The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1892-09-01
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tho cars of the. Son0ra (lroadsat -
torena with my newly-acquired trophy,
after purchasing ticket for Carrizal
Posa. 1t was my purpose to 60 by bur
10 from this latter place to Llanos and
thence to May belos, q small pueblo un
the Calinc. q tributary IF the Rip de la.
Asuncion. could striketha trait the l. =
would hire a Navajoe boy Will burrd
and cart to accompany me with..tha
cycle. 1t appears as if l were taking
deal Of trouble merely for the salts
faction OF having little recreation; but
he who has enjoyed the rapturous, in
vigorating sport of Cycling; and, having
been deprived of the practice for u
while, is afforded at an unexpected mo-
ment an opportunity to return to the
ola love, will appreciate the. SITUATION
instanteE andswill appreciate Nd led
ing upon this occasion.
The preliminary journey was accom-
pltshed without incident, land Iarrived
in Maybelos about sunset of one of the
loveliest of days Imaginable. Prospects
for propitious weather on the morrow
were excellent, and my heart beat high
In anticipation of renewal of q sport
L loved so well. sThev northern ter.
minus of the Hne-EltAltar- was sdme
twenty.one miles distant. Il had estab-
lished a station one mile south, south
east of that point, so that, following
the old trail. would thus have very
nearly a straight-away of twenty miles.
what a glorious adGsh it will be. :"
soliloquized |, as + stood in the narrow
door of the lhtle3adohawhere was to
spend the night, and gazed off through
the blue distance at the broad prospect;
and what a glorious dash it did prove
to be!
Next morning Il was awake and up
bright and early. What day it was!
The air was crystal. The golden sun
beams danced" and ~twinaslede over~the
earth like swift-hying arrows. Twas
in the best of spirits. With some adj
justing had succeeded in putting the
wheel, which had apparently been used
rather roughly, in tolera bly, good Con
dition. After hasty breakfast IS was
ready for the journey. @.. SS
lnstructlng the Navajoe lad to follow
me the next day with the provisions. I
mounted and rode slowly out toward the
long stretch of country. I executed a
few trick maneuvers and soon felt per
fectly at ease. My actions were We've
by the young Navajoes with open
mouthed wonderment. The use of the
strange two-wheeled affair that he had
been carrying seemed never to have
dawned upon his conception, although
during the journey to Maybelos I Had
caught him more than once ogling the
concern, and handling it very ginger
~. He was indeed puzzled. rode a
distance with my legs over the handle
bars, and then dismounted Suddenly a
IL leap-frog. This capped the climax,
and the last ever saw of sNavajoe he
was making his reputation as sprint.
err at a 2:2O gait in the opposite direc-
ton.
But to my story: rode out upon the
old path and found the soil as had ex1
pected, hard and level. Striking an
easy rate of speed 1 was away; my ride
had CONNIE need. l had ridden possibly
mile, when observed to the east an
little way ahead Of me, % tiny wreath
Va OAuC SluonC-1 AdO ~ 1OOk wv lCts 10
distinguish it from vapor---rising from
clump of pines. knew what it was
1t told me that there was camp there's
l guessed the rest; Il rowing bandsOf
half-breeds and red-skin.trappers were
resting thereabouts.s Whether my way
lay directly to this spot or not was at
Il loss then to tell. AS proceeded, how
ever, this proved to be the fact. was
not exactly satisfied what course to
pursue. but recollecting that since our
stay in the region none of our party
had ever received bodily injury from
the ''ringers,' l resolved to continue
my way. attracting as little attention
as possible. Perclance l could pass
them unobserved. AS l ncared the
place l found that my course was
some twelve or more rods from
where the c,,lnp Was. Under cover
of some shrubs which lined the trail
for a. considerable distance Sat this
point, was able to rcconnoiter. There
were fifteen ringers" in all. Four of
these were half-breeds, five native In
dams, three Apache and the rema Under
Creo!cs. / must confess that would
have given a little for the privilege of
altering the situation somewhat How
ever, l saw that l was Tin for it,
and placing my feet rcsolutely to the
pedals l continued at an increased
speed. 2Es sawsthat lwould be obliged
to leave the friendly cover of the
shrubbery ere long, and pass over a
stretch of about Eve rods unscrccned. If
I +: :~%o ,:.l l.
discovered was safe. | resolved to
try. Setting the pedals rev diving mer-
rily flew out from thu bushes and
across the intervening space at high
speed. was half way across and be-
ginning to breathe much easier, when I
saw, coming along the trail few feet
ahead of me, a big Creole buck carry
ing a huge gourd filled with water ev-
identity from a spring near by. At that
instant he caught sight of me. will
never forget the look that came over
his face. With a yell that would have
made a steam-whistle blush in envy, he
sprang into the air, and, dropping his
gourd, fell headforemost in the patch.
This was a beautiful state of affairs
for me! Hearing his cry of alarm
his companions had jumped as one
man, and stood gazing transixed in
statue-like amazement at the strange
scene that must have greeted their
eyes. The next minute both wheels of
my machine had passed over the necl<
of the PROSTATE Creole and had dis
appeared into the shrubbery. The
reader may surmise that did not dis
mount and return to ascertain whether
or not had crushed the breath out Of
the unfortunate Creole's body. On the
contrary put spurs to Icy steed, as it
were, and dashed on faster still.
My apprehensions were thoroughly
aroused. The question forced itself into
my mind: "What will the result of the
occurrence be-win the 'ringers1 give
chase?" felt sure that if I had seri-
ously injured the Creole his companions
would certainly follow me, for by them
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