Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1895-01-05

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on which the track lay was lifted above
the low grounds, 50 that the view wa9
anobstructed to The river, the landing
and the hills beyond.
On the low grounds the corn stalks
stood in struggling rows, upright or IN
clinel at various angles according to the
winds good pleasure, and the burrows
sarcharged with oyerplus OF moisture.
showed long slushy puddle5 half hidden
half revealed by tangles OF cookie burrs'
S9anish needles and frostbitten pumpkin
and bean vines.
DR.. ROYAL looked about with dlssatls'
fed recognition in his glance. Six years
had made no appreciate change i'll the
aspect of Upper Virginia, he thought.
The soil was as good-wirnesS the crop
of weeds-the system Of cultivation as
Inadequate. and the general look OF
things as peacefully thrifCless rs ever
Had he been gifted with eyes IN the
back Of his head and Il focus through
the opposite window his opinion would
have been fully borne out by the dllapl-
UdllOl Oh lllG DlllNllliS5o l4CtNA IiiS ''''''--
the stretch Of broomsedge and sa5satras
covered land around, and the joyous inn
providence of couple of negro boys
who. with apples to sell and traintul
of possible customers at hand, suffered
themselves to be seduced into lnatten-
ton to business by dog fight.
Declared from this additional evil
dence. there was still enough within the
sick mans range of vision to produce 4
feeling of encouragement which, III Il
well man, fresh from different CON
ditions. might have developed into ex-
ASPIRATION.
Even the roads are as bad as ever,
he unused, CHANGING along the track
which led across the low grounds to the
broad opening on the willow fringed
bank of the river.
Ii m instant his attention was ar
rested by boat nearing the bank-a
long, unwieldy, flat bottomed affair,
presumably the ferryboat-guided and
propelled by u couple of negroes with
long poles In the end of the boat near,
est the shore sat a man on horseback.
His reins were gathered up, his body
bent slightly forward and his knees
clamped the sides OF his horse. Even
from distance there was an alertness.
an eager precipitation, pcrccptible i'll his
air and attitude.
That fellow wants to make the train,
quoth the passenger occupying the seat
Just behind DR.. Royal. He can t.
though-without wings. They must be
about through watering. Great Scott
what a jump! Standing jump, too.
I'll bet a hat that's fox hunter.
Hell get lett!'
ono. he WON'T"
Here he comes-pelting"
"There goes the engine-confound it,
These and other comments flew about
the car, and every neck was craned for 3
better view.
As the boat neared the bank the horse.
man had lifted his steed touched him
with the whip, and cleared the remain.
ing feet of water at a bound. The horse
staggered and slipped, his hind legs
splasning into the water. but recovered
himself with the vigOr and address of al
animal used to rough scrambling, and
laying back his ears and stretching his
limbs, raced forward toward the sta.
ton and the train. Excitement thrilled
through the car. All the windows on the
side next the river were open, and heads
were thrust out with the faces set in one
direction. Exclamations, conjectures
contradictions and offers Of bets passed
freely; the passengers on the eventless
side stood in the aisle and bent forward
striving to peer over the shoulders Oh
their more fortunate companions Fifty
yards thirty more effort
and he wonld make it! In their eager
ness the men hung far out of the win.
doWs and prepared to cheer.
The engine was getting up steam
vibrating and twitching; the conductor
unwilling Of the excitement, waved his
hand to the engineer; the cars were in
notion--he had been left behind! he had
missed it, after all!
By no means. There he stood on the
rear platform, swaying with the motion
of the train and gazing back to where
his horse stood, like IA statue, in the mid
die of the track. How had he managed
it? Everybody questioned everybody
else, and man who stood with his face
hattened against the glass of the enc
door supplied the information that it haG
been "a regular circus"
AS the train moved the horse had
bounded on the track close behind it
the rider had thrown himself from the
saddle, caught the handrail, and, with
aswerve and spring worthy of his quad
ruElanous ancestors, had landed himselt
on The step of the platform. 1t had beer
Il reckless thing to do, rash and fool
hardy; but the success of the feat an