The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-01-11

Susy couldn't make such q dust with
her little cart.
1T must be horse rolling thought
Eben, ''or the calves have got out and
are froiicking down there, or ="
A terrible fear contracted Eben's
heart. be ran forward now, leaving
his wagon by the roadside, for he had
heard hoarse sound that he knew
well.
'Oh Heaven, have mercy" thought
Eben- ''Old Babel is out. and SusY-
little tender Susy-was to wait just
there"
The bushes were in the way bat he
sped on, one hand clutching his stout
pocketknife.
Soon he could see again-and what a
sight! Susy's little cart few through
the air! Susy's cherished lily was
trampled and ground to atoms beneath
those cruel feet! And where was his
little sister?
For one agonized instant Ebeu stood,
his eyes searching the road, the trees,
the broekside for that innocent face,
that active little figure, never so dear,
SO sweet before
Then pale old face appeared at the
saphouse window, and Grandma Ord
ways shrill voice called out:
"Eben! Ebenl We're berei we're
safe!"
Eben gave such mighty shout, made
up of such past fear, of such present
thankfulness, and such rage against
Babel, that the animal, though now
enraged, wheeled about and went sui
lenly growing up the hill to his own
barn-yard.
Next instant the saphouse door few
open, and Susy was in her brothers.
arms
Between his eager questions and her
own crying and laughing, she told him
how the bulls had fought till both were
exhausted. Neither having gained a
decided advantage, they seemed to
agree to call II even Lord CORVALLIS
had gone grum bling up his road, and
Babel had started the other way. when
grandma came innocently into sight.
Her red shawl and nodding head at once
excited Babel anew.
said Susy, "and he was paving and
putting down his head, getting ready
to run at her, when / thought of my
scarlet lily. opened the door and gave
the cart a great push. Oh, Eben. wasn't
it lucky that it was down-hill? 1t went
straight at him, while | was running
and pulling her in herel Then we shut
the door and piled up things against it,
and she kept hugging and praising me,
but all the time | was thinking about
my poor lily. l couldn't bear to look
out and see him tear it to pieces. |
couldn't help crying, and she thought
it was about her-and oh, do you think
it was very wicked of me to care SO
much for lily when it saved Grand
ma Ordway?'
The poor child hid her face and burst
into a fresh agony CT sobs-
You can imagine how she was COM
forted by the big bro ther. He prom
ised her the finest bulb that could be
found in Concord as he carried her up
to Cynthy's. Grandma Ordway walked
beside, murmuring: 'Smartest little
gal t ever see, SO she ISL
There was no fair for any of them
that day, for Susy kept trembling and
laughing and crying so that Cynthia
put her on the bed beside grandma, in
a cool, dark room, and gave each of
them cupful of hot camomile tea, af-
ter which they slept profoundly and
woke in good order.
Eben, meanwhile, went to Capt
Banks place and chained up Lord Corn
wallis, who was found lying down with
one eye closed Eben did the same by
Zerubbabel, now too much subdued to
offer any resistance.
He spent the remainder OF daylight
in repairing fences. A heavy rain that
night broke up the drought and washed
away most traces of the battle at the
bridge, but when next morning Eben
and Cynthy and Susy, all happy now,
drove over il on their way to the cattle
show at last, they espied among soaked
bits of red petals and green leaves a
shining brass ball, from 'Babel's horn.
Eben gave it to his sister as memento
of her observation-disclosures D. Nichols, in
Youths Companion