Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1890-06-07

know the signs Don't stop to hear an
other lesson, but bundle the children uL
and start 'em off home right away. My
horses are harnessed up, and I'll be
round with my big bOb-sled in five min
utes TO take them home that live fur
thest away. The Dwight, Barnes,
Greenwood and Long children. bundle
up quick as YOU can
Miss Dodge went running toward here
stable, while Miss Percy at once dis
missed school and began helping the
little CUES into their cloaks and hoods.
In very few moments Miss Dodge
came driving mp with a pair of bob-sleds,
on which her wagun-bed was placed.
The wagon-bed was full of clean
straw, and Miss Dodge see med to have
put into it every shawl and quilt and
blanket and other bed-covering in her
house, besides two big butfalorobes and
a baar-Skin.
The children living near the school.
house were already running across the
prairies toward home. 1t was growing
darker and colder every moment, and
Miss Dodge said:
Jump in no time to lose! Snuggle
down in the straw and cover up best you
can. Set close together, and you'll
keep warmer. Here we go! G'lang,
Jinny-git up, Charley"
And as she spoke, away we flew over
the plain, with the wind whistling
around our ears and the sharp, icy
snowhakes flying into our faces.
There we're in the sled Ned and
Bessie Dwight, Tom Greenwood and his
little brother. three girls named
Barnes, Wilfred Long and his sister
and my brother James and |.
Wilfred Long, the boy who had given
Miss Dodge SO much trouble, was older
than any of US, and he was, as | have
said. bat fourteen years old. He was
very quiet and thoughtful as we rode
along.
Miss Rebecca sat upon the high seat,
lines in hand, her scanty skirts blowing
ont behind her and her gray head bowed
to the wind.
She had on an old overcOat OF her
brothers and shawl wound around her
head. while her hands were encased in
huge pair of bearskin mittens She had
herself made.
You warmY she asked. once or twice,
looking back over her shoulders
Yes ma am" some of us would reply,
respectfully enough now.
1t was surprising how fast it grew
dark and how rapidly the temperature
lowered. Struggled up" as we were in
the straw and covered with robes and
blankets, we soon began to grow chilled.
The barnes farmhouse was mile
and a quarter from the school-house,
while the homes Of the rest of us were
farther away, my brother James and
coming from distance OF nearly two
miles.
The wind steadily increased in fury,
and the snow fell faster. Miss Dodge
lrged her horses on. but one of them
vas lame and limped painfully.
we finally lay down fat in the starw,
and covered up in the blankets and be-
gan pinching and teasing each other
not realizing that our situation was at
all dangerous, and not approaching all
Miss Dodge was doing for us.
Suddenlg we all gave a Shrek as we
went sprawling out in the snow, or on to
the frozen ground in places where the
wind had blown the snow away.
The good land!'' heard Miss Dodge
say, despSiringly. The tongue of the
sled is broke! This is pretty kittle of
fish,
To our surprise, it was now so dark
we could hardly see each other. The
wind had risen to perfect gale and was
roaring around our ears, while the snow
swept into our faces Some of us chung
to the sled to keep from being blown
away.
In turning corner a little too alb
ruptly, the sled had tilted to one side
and the wind had helped to tip it over.
1t now lay bottom-side up in little
ravine by the roadside. One side of the
wagon-bed rested on rock and was
raised eight or ten inches from the
ground.
Suddenly Miss Dodge called out
sharply and authoritatively, her voice
and dtotiua% ahoun - r0ar