The Arkansaw traveler., 1884-05-17

its dangers But i, was neck or nothing -:ih cs; fer 2s Pike had -c: seer oaT faces, everything depended on our reach the house before him. So we cast eau ton aside and went al .headlcng pace.
 Pike did rot gain on US: bu, on the oihef hand. we did noi gain much or him, for Ginger's pace was deficient, and we were determined ;o keep al together. Nereacaed the cTicket-deld and sorsg- aishe fence. Al of us cleared 1t except Ginger. wha came 10 .,fief sid he:
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 bl, Pike, who had ,ack.ed the ferce wariiy. had gained O. #is. nd was com. ing up at | distance ot l few yards.
 C.rger was equal 10 ,he emergency " Run you, he said 10 To-day. and m ke ze eye oi ze bull 10 blink himself ovtir ze dee,ch.'
 Toddy understood. and running to the deep ditch which bounded ite fela or one sie. flashed ihe lssht beside l. for sr instant, then shut II o.f, and eaughtus Up again. The use succeeded. for we helrd Pike founder mo inc ditch. and emerge. swearing freely: hia vocabulary o' expietives @as extensive 4ua Dic,ur- esque.
 This gave Us ano,he- good start and We made ihe bes; of Y. pressing q ! rat- ting pace up the iieid unti. wc Judged that we were within !. couple ot hundred yards Of the gates.
 Then we put on 2 tremendous s5ur,,' pulling Ginger 5etweea is. c. ms wind was giving ou;. and reached the gates probably a clear hundred and iiity yards ia advance oi ike.
 'linser would no, el,mb unt!l he had helped every one Of Us over. ard Tn less than quarter of minute we ;hree were or lhe other side Al might hare been well. bHt fo7 anether accident .o the ur, lucky Frcnchman.
 There was gap in the upper part of the door, where the wood had broken away from the iron frame. and into this gap Ginger n climbing over contrived somehow or ether ,c sip and wedge him. self
 History or literature offers no parallel to h's situation.
 Baaam's case, when the ass pinned hiIn agains, he wall, was nothing to il: nor was Falstaff : in the buek-basket nor onah $ in the bay uf the whale: nor Den iaixo;es when the girls tied him oy the wnsts to the winaew
 Ginger kicked and struggled we were A Pe~er.ess Q sN55ie..;e him, ard Ike was aeatiag the gaies
 oh, nop preFfc ventre. Pull me al e leg. Oh. d.ab.e Oh. bah. fuilme at Lc ieg. say. ., mon Dieu. nos. lam nip, nip, nip |; . eentre cred ne and .e pasied bat witho,.. Il t,, ief the zap was n@,fow and ts.use. V IS vie.
 We coa.d hcai P.Ne Baatis. nd IA boring on inc other slGe. 1T. then : ae.9e shuning step came doaa tne play ground, and lszsf. when ne pi.s9is cres of Ginger mus, nave feased. ap- peared on the scene w.,h ] bedroom candle
 lo get behind him, bioe oat he can- i.e, ai.d squee4e his hal over his eyes. he work O. . monea, oa inc part of Toddy.
 pa, mere was lke to De dealt viii. yet. He reached the gates ard clambered to .he top, when the oof1bined weigh, of he two s,uat men made the rotten wood spll, from end to end. Pike was precip- lated to the ground, and Ginger, with n!s unhappy yensre, sc.i or the top of lim.
 Tor the second time. We csed up -ilnger, and taking him between us, ran # ful! speed to he house
 Iu, Jenkins, who had been posted here by Toxer, watched IS from behind he door as we entered; our names were lnown, and our doom sealed.
 Ginger was recommended to offer his ervices elsewhere, aHd Toddy, Wilson md myself left Tozer's at short notice, incer circumstances not unattended by