Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1895-05-09

speeding on their way. They jou
neyed by rail at first. and passed Il
night at country hotel, and in tt
morning continued their journey in tt
carriage to Crane Pond, as it is callea
Whereabouts. is a little obscure towr
away up among the hills of Missouri
1t is simply narrow valley shut in o
either side by a row OF mountains, an
in summer time many travellers tarr
there to wonder at the picturesqu
beauty of the spot. 1t would be in
possible to describe the surprise O
Aunt Martha and Uncle Ruben, as III
carriage drove up to their door, tina
hot July day. and deposited the tw
young ladies from the city. my Ian,
| sakes!" exclaimed Aunt Martha, hasti
| ly throwing her apron over her head
| and running out to receive them, g.
| suppose. | know who you are D,
come right in the back way" Grace
and Alice begged her pardon for tn.
liberty they had taken for coming un
announced. s.You are welcome any
way" said good Aunt Martha busting
about, ..but I'm sorry hain't got thing.
little more in order. But never
mind that; only dew tell if yer par ani
mar is dead. and you're left orphins
or what? Bless yer hearts, your vel
come anyways, as I said afore;" and
she wiped her eyes, and in her excite.
ment put their bonnets in the pantry,
and sat down on the cat.
The girls explained that all was well
with the family at home. and that they
had only come to make her little Wis.,
it.
After they had been there about two
days, Alice became anxious to get out
and romp about the farm. So. one day,
when the farm horses were not needed,
she asked Jack. the farm boy, to sad
die her pony that she might take a
ride over the beautiful mountains and
view the scenery about her. Grace
would not go. as she was afraid of
horses; so Alice sauntered OFF alone
down the lane. About mile and a
half from the farm she came to large
log lying aross the road. She could
easily have avoided it, but Alice always
took everything in her way. SO she de-
termined to take the log at a flying
leap. and put the clumsy pony at it.
Rather more sensible than his rider,
the animal stood stock still. She rode
off short distance, and then came up
again at gallop. Postum came to
such a sudden stop before the log,
that Alice was pitched over his head
into thlcket of blackberry bushes.
For the moment she forgot to be the
har cho cho
became very much frightened Alice.
She screamed for help, and, as if in
answer to her summons, a young man
stepped from the bushes near her.
She saw that he was not a tramp, but
well dressed and pale, with a very
black mustache. He fastened to her
assistance so fast that he lost his hat
what a charming adventures"
thought Alice, and here was the Prince
at the very nick of time.
Il saw your horse throw you! are
you much hurt? Where has the ami
NAL gone to-" were his rapid questions.
And he looked anxiously about him.
live sprained my ankle, think" says
Alice. feeling faint and bruised; IF
you will, please help me out of these
bushes" He assisted rather impati-
emily. and repeated his question.
(Which way did your horse go? Oh,
there he isl" as his eyes fell on the an
imal, short distance off. .sYou can't
ride, Miss, but I'll take your horse and
bring you help in a minute .'Oh,
you are so kind!" she SAID. blushing.
Take the right hand road, and that
will bring you to uncle's farm" While
she was speaking. the young man had
mounted Postum. the pony, and start
ed off at a gallop.
'.How anxious he is to bring me help"
she said, .'but oh. he has taken the
wrong road: But he'll be sure to see
the house when he gets to the top of
the hill. Well, if here isn't uncle COM
ing now; he surely must have met him
on the road"
What are you doing, Alice, sitting
there in the road?" cried Uncle Reuben,
s.Whar's Possum?"
"Possum threw me, uncle and oh,
my ankle does hurt so bad; believe it
is broken" Her uncle jumped down
from his nag and examined her ankle.
- ohiS oAdOos ou6 WIZ WOuiO
have thought old Postum could throw
Where is the rascal?"
"Why. didn't you meet handsome
young man." she said. blushing; she
was pale, and had such black mus
ZACH. He started after you On Postum,
out l suppose he took the wrong road.
There was trampling of horses be-
hind them, and two men rode up. One |
Of them was an acquaintance of my
,ncle. Hello. Gray, is that you?
What's the matter?"
"Oh, not much; my niece here was
thrown by the pony, and her ankles |
aurt little" Il
That's bad. Have you happened to |
Zee chap pass by here, tall and pale
aced. with black mustache, John |
lyons. the horse thief? We had him !
n Jail last night. but he got out some |
way, and we have traced him this far"
Alice had always wanted a romance |
n her life such as she had read in now
lis, but she was now shocked beyond |
She recovered from /
Ter sprained ankle in few days. and |
to her home in the city.