The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1895-07-12

schoolmaster could not drive, and also
that he had lost his head
Give me the lines" she said, "give
them to IFHe,p speaking quietly, and with
qespetatf hbRe that she epulI do some
thing If she got them But the, school
, %st's #o GfT RPt 6} tss ely m as}tGf
give the reiiis over to i Wondli. j. +
A hill Wds sl6pihg .steeply down In
front of them; they, Mould certainly be
sturay fgaFs. a. $5ans mal &ith h tft gun y
on his shoulder ,apReared through the
woods. He saw, he DROPPED his gHil and
S r. }nt$$ IT, toRd uS At 4 pSt where here
$ Ssaf e 1s TT ss Ns sSo%1 Il onto
side.
Emmy saw instantly this one chance
tor them, and she caught at the rein that
miHht swing the; 1tfani t3 the; left. She
pulled with at her might. The school,
Sa isf t ifSto ta b t S Naf this fss s
was ACCOMPLISHED, the horses were found
etihg with, diminishing energy iii the
roah and Nick Dultoif was ut their heads
soothing THEM.
MEX knew horses lis il he had invented
them. He soon brought them back into
the road, ,duiyeriNg bill, .aHiet.
though lie was murmurng to himself. He
knew that, it was ali old lover of Emmy
they owed their rescue. He was as
white as a; sheet and plainly not fit for
the home. drive.
TIE situati&n was. fwkMafd. Emmy
sat lo6kihs hard at Nick as if to- draw his
eyes to Her own; and she did it; he turned
safeu an instant With his dark; bright eyes
full On her face; he Wds standing now on
Is few steps from her; those eyes spoke;
they were deep with feeling: it wis the
first time the two had met siiicc their
quarrel.
En1iny waited for np more than that
seemed to be iieant for him alone, as if
poor Howe Was hitfd Of HEARING, II can't
ride home like this; let lie walk with
yon.'
There was ain appealing power iii the
tone that was new to Emmt. Nick Dali
ton certainly was a terribly ili1pulsive
believe his ears, and .theh-then II great
radiance broke upon his face, as if the
sun had just sllOne on it.
Take the lines. Emmy" he called i'll
such Il tone of joyous comm,,nd that not
only did Emmy illstinctively obey him,
but the schOomaster as illstinctively re-
lnqushed the reills. Nick sprang to the
'''> y" WV "u.SS " ny! Ao sut anu Nlu
a most unjusttiab.e thing. With an as,
poet as friendly as possible he simply
caught that schoolmaster under the knees
and around the neck, lifted him out of the
buggy and dropped him gently in the
mud before he knew what was happening
to him: then he jumped into the vacant
seat and the trap went whirling down the
road
20, Nick, you are awful" said Emmy,
when he turned and kissed her, keeping
both hands and one eye OH the businery,
of driving ut the same time
"Wrll, now, you know you told me
with yonr eyes before l did Il thing, that
you had had enough of refinement.
"1ou begged me with those eyes of
yours to do something, didn't you, darling?
And did not seq what else to do. Kiss
ne again just to show me that it's all
right between us, and we can do the
whole explanation act when | get down
from behind these blamed, blessed horses.
bless EN-: don't you: Tell me you do"
"Well Nick, I've had some time to
think it over, and though l do hope you'll
reform and behave yourself sometime, I've
made up my mind that can be refined
for two if [ have to. I've had enough
this trip of trying to be man for two"
Don't say anything more now," said
Nick in repressed tones, cor I'll lose my
head and forget these horses myself"