The new North-west. [volume] (Deer Lodge, Mont.) 1869-1897, 1886-06-25

The woman picked up the lines, pulled on
the "gee" and then on the "haw," ran the
horse over the curbstone and twisted around
tree, and as she got into the street again
she upset swlll cart with the off wheels
and went her way with serene countenance.
When she reached the avenue she was fuss
ing with the lap robe, and the horse took a
long turn There was street car passing,
and If the driver hadn't put on the brake
and turne his horses across the track she
must have beem run down. II is doubtful il
she noticed the fact Sine pulled on one rein
with both hands, told Dobbin to "git up,'
and finally got away on straight line, on
the wrong side of the street, of course A
brick team crowded. her into the curbstone,
but the smile never left her face A milk
wagon rubbed the fore wheel, and the milk
man yelled at her, but she looked straight
ahead. The horse finally crossed over to the
other side on his own account, and the street
car missed the hind wheel by such close
shave that half the passengers cried out in
alarm.
All of a sudden the woman pulled hard on
both lines and cried "Whoaw She had been
struck at sight of new hat ON passing
woman, and she wanted to see more of it. A
grocer's delivery wagon was following closs
crash. Horse, woman and phaeton were
slowed around and almost upset, but the only
one at all disturbed was the horse He didn't
seem to believe in sudden changes. He was
hawed and geed and pulled into shape, and
as he logged along again the lines were
dropped while the driver fused with her
hat Her buggy struck the nose of horse
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against an express wagon-skinned along
the side of a street car, and finally locked
wheels with beer wagon. Nothing was
broken-nobody disturbed in mind or body.
A harnessmaker backed her horse out and
headed him down street, and the serene
journey was again resumed, to be inter-
rupted on the next block by the animal
bringing up against the back end of a farm
er's wagon.
"What in blazes-!" roared the farmer.
But he stopped there. She had dropped the
lines to tuck in the lap robe. s
Down at the next street three men stood
talking. The phaeton crossed over and
made a bee line for them and drove them Off,
and then crossed back ard skinned along
pile of brick and drove four or FIVE stone.
cutters to jump for their lives. It was Just
half a block further that the horse was
shaved" to cross to photograph gallery.
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carriage was stopped dead still, ishman's
cart backed into sand team, and plumb
er's horse given a setback to last him for q
month. But retribution was at hand. A
two-horse dray caught hind wheel Of the
phaeton and wrenched it off, and drove
splinters into the pavement Some one held
the horse, and some one else helped the
woman out, and when she had surveyed the
wreck she mildly observed:
wonder how on earth that could pos
sibly have happened, when l am such good
driverl" ...seq
give you fair warning. ] saw her at the
wagon shop yesterday bargaining for new
wheel. She intends to drive out again No
arrangements can be made with the signal
service man to hoist the danger signal when
she starts out, nor will the police ride ON
ahead and clear the streets. The public
must look out for itself until the legislature
again convenes and some law can be made
to cover the case.-Detroit Free Press.