The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-01-18

and as she redo slowly By the spo
where I stood could not suppress tht
words Of encouragement that sprang K
nay lips;
I "'Do not be frightened said. You
/ will defeat bi-n-I know you wiz
! Thank you she replied with {
emile that ccusod my susceptible young
| heart to throb with pleasure. L hope
may. / viii 90 my best
They were called 70 the scratch tc
receive their Instructions from the
Judges. The distaace to be ridden was
one Eliie, running start, and IN mo-
ment they were off.
That great crowd leaned forward
with breoshless interest as they sped
away, their wheels closely abreast, and
the interest deepencd as they COM
pleted the first round and passed the
stand to enter upon the second hall
mile without either having gained any
perceptible advantage. As the quarter
pole was passed It was noticed that the
cowboy drew q trife ahead, and the
skout5 of his hackers and rough COM
panions were of the most encouraging
nature. l was too far distant to be
abe to see the young girls face, bat 1
instinctively felt that it must wear a
look Of pain and modification and thnt
her heart must have throbbed pain
fully over what seemed certain defeat
Under the wire they flew, and tho
cheers were deafening as the cowboy
passed the line fully fifteen feet in ad-
vance Of his fair competitor. Had I
possessed sufficient muscular power
felt that I would have experienced sin
cero pleasure in springing over the
railing and administering good
thrashing to the burly braggart when
heard him mockingly say to her, as
they came to stop and dismounted:
"'Go home and wash your mamny's
dishes. You can't ride little bit
MY blood was fred at the haunting
remark, and holly exclaimed:
"'She is far better rider than you,
and nothing but your brute strength
defeated her. I believe she could beat
you il given another trial
The food of thanks the girls eyes
poured upon me warmed my heart to
the core. The bully looked at ne dis
painfully a moment and speeringly
said:
boys. git onto the white-choieered
tenderfoot. Cit onto the silk-harnessed
Iadies' man. Ell you think the gal kin
put it onto me in another race, nebbe-
you've got some spar dust thatll prop
up yer Cpinjon?'
d" Yes I have angrily answered,
Plenty Of it, If the young woman will.
run again
"'About how much do yeu hold yer
opinion ot9" he asked.
"An yourself and your friends want
to throw in sight I replied.
cat this large, red-faced man, ap-
parently under the infusnce of hquor,
whom ! afterwards learned was the
owner Of the great herd Of cattle over
which the braggart presided as fore
man, stepped UP and said:
IF you want 10 cinch the tender
foot fur bot Dick, I'll let you have a
thousand
Il WIS mad, boys and wouldn't have
weakened then If my life was to be the
forfeit of my obstinacy. Addressing
the young woman l asked;
"'Wnl You ride another mile against
him at five o'clock this sfternoonP
After a moments hesitation she re-
pl;cd:
Indeed, viii, and l know viii
defeat him. felt before that every
one in the crowd was against me- and L
was nervous and very much frightened,
bat your words kavs encouraged me
and | feel that l can now ride much
better
Meet me at the Pacific hotel IN en-
hour and VIII cover your one thou
sand dollars / said to the cattle-oTTner
and his foreman.
Il FASTENED to the town and, boys,
! did something that 1 would have
scorncd 10 do had not my anger and
been aroused to desper-
ate point. l had jewelry samples with
me valued at several thousand dollars,
Cud calling g wagon l went to the
hotel loaded my sample cases, and
hauled them to the Leading ieweler OF
the town, who was good customer of
mine. l explained TO him that / need
ed loan of one thousand dollars for
few hours only, and offered to pledge
my samples for that sum. He well
knew the value Of the stuff l carried,
and after but a moments hesitation
wrote me q check for the desired
amount Securing the money ct the
bank, it was soon IN a chosen stake
holders hands with the one Thousand
dollars from the other side.
The news Of the additional race and
the heavy stakes ventured on it spread
like wildire, and the jam on the fair
grounds at the appointed hour was ter
rible. l secured brief interview with
the young woman and found her eyes
ahght with hope, and. after warmly
thanking me for the interest / mani
tested in her success. she strongly reit-
Grated the belief that she would win
the race. There IS a little cuss called
Cupid who goes about dressed in pair
of wings and 4 bow and arrow. and |
tell you, boys, he was getting in his
delicate work on me in great shape as
l stood looking ON the animated face Of
that handsome girl and listened to her
voice as she thanked me mod
estly bot earnestly for my services in
assisting her 20 lower the pride Of that
taunting brute and wiping from her
own escutcheon the stigma Of defeat.
II papa were hero he would back
ne with all he possesses under the
she said. but he was
detained st the ranch five miles out
Should I be the cause OF you losing
your money he viii certainly make it
up to Won, aud with an arch smile) the
knowledge Of that fact alone permitted