver's sat, an1
paE.med down tho handle of the brakes
l prayed too ! believed I should
v pray again.
l saw and tho~lsh. n d hundred
things ut me-. sar .Ae gs-at tree
trunks AMI the suge black rocks close
upon us. l remembered the clcmati'
G the font door at hope, and Won
dered who would tell NY father thai
I was dead.
Meanwhile Ray ~as over the dash
board, and down with Lor feet ovei
the whiflctrce.
How she did it 1 shall never know
but the next we saw of her, shc wa,
icrceping along the pole between the
horses, steadyihg herself with hcl
hands on their backs.
The horses wen tearing on like wild
horses, their nane flying, and thcii
great bodies q%uivering all over.
Every instant tie girls were bccom-
ing more excited.
Queenie was holding Mrs. BANDS
cousin with both hands, t. prevent
her leaping out. Kate c,i:d:
"We are almost to the turn. VIVA,
is Ray doing? She V Ill brighten tbs
horses worse than ey crl" and she COW
cred her eyes.
The brow OF the hill was not forty
feet of. Far behind VIC could hear
Obed's voice screaming TO the horses
to stop. Tho keeper OF the tower was
flying toward us.
But they were too fer away TO do
any good. There seemed not ono
chance in a thousand for US. But that
very instant, when we all believed VIC
were lost, we looked at hay.
We saw her reach forward with
one hand, and grasp the rcins which
Joined the heads of the hoses togeth.
CT. just where the connecting straps
crossed IL another her fingers clutcll-
ed them.
One sharp, fierce jerk of those grcai
heads backward, and the horses slack
ened their speed, and in an instant
more stopped.
The wagon stood still, although tho
creatures were snorting end plunging
yet. But that small hand of Rays
held OF with q death grip, and in n
moment more Obcd caught the horse.