The Sully County watchman. (Clifton, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1894, 1892-10-29

meditations by fearful noise as of the
tramping of a herd of wild cattle. /
heard the whizzing whip and cracking
profanity. People were fleeing to left
and right. There was a
Furry of dust that travelled fast
Like whirlwind from the sky.
Nearer it comes and nearer, till all the gazers
That horse is running with a man behind the
saddle-bOw.''
"Yes, and very close to the saddle
bow, too. | could scarcely see him
there was so much horse, but 1 could
plainly hear, for he split the air with
expletives, clutching madly at his
horse, in whose heels there was both
life and mettle. To say they spurned
the sod would be drawing it mild. He
was "A towzie tyke, black, grim, and
large He came up the street like
four-footed cyclone. But he didn't
come all at once. He seemed to come
in sections. He was not of one mind at
any time. He seemed to entertain a
dozen or more ideas at the same mo-
ment. Attraction and repulsion were
simultaneous forces with him. His
motions were unmeasured, concentric,
and eccentric. He described the lines
of longitude, latitude, and altitude. At
one 1uSUtlub GucEC was d COlOSSdI IL,
the next horizontal prostration. He
would start for one side of the street,
but change his intention before he ar
rived there and walk back on his fore
feet, an act that seemed to affect his
clinging rider unpleasantly, for at such
periods there would be a fresh rhapsody
of blank verse.
IL prayed that my Jimmy would see
the fearful struggle in the street and
come around another way. l would
not have him appear now for anything
in the world, thought, for I knew he
would risk his life trying to save the
unhappy disjointed wretch on that
paving avalanche out there. Sudden
ly the beast concluded to right him
self, using all his feet at once for the
nurpose. and after kicking a peck of
dust into the lamp of gas-posu, he
walked quietly up to my horse and be.
gan to make friends, perfectly un-
abashed concerning his recent diabol
ical conduct.
"Ihe woe-begone creature on his
back slowly wiped pint of lather off
his face, and to my horror and amaze
ment l beheld my lawful partner. He
tried to smile CHASTITY recognition,
and in an asthmatic and worn-out
whisper said feebly: I-guess-you-
will have-to get on-whoa there, you
blank fool.-the best way-you can
81 implored lin to get off, come in,
and go to bed, but he Strengthened up
for the first time, and said: No. I'll
die first. You blamed fool, whoa there!
Dust then his horse tried to climb the
tree-box.) Besides, can't get off. /
never expect to again. At this moment,
as if to clinch his prediction, the horse
seemed to acquire desire to light the
gas with sparks from his heels, for he
projected them out behind about five
yards, to the entire destruction of the
gas-lamp.
II crept out carefully and led my
horse around to the back fence and
Chamber on igno1niniously with the
aid of a sympathetic maid.
meanwhile the air was splintered
with adjectives and snorts by the
restive couple in front. My husband
showed his fine horsemanship by stick
ing on, but all lofty desire seemed to be
swallowed up in that one feat. At
least he gave no further illustration of
his happy and accomplished boyhood
He will do that, thought as rode up
the street, when we have entered the
green lanes ana oOSky dellS.
"Therc was patient look on the face
of my foaming escort as he came down
from looking over a telegraph wire
few minutes later | thought l heard
his vertebrB give way, and asked if it
were not so, but at this instant he
dashed the perspiration from his Grim
son brow and hoarsely commanded me
to ride on ahead. He said his horse
didn't like company. rode on obedi-
emily, for felt had never been so
near the verge of eternity before. Just
as my thought had reached point of
gratitude, l heard shout, and looking
back saw horse and rider tearing Owe.
the road
with terrible grumble, rumble, and roar
Telling the battle was on once more
"On they came, shedding foam fakes
like the spr y that drives before the