New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1882-12-26
and suspended from its neck found

lent demon of GIN and suspended fromts neck iouno
Securing the Kew he sent the demlohr wbizzing anu
Crushing against post Of the barn. Bounding fortn ne
and mounted the horse he lad LEFT stanuinS III
mont OF hls house . 49, - ~.
Away he dashed IL was ten miles to the house OF ms
father-lnaw. aud he Determined 70 0VeItaHo Is
wife before she could reach u, or XIII INC hoi'o " WV
attempt LII. oo,o.
the hill halt o mile south OF my house on neI
mare Kitty and begin to perform some queer ooad mn
After she'd got over tho brow o the NIL sne PaOOu
and down the road for time; then she Ti1 up I'M
looked the of the ridge for awhile Atter
looking bit she turned about and rid mp ana 9oMn Sn
road few times, aud went up TO the brow tue n ~
again 50 Kept doing and twice she got Oh
and led Kitty up to tho top OF The hill ,.,, ,or
/ was puzzled as to whether she was Waltln ior
somebody had lost something while on the way TO er
fathers place, some four miles beyond my house Wa
Kitty around from the brow o the hill and begin TO ply
her whiP 81, mn
place like n wild | stood at my front gate ny
the roadside ready hOler out at her TO know what
eyes seemed s0t IN her head her face was pale anu at
every jump she let into Kitty with her whip. swar
Jist then heerd tremendous catter behind me.
Turnin about seed Ben comm over tine pl'oa o m
rdn' with Loose roins, leanin away to forar anu us
gun his big spurs into his horse Ike he d ZIP MS inso'
g lie passed by with his hair aud coa-tails sailn'
back I'm the wind. and never turnn his uead 10 TIM
a million thoughts ran through my brain in secOnd
All the stories ever heerd about jealous husbands AM
do believe II I'd had my gun In my hand Ia nave taAeh
aging shot at HIM on suspicion .,..,. ,,o ,.,,, II,
seed Nell look back once. and then lay the WIp 20
Kitty hOt1n ever. Ben was gOln Ike the VIM
knOwcu Nell was headed for her fathers, and seed
plain day thai Ben would get her fore she was saie
landed.
Al last he was u6On her II then neck and neck
FOR time, with Be- rcacnin out for Ktty,s Bride AT
last he Il, ana tWO horses gradually slowed up
TIL they finally stopped Ited my gatcpOst all Ot
trcnDc, eXpectie 10 see sOJlythn dread al happen
1ney STOPPED in the road t2lkin nigh onto nall au
hour; then seed Ben lean over ana Nell lean over I'LL
tnar heads tulc together.
" Wnat tue mischief! says ks5!u instead OF Kill
IN. Well tGat sort OF trdcas gus mo-
" After the heat Dumpu' the par turned about ana
came slowly ipggin along back.
" A thcy passed me called ont 70 Ben to know what
In the Iyln' juSO &c AL meant Ben began TO stinmer
sonnet bout nalt which go ont through
hA bg b.ar0 when Nclt sings OIt 10 nc: only race
KISS and gIyin KITTY cut that made her bOunu
feel she cal 81 Jur ID Ben. Come on! rec 10 tue
TOP OF tie MIL alothcr! and away they bJil went
"TurC five years ago, ana never hnOWtu tAe trde
mranu' o. tBat Wild, Har-. Clrun ride l GbDut three
tnont rs ago, when story blut the cole MEDICINE
leaked out among the wiIdinen folks. For good who
after tho ride. bOwsumevrr, L remember one OF the
ucighbOr men Wuudcrin what mad come over Ben Ihat
he mad down nB slu all O sudden ana WOdlOnt
80 much as take a lilss o Orc-On cider
TO his day. 10 uULDt Ben thDks nc had desperate
chase Sell, and nerrer escape o. her iuu mo
his mothcr-in-W; AMI I'VE never SAID @O.d 70 MN
bout how she fooled long under tue brow Of the MIL
" If yOu wish tD nave your celery NEE ana
white says Mrs. RauslatnJu, you should Keep NE
plant, welt banked up Win earth A5 my uncle the Dean
used 10 say Ar5 est celery earth EN- ANA no doubt he
was right ~ iulCI.