The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1895-01-13
FOR OUR
SMALL PEOPLE
5ust IN Time.

That Fred lived in Arizona was the
cause of all his mlsfortunes-at ieast, so
he thought. For If he had not lived In
Arizona he would not nave tried TO ride
a burro on that moonlight night, ard u
he had not tried to ride that burro De
would not have fallen off and broken nls
arm; and if he had not broken hts arm
ne would not have had to stay et nome
while the rest of the family drove down u
town twenty miles away.
So il happened that he wandered up to-
ward the mine with his arm In sing,
and a very disconsolate look on bis race
and q more disconsolate feeling IN ms
heart. To see Dick Waters playing on
the great dump" of the mine did not
maize matters any better, for Dick wa
ters was the fellow who had pushed MIN
off his burro. and then had laughed AZ
him for being d "tenderfoot, ana Ho1
able 10 stick on. For be 1t known 10
those who may not often see puifv,
that that placid. long-eared amman -
easy to ride, but easier still 10 iaii OH
sroy, esnecIally for one who Is not ac-
customed to its gait-and freu hau oeo'
i'm Arizona only six months.
.Better not come up here, Tenderfoot'
You might get q. fall" shouted DICK, ae-
,tsivelv from the top Of the dump.
"Don't worry YOURSELF L don pay
with hoodluns" answered Fred, win
dignity, although, a. ne coniideo 10 ms
motber afterwards, II he had not hau
his arm i'm Il sling, he would nave Bone
,ip and punched his head good tor MN
~ tell Won what. mother. l don't be-
ueva IN ever be- good" he said that
night. II kept thinking about loving my
enemies end returning good Tor eV1' an
heaping Goals of fire on ms nead-ah"
III NIL
lust didn't want to do IL bltrunIeSs
could have made the. CcaiS hVt e"''S
10 scorch him brown! %,
Dick SHE'D stone at him, but IL zen
short of it's mark, and did nothing more
mischievous than to startle tarantuia
that was taking a sun bath In the sand.
M course to a true blue" Arizona boy
n tarantula would be no curiosity, but
Fred STOPPED 10 look at the ugly BLACK
fellow. and found him so interesting tnat
he half forgot his own grievances. FOR
a tarantula has such &ise and wicked
look. as he lies with his eight long, furry
legs spread out like "A spider, that one
who has not seen tarantulas all ms NE
can hardly help stopping to look FRED
poked him a little with Suck, Dut ne
only drew back his black legs, ana look
ed warlike.
Fred was glad that his finger was not
I'm the place OF the stick. which was at
that minute getting bite that 10 him
would have proved serious, If not deadly.
The creatures body was about an men
and a half in length: black and furry; GER
tainly he did not look like a pleasant Zoe
to encounter bare-handed.
Il wonder where his hole Is" thought
Fred, beginning TO look about for the Ut
tie round opening in the ground, 10 which
the tarantula builds a perfectly fitting.
well-hineed door, that he can close and
securely fasten behind him as he enters.
Just as he stopped TO look. he heard a
curious runbling sound. He lifted his
head. Ii was the car, loaded with ore,
coming slowly down the track TO the end
of the dump. Coming alone, for its own
weight was sufficient to carry 1t down
the grade.
And Dick was still playing on the end
OF the track.
Fred felt very wicked. He stood stili
and watched the car as II came numbering
on. its iron wheels moving faster with
each. revolution.
ITS going to hit you a good crack"
he thought.
What II II should hit him too good a
crack? Why didn't he move? And then
all at once 1t flashed upon Fred that.
dea fened by the sound Of other machinery
near at hand. Dick did not hear the car.
did not know II was coming. There was
no use In calling. for the engine had
started up and no voice could be heard.
Quick as a thought. Fred's eyes meas
ured the dump. II was thirty feet high.
and he could not climb It In time. Stop
the car? All his strength would not do
that, even II he could reach 1t.
But up the sloping sue OF the ''old
dump" lay q rude ladder, and from IT,
top TO where Dick stood single track,
abandoned since the nrs. spauns0 ne