Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1890-04-02

vay charged upon the hors and IL hAp /.
less rider.
Polls lid n.a scream. A tightening q
her threat mae. Ter voiceless. Her dan
ger was f-srful,s --reat and she knew Il
In an irssan, the terrible enemy woD
upon her. lie had dashed away from
the herd bsvond Ter horse, and then
turning with lowered head was making
his o,. 'la lg.it The girl saw that even
il she escaped death on the points u
,hos., dreadful horns she was likely to
be cast hea,' hug upon the brisiiing
horns Of The galloping herd.
But the wise old .-orse sa~ the danger
as quickly as she. and knew far better
how To manage it, Just as the lowered
horns almost touched him he swerved
suddenly. turned sharply about and gal
lo,ed To the rear. So the horns aimed
at the horse struck a member of the herd
and aroused great anger in him.
In moment the horse had turned
again and Was in full career toward the
trent once more. With difficulty Polly
had kept her seat through these swift
and surprising evolutions. Now, when
she faced about, size saw two furious
members of the herd detached and in
hot pursuit, not OF her. but of Dick May
hew. If one horse could not be over
thrown another would serve!
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
l.: h. k.a Eil1axl Isafprn has
eyes. II only he could be made to know
Of his danger! II only she could attract
those furious creatures, to herself once
more!
With flash of inspiration Polly saw q
faint possibility Of rescue. With cries
and with blows from her small fists she
urged the horse to n swifter run, so that
the distance between her and Dick be
came less and less. And then. laughing
aloud at the absurdity Of her device, she
bent down and unsluns her umbrella
from the saddle.
As she grasped the handle she was close
behind the cowboy. But so were the
pursuers she strove to rescue him from.
Before she could cry out both the en-
ragged creatures had struck Dick May
hew's horse. and the poor animal lay
bleeding and disabled on the ground.
while his stunned rider struggled to free
himself from the ENHANCEMENT which
held him.
The force Of the collision threw both
the assailants backward toward the
herd. Before they could recover from
the recoil and renew their charge the
horse which had begun the disturbance
swept, with his plucky young rider. be-
tween them and their victim.
As Dick Mayhem struggled to his feet
he saw the amazing apparition of Polly
Danvers flying past him like the wind.
She had something in her hands, and as
she passed the two brutes, which were
about to charge upon him for the second
time. he saw them both dash backward
in alright In the sudden rebound they
were caught beneath the hoofs Of their
companions and in twinkling the life
was trampled out Of them.
Polly had found her weapon at last.
and it had done good service; for it had
enabled her to save the life OF the friend
who, in another moment. would have
been a mangled corpse beside his horse.
As she rode forward she had grasped
the handle of her umbrella with one
hand, while the other hand was on the
spring Of this extraordinary implement
of warfare. In dashing past the two
threatening creatures she had suddenly,
and with a wild scream. spread the UNI
brella in their astonished faces, with the
result already described
And as he looked, Dick Mayhem saw
the umbrella at the head of the stam-
peding herd, still opening and shutting
like the Tapping Of great black wing.
That evening. when at last Dick May
hew had got her safely back to the ranch,
and when everybody was making q ire
mendous ado over her. Polly produced
great CONSERVATION by suddenly declar-
ing with much emphasis:
I'm going back home tomorrow! I'm
afraid Of cows!-James G. Purdy in
Pittsburg Times