The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1890-05-03
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Bat why Diok Mayhem or anybody
else should risk his neck 10 a race with
that herd Of cattle was thing that pug.
sled the girl. Nothing could stop them.
An army Of hOrsemen could not make
them turn back. Yet all the time her
cowboy friend rode close beside the lead.
ers OF che herd, now firing pistol in the
air, now waving his arms frantically,
now uttering sudden wild shouts.
And At every fresh surprise the leaders
nearest the cowboy edged little away
from him and shoved She inside cattle In
the same direction. So, little by little,
tho man WAS forcing the head Of the mad
procession farther and farther from the
straight line Of march.
An ct onoe Polly understood the whole
thing. She bad heard her father and his
men talk about winding up" STAN.
peding herd. The thing 70 do was to
push The Leaders gradually around In q
circle. The others would follow, and ~
the Oircis grew smaller and smaller the
front OF the column would overtake the
rear, and finally the cattle would be 90
helplessly wound up that they would
stop in sheer bowilderment. This was
what she was helping Dick hayhew to do
Suddenly her horse swsrved q little
and thrust HE head fairly against the
side of one Of the nsddened cattle. A
pair Of red. angry eyes were turned in
Polly's direction, and they seemed to zee
for the hrot time this meddlesome out
rider. With below Of rage the crea-
tUro lowered its wide spreading horns,
and without further warning straight
way charged upon the horse and its help
less rider.
Folly did not scream. A tightening at
her throat made her voiceless. Her dan
ger was fearsully great and she knew it.
In an instant the terEble enemy was
upon her. He had dashed away from
the herd beyond her horse, and then
turning with lowered head was making
his onSlaught The girl saw that even
u she escaped death on the points Of
those dreadful horns she was likely to
be cast headlong upon the bristIing
horns OF the gaIloping herd.
But the wise old horse saw the danger
"a quickly ~ she, and knew far better
how 20 manage it. Just as the lowered
horns almost touched him he swerved
suddenly, turned sharply shout and gal
lopod to the rear. So the horns aimed
at the horse struck member Of the herd
and aroused great anger in him.
In q moment the hOrss had turned
again and was IN full career toward the
front once more. With difficulty Polly
had kept her seat through these swift
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che faced about, she saw two furious
msnlbers OF the herd detached and In
hot pursuit, not Of her, but Of Dick May
how. II one horss could not be over
| thrown another would asrvel
In one awful second the girl realized
both the peril Of her faithful friend and
her own inability to even warn him. In
| another instant the shock would be upon
him and he would be killed before her
eyes. II only he could be made to know
Of his dangsri II only she could attract
those furious creaturea 10 herself once
morei
With Hash OF inspiration Polly saw Q
faint possibility Of rpscue. With cries
aud with blows from her small Asts sh'
urged the horse 10 4 Swiftsr run, so that
the distance between her and Dick be
oalzae less and leaa And then, laughing
aloud A. the ansurdiey ot her device, sh'
bent down ana unslung hsr umnreii'
from tho saddle.
As she grAsPed she handle Sha WAS clos
behind the cowboy. But 90 were tn
puEsueFS she Strove 70 rescue MIN from
Before she oould CRY out Doth the en-
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ragged creatures mad struck DICK May
hews horse, and the poor animal Ia!
bleeding and disabled ON the ground
while his stunned rider struggled to ire
himself from the enlargement whicl
held him.
The force OF the collision threw botl
the asssilanes backward toward IN
herd Before they could recover iron
the recoil and renew their charge IN
horse which had begun the disturbanc
swept, with his plucky young rlder' be
tween them and their victim.
As Dick Mayhew struggled to his Zee
he saw the ansSing apparltton OF foll
Danvers flying past him like the wind
She had something in her hands, and
she passed the two brutes, which wer
: about to charge upon him for the secon
: time, ne saw them both dash backwar
in alright. In the sudden rebound the
! were caught beneath the hoofs OF thel
, was tranpled out OF them.