The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1891-07-31
TnE HORSE Fan AWAY
And tho Clothing of three Fair Bather
WINS in the Buggy behind him.

And tho Clothing of three Fair Bathers
WINS In the Buggy behind him.
Three prominent ladies of little
town not many miles from Wheeling
are Intellectually striving to keep secret
an incident that occurred last Monday.
Two of the ladies are married and had
invited a twenty-year-old unmarried
young lady to accompany them on
drive up Little Grave creek.
The day was hot and sultry, and
under the trees along the bank Of the
creek no breath OF air seemed to stir.
The ladies' had taken the drive for the
purpose OF enjoying the fresh air, and,
as they seemed to find no relief in driv-
ing, concluded to enjoy q cooling bath,
to which the murmuring OF the brook
irresistibly invited them. A clear, pei
lucid pool with white sandy bottom,
was soon espied beneath the branches
Of spreading oak. Carefully glancing
around, even standing up OH the seat Of
the buggy to better survey the country
and thus detect the possible presence
OF peeping Tom, the ladies decided the
coast was clear and dismounted from
the vehicle. The horse was tied with
extreme care and the ladies'
wandered to the brink OF the pool,
dotted all their clothing and placed it
in the buggy. With many little shud-
ders and kicks and squeals they first
tested the temperature OF the water,
and gradually becoming holder, at last
plunged bravely into the stream. It
was Just cold enough to be pleasant,
and the fair nymphs disported them
selves to their hearts content. No
Action was concealed in the shrubbery
ready to reveal himself and cover with
confusion their fair cheeks; no eye saw
them, no ear heard them.
A full half hour was spent in delight
ful abandon, and the bathers were con-
graduating themselves on their discoY-
cry Of this secluded nook, and were
arranging for other visits, when q
change came DER the spirit Of their
dreams. Tired OF looking at the gam.
bols Of the sportive three, the horse had
at lost decided to free himself, and after
several Jerks at last succeeded in break
ing the halter that bound him to u sap
ling. When the ladies, their attention
attracted by the crack OF the parting
leather, looked up, the hungry steed
was fast speeding toward the town,
drawing behind him the buggy, with its
freight.
Tho piercing shrieks emitted by the
alarmed women only served to acceler-
ate the beasts pace, and when he looked
around and perceived three ghostly
forms tearing after him through the
woods, he broke into atrot. "Stop him!
Stop that horseln the poor women cried,
as their clothes rapidly reCeded from
view. ooh! Stop him! What shall We
do?" Thoughts OF their Eve-before.
the-fall-like condition, recollection OF
the long way home through well set
tied district, flashed through their
minds, and they were well nigh frantic.
But not doomed to the fate they thought
in store for them were they. About u
quarter OF mile distant a farmer had
been working in corntield, concealed
from the view of the ladies when
they surveyed the country prior to TAX
ing their bath. This farmer heard the
shrieks, and leaving the corn to sec
what was up, saw the horse and buggy
travelling the road. To run across the
field, jump the fence and grasp tho ami
nal by the bride was q matter of but q
few minutes, and turning the rig around
he led the runaway back. Thoughts Of
the appearance they presented had fled
from the minds OF the now thankful fe-
males, and when the man approached,
they, clothed in naught but gratitude,
stood under tree. They were brought
rudely, to their senses when they again
walking off, with his face towards them
and a broad grin stretching his counte-
nance.
The ladies r-eattired themselves and
FASTENED back to town, binding each
otherby all they considered sacred never
to breathe word of the sad business to
alivingsoul. But the story is out.