The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1882-12-24
CHAPTER V.
no THE TEsCUE!

seems T. me he's white enow some
timesI" and Carter Tom laughed
hoarsely at the doubtful point Of his
own joke, rs he stuffed the lighted
"baccer" yet deeper into the bowl of
ms Dlackened clay pipe with the horny
| thlrd llnger OF the coarse gnalled hand
Wllch grasped its slender stem.
| HIS coWrere l}ill--stretched full
| length within the covered carriers cart.
| whist Tom held the reins, occupying
| the foremost plank which did duty as
the .boX-Seat of his somewhat cumbrous
| eQllpage-emitted prolonged chuckle,
| winch BllI presumably accepted in to-
Ken OF acquiescence.
But 'ow an turns out guide pay
| in job fur MS twa as tn little un pre-
| dlcted? VIVA thin it's list tn wark o.
| Providence this same sna'fall, tax it,
! eh? an tn Evil I'm ha' no 50 much as
a niger I tn pie. Talkin o. pie makes
me | mink on, an | falls wonderful as
to whether tn old wumman 'ull keep a
| slmmal plpin 'ot gen | gettens back?
l'Se ny q pelllckler man, Tom. but
| dashed II ! dOant like mi bit an sup
| IKE Chrlsllang, agcn mi own Preside.
o thNSSermaS Eve, o all guide nights i
tn year llOW5umiyer, what is TO be
will he, that's plain; an IN mkt best
thihg | ayIng one : Own way, is { re-
sign oneself untoward circumstances
should say. llulloa. tbcer, t IN
right, dye see tNiHklin' light doom
aground? though how tn diyi they
maun chance TO gittn e. same be
moor than can say; anyhoO---n
"Auyhoo, max a less ado, whip up
| fla a. al.
Tom, rising to The occasion literally no
less than INDEPENDENTLY for be strug-
gled TO his feet under this excitement,
and clambering down by aid OF the
wheel. ran round 10 the horses heads,
and seized the oli-side brute by the bri-
die 10 assist It's stumbling gait.
Chance it's Carrage-amps, ii SO be all
be rs tn little lass said he continued
Cad. bat l'so rect doom pleased L see
that same, far it ave jist STRICKEN me,
Bill, rs 'ow II nd be q pretty 90 if tn
wcnch 'ad 'ad mind { huaNen us. an
we Wurt' find thrcr'd been uiyer no ac-
Cldput at all,
iioaNeu, indeed returned Gill with
an air 0t Infinite superiority, Is though
more disguised than amused by the sim
plc,ty Of his companion; "Wha liver
heard o i0pm' folks q Tins time o.
thrlsseuaas Eve q all guide nights?
Phecr times enOW, AMI nights croW,
let aiCue playiu' tricks o solemn tesi-
iules, Ma. ma, taxi my woOrd fur it.
laSslcs is ma 50 iule as t tempt tn old
man j. that ere uuseemly flashing. Hap
pen he'd be alter 'um bodily an carry
um off whites til very poud.u wur a
slmmerlu / tn pot.
Thus the cheer carriers b"guiled the
tedlum OF tho way doing their duty
like Christians and iirat-late men OF
business, despite the incleuoncy of the
hour and The manifold attractions else
where. And once the g.immcr Of tha
lantern caught their eve, they took
heart Of grace, and turning the corner
of the crossroads at this juncture,
raised alOft their own lantern and
"whooped' at the very top of their
united voices, urging their stout cohs
forward Al the same moment al their
utmost Specd-WhiCh same. however,
was hardly calculated TO bring them
within the scope OF the bylaw auent
furious driving. y for the tired beasts
could but stumble along ri Snails
pace, sinking every now and then above
their fetlOcAs i'm The drift snow, or else
coming TO grief over buried timber or
blocks of stone
But that shout reached the ear. and
revived the fainting spirits and drCop-
ing hearts Of those afar, and was forth
with answered by cry of grateful ac-
acknowledgement from Dick Carlisle's
lips, which spurrcd both men and
beasts alike to do their best for fellow
creatures in distress, regardless Of all
personal cost. So Tom tuCged at the
bride helping eth old mcer' over the
toughest places, as though she were a
toddling Clliid he feared olet run alone;
whilst Bill went round to the rear Of
the cart, and literally putting his shout
der to the wheel assisted the convey
anCe over stones and out Of utS IN Il
fashion which very considerably aCccl-
Grated the general progress.
once the anglo OF TIE road was
turned, the distance was shorter than
bad at first appeared; and, ten minutes
later rescued and rescuers wsro In
speaking distance of one another
"Wul, hoo goes it?' shouted Bill.
Bear up.H
BADLY badly, came the response
you're not minute too soon, For
Gods sake, hasten. I've man here
seems more like dead than faint; my
self am three parts frozen, positively
paralyzed with cold.N
But very few moments after that,
Tom and Bill had brought their horses
to full stop, and knowing to an inch
the width and exact position Of the
lyke, deity placed the movable cart
plauks dubbed seats by courtesy
across the snow, so as TO span the aper-
ture beneath, treaCherously covered
now by the drift-thus forming an i'm
proMpln gangway.
ToErope their way by these means to
HE sufferers side was comparatively
easy, and by the united efforts Of the
carriers, Jim Browne was presently
bodily raised and carried TO the warm
shelter Of the cart; where stretched mp
on the straw, and covered by all avail
able wraps aud rugs, he was for the
moment left, whilst the men returned
to assist Dick over the ground to "th'
conveyance" as Bin termed 1t, into
which he was lifted by the stout arms
of the carriers a. though he had been in
very truth u child
Then the two men ran on to inspect
the horse and cab. iii, tn old hacks
done for, an IA mistook.' Tom shout
ed; an TN car can hidc until momln',
I tnk' II Dnvilinr i'uiln yirp Shul'1