Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1893-08-01
GOODNESS IN FACE OF DANGER.
How Kentucky Girl Behaved With
Runaway Horse.
From the Kansas CITY Times.

From the Kansas City Times
The accounts of the duel fought on Gus
Macey's stock farm at Versailles. KY, be-
tween swift Hunter and VIII Davis reminds
me OF an experience 1 once had with
member Of the formers family" said a gen.
tleman who recently hailed from the blue
grass region. The Hunters are clear
straw, game as pebbles, and the nerve is
not monopolized by the men, either
Back some ten or twelve years ago there
was a Miss Daisy Hunter, a sister of
Swift's-she is married now and lives in
New York. She was little bit of a thing.
golden-haired and delicate. There was GER
tatnly nothing masculine about her: In
pect to scream or faint in the face Of den-
ger. Well. one evening i called for her TO
take horseback ride. She owned as pretty
high-spirited and nervous. / rode an animal
times a week
This was one of his days
We were riding quietly along the turn
PIKE near the Kentucky river, when sud-
oenly the brute bestrode saw or imagined
ne, ne saw: something terrifying at one side of
straight into the air and then darted away
like lightning. Like lightning Miss Hun
sirnn,n morse e came s after him 1t was 20 him
mad badly frightened / did not mind this
greatly. for / felt secure of my own seat
49, 49, iioiy fhe roao grew rough ana danger
GUS, and l feared that my companions
morse might fall with her. / tugeed and
sawed on that brute until the blood ran
from his mouth. IL was of no avail and i
trleo TO sooth him. But I'm my excitement
my Whoa, boy! whoa, boyr was loud
enough to be heard a block away. 1 did
not notice that my companions horse was
then growing frightened, but she did and
turning her head while We were racing side
by side she coolly said: Mr.. Blank, please 90
not speak 50 loudly to your horse; you'll
scare mine
Il never felt quite SO cheap in all my life.
but i said nothing and sawed away In
shame-faced silence. Suddenly a new dam
ger confronted us. Just ahead was a toll
gate. The pole was raised. but directly
across the narrow passageway IL left sat
young lady-an acquain tance-upon a
horse who listened to the Gathering hoofs
of our horses and watched our approach
nervously: ! called to the young lady to
bewildered. The next instant Miss Hunter
passed between the head of the standing
horse and the post, and 1, attempting to
take the other side. collided with him.
THE shock was great enough TO throw
me up into the air and to nurl the young
lady rider to the ground. i turned in the
saddle and saw her lying white and notion
less. Looking forward again ] was Mortified
to see Miss Hunters horse bolt through an
open gate and dash up into thickly wood
strength then. for 1 pulled up the horse
had been using my best endeavors on with
In fifty yards. Turning him about i gal
loped back to where the young lady lay on
the pike She was not much hurt. and I
then started on to find Miss Huntr. A
short distance within the pastureI saw her
leaning against her horse, one arm GROUND
his neck, laughingly reproaching him for
running away with her. She was the cool
est little woman / ever saw And she
a