Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1889-10-20

dered Bunny makes q sudden swerve.
and. throwing half the hounds far be-
hind, darts second time 10 the shelter
OF the banks. with the other half closer
at his hee3s than before.
Those who were watching see the big
hunter making a long, circular sweep.
then once again bring up in the wake Of
the leaders. once more go leaping. plung-
Ing, crashing through the stream, and,
IN another minute, RABBI, hounds,
huntsnen, the ''field," and the fair IN
cognisa are all strung out IN chase along
the northern shore, and all eyes can sec
that she IS an English girl AID well nigh
exhausted. Still, no man can catch that
hunter and lay hands on the rein. Sac
Is riding with the foremost now. leading
the troopers, even, and stin Bunny spins
along in fronk the hounds CRASHING not
six feet behind him. A little point CT
bluff juss out juss ahesd; the stream
winds round It's base and takes \ turn
northward for q doseo rods. Bunny
shoots the turn kke the pilot Of the
lightning express, the hounds strain to
makei it without loss Ct vantage gained.
the big hunter sways outward 20 the
very verge of the steep and crunhlnng
bank, and groan goes up from tho
hresthless pursuers; but he rallies and
straghtens once more IN the track, ani
the golden hair, streaming in a6f0ncss
is the oEifiamme Of the csrase Then al
they round the point Dena gfvesa.shou'
of JOY. Straight down the slopes.
straight and swift as rode the daring
huzzar from whom he got his name.
when he bore the fatal message hike
arrow flight from the Saponne crest at
Balaklava, down the bluffs 10 the right
front comes Nolan. with Ned Perry ON
his blackberry, with set, resolute, vet
almost frenzied fsoe-feny with eyes
that flash blue fire In the intensity OF
their ga1e, and Nolan's vigorous s:riries
have brought him in crcling sweep, IN
just ten seconds more. close b the him.
ters quarter, close behind the ffutterinS
skirt.
just ahead there is another sudden
turn TO the left; the stream GOES one
way, the bluffs another, and between
them lies ffve-acre patch of hsvel prairie
thickly studded. here, there, s~erywiere,
with tiny earthen mounds and tiny. gap
ing, treacherous holes-a prsarie dog
village, by all that's awfull and that
runaway hunter, mad in the chase OF
the sweeping hounds, fsin the nrickxeof
it before mortal hand can check or
swerve him. Another second, and they
who pursue have veered to right or Aeft
or reinsd up on the verge-an save one.
Never taltering. Ned Perry Is a her
hunters quarter, almost al her side.
They see him squirting, they SEQ him
bending eagerly towards hen. they see
that he h shouting something 10 he<>-
Heaven knows whatl Then fhsre b q
groan Of misery and dread from a dnen
breasts, groan thatsas ssddenly bursts
into the gladdest of chatus; ths hunters
has caught In ons Of the thou
sand little death traps; down he goes,
plunging, heauing, qufvering, rolling
over and over; but Nolan leaps calamity
ahead, and Ned Perry's strong arm has
lifted the girl from the saddle as her
steed goes crashing 30 earth, and bears
her, dropping, faint. frightened. well
nigh senseless, but safe and claspcd
tight to his thankful and exultsnt heart.
Another instant. and Nolan is reined
in in the very midst OF the tumbling
hounds, and Gladys Maitland Is the only
woman ''in at the death"