The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1890-12-26

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She then called .Barty'' in low
voice. He came trotting up to her,
SO perfect was his affection for her.
and was just about salnting her with
u welcoming neigh. when sie dexter
ously caught him by the nosirils. and.
pressing tIieni tightly suppressed it.
1t would have ra sed the whole canlpl
| Quickly putting on the saddle and
bride and tying the %udget'' behind,
she wound the picket rope around his
neck, and mounted. turning his head
to the north. In a few moments Barty
struck Il narrow trail leading in that
| direction, and commenced his easy
| lope.
Katy could hear her own heart beat
so terrible was her excitement as she
rode on IN the awful solitude. every
few moments looking behind 10 see If
she was pursued. But on and on she
went, not a sound breaking the silence
except the hoofs of her faithful pony
striking the hard trail.
Daylight had not yet come when she
reached the Canadian. thirty miles
from the camp on the Washita, where
she watered Barty. batIied her feverisii
head. and swallowed a few mouthfuls
herself.
BY the time the sun was up she had
made fifteen more miles. and had en-
tered the broken country beyond the
Canadian; here she knew that her
pony mnst rest and Craze. She turned
OIL the trail INTO small canon where
there was plenty of grass. aud where
luckily she discovered spring.
Tying Barty's lariat to a good-sized
rock. she sat down on the grass near
the spring, ate some of her meat aud
drank some of the water; then, tired
nature asserting itself the excited and
worn-out child fell asleep.
When she awoke the sun had set.
the SKY was overcast. aud Barty was
standing over her. The bewii.lered
girl gazed around her wildly for a mo-
ment before she could realize her situ-
alton, aud then, looking at the hcav-
ems. saw. to her great sorrow, that She
could not proceed. as her guiding-star
was not visible.
At last. about daylight. she saw on
the hillside several COYOTES skulkino
along. and. not familiar with the cow
ardly brutes, their presence greatly
alarmed her So size hurriedlv ate \
few moatlIfuls. saddled her pony and
rode back TO the divide she had left
the day before. When she reached
the trail she examined one of the
''compass-plants" growing there, aad
found, to her delight, that the trail.
which broadened out at that point. ran
in the direction she wanted to 90. and
she loped out on it at "A five-niiIes-an-
hour gait.
Nothing disturbed the mnnotony of
her journey but her own fears. until.
just about dark she arrived ait The
Beaver or North Fork of the Canadian.
eighty miles from where she had
started. Here she rested until mid
night.
After good rest and sound sIeep
she started on her lonely way again.
Her dress now began to tear i'm rib
bons. she had worn il so long. and she
lost her hat before morning, not daring
to stop to look for IT,
Two more DAYS of travel brought
her TO the Arkansas By that time
she presented sorry picture. and the
faithful Blrty. too. commenced to
show the effects of his hard work. She
met on the old Santa Fe Trail"
whii:h ran close IN the river here. a
caravan" going TO Mexico. who kind
u fed her aud showed her the way TO
Thompson Greek only thirty-tive miles
away. where she arrived the next
noon. in time TO eat her share of the
Christmas turkey. having made her
terrible journey in five days.-Henry
IRmaa.