The Dalles daily chronicle. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1890-1948, 1891-07-09
A GIRLS ADVENTURE.

roadside under spreading clump Of
trees and wIped the perspiration from
her heated brow
Il was warm day. even for the month
Of June Vague thoughts of sunstroke
and dread of thunder storm, which had
been coursing through the child's mind
for the last hour or two. were now almost
dispeiled by the cool. grateful shade of
hemlocks
Naomi Kate's sleek bay. appeared
equally thankful for rest and gave ex-
preston to her feelings by low whinny
OF satisfaction
y The little girl dismounted and pro-
ceeded to brush the flies from her dumb
companions glossy coat.
Twenty miles from homer murmured
she, whereat Naomi turned her head and
gave the speaker an intelligent look out
of her great brown eyes. quite as though
she understood the significance of the
words and had caught the half smoth-
cred sigh which accompanied them
II was indeed. long way for child
of twelve to have come alone. and upon
such All important mission, but Kate was
a plucky girl and not in the least home
sick nor at all afraid of anything but
certain tiny black cloudlet in the west,
. cloud no bigger than mans hand.
1t was the prophesy of a storm, and a
thunder shower meant unutterable things
10 Katie Tynedale
She woulln1 have started out today.
but her father was sick and, Mr.. Stein
felts note being due, the old gentleman
wanted his money Securely buttoned
INSIDE the little gray basque were the
$500 which was to cancel her fathers in
debtedness
Quite fortunei" thought she, feel
ing very womanly over the trust re-
posed in her
There had been a commotion in the
Tyuedale household the previous even
ing when Kate had announced her viii
ingness to go over to Rydal with the
money
Mrs Tynedale had promptly declared
that such thing wasn't to be thought
OF for moment. but her husband had
laughed. in good natured way. and as
serted that it was a capital idea, and he
would sooner trust his boy than any
man in the neighborhood
He often called Kate Ibis boy" partly
because of the assistance she rendered
him about the farm work, but chiefly in
consequence of her skillful management
Of a horse.
In the end. MIR. Tynedale and Kate had
carried the day So here she was at
noOntide but ten miles from her des-
tinatlon She had only been over this
road once before. and that was some
years back. but she rememb bered every
crook and turn of the entire distance
perfectly
Directly ahead of the place where she
had halted lay a long stretch of un-
broken. uninha5ited woodland A timid
person would doubtless have been af
frighted at the prospect, but our young
friend hadn't thought of fear
Her courage was soon to be put to q
test
After a brief pause she left Naomi
Sand climbed to the summit of a gently
rising knoll beside the way to get bet
ter view of the western sky
Behold! the threatening cloud had en-.
tirely disappeared. drifted away dowI
behind the blue hills
Kate drew deep breath of relief anC
ran back to the foot of the hill
You shall have nice, long rest, Ma
omit" exclaimed she. patting the archet
neck of her favorite.
Threading the ravine below flowed
shallow stream. the sparkle of who's
sunlit waters came up through dark,
interlacing branches of evergreen lilz
CLEANS of silver Thither Katie led he
steed
After quenching her thirst at the brool
the mare turned her about and begal
cropping the tender green vegetation
which fringed it's banks, while her mis-
tress sat down upon a mossy bank t
e
Mother Tynedale had prepared for her.
Fully an hour they had remaine
there, the little girl stretched at ful
length upon her soft couch of moss, hal
asleep. Naomi grazing near at hand
Suddenly Kate sat up, very wild
awake Her quick ear had cSught tn
sound of horses hoofs.
Yonder. up in the highway, two me
were approaching Both travellers wer
provided with horses. though but on
was mounted. The other picked his wa
carefully along, evidently searching fC
something. What that something wa
nu-interested the child greatly, She felt {
the precious envelope in her bosom an
wished heartily that it were safe in M
Steinfelt's keeping.
Slowly the men neared the group {
trees under which she had first haltet
following her very track. she could ha,
aVerred-
They stopped directly, and the rid'
dismounted Then began doubly sha1
investigation of the ground
Our brave lass felt that it was hig
time for action. Catching Naomi by Il
bride she led the unresisting anim
down into the stream, resolved that I
traces of their fight should remain