Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1896-02-26
AWTEORNE, ESMERALDA COUNTY, NEVADA, FEBRUARY

moment, drew his mouth round under
his car, elevated both eyebrows and
said i'll a confiding, infantile voice:
"What1l you give ter know?"
Advantageous terms being made, the
boy puckered his mouth for whistle,
thought better of it and gave the fol-
lowing Saturday as his sisters birth
day
IAN if yer want to make yerself
solid-see. just send her real sumner
Of q bike
"Whatl A bicycle? Does she rider"
How kin she? reckon she kin learn,
mister Yer Just send that blke-there
Amt nothin Nell wants wuss nor that. "
With this advice and being sworn to
secrecy, the small terror bowled himself
off.
1t gave Milo Warren something to do
to purchase that bicycle and have it de-
livered to Miss Nellie ON her birthday
in an anonymous manner. He expected
it back every hour for about week,
but it did not come, and he felt safe.
The small brother had not betrayed him
after ALL
But after little he began to wish he
had, for Miss Nellie had evidently
mounted that bicycle and ridden out of
his life. He called, but she was out ON
her bicycle, no matter what the hour
was, noon or night, and he got himself
run over ON the street and knocked
down daily by dashing out from side
walk corners to see who the rider was
and getting hurt for his pains. When he
could stand it no longer. he came to a
sudden resolve-he would buy bicycle
for himself and perhaps be able to find
Nellie.
And now began an exciting chase
for life and liberty, for at one moment
tho amateur bicyclist was under the feet
of trampling horse, the next he was
running over wrathy pedestrian, and
he usually ended his experiences by
picking up his frisky steed and carrying
it to the shop for repairs
And ali this time he never caught c
glimpse of Nellie, but he was inclined
to think he OWNED the cause. Judging
from his own experience in learning to
ride bicycle, Nellie might be exercis-
ing her own fractions acquisition ON
some remote roadway outside the city
limits--or, dreadful thought, might
even be laid mp herself for repairs. He
called on the bookkeeper brother, but
found him busy and noncommittal.
So he waited and tried to possess his
soul with patience and learn to ride a
bicycle without the zigzag motion that
had endangered the lives of the popu-
lace and nearly caused his arrest by the
police.
Then he mado the discovery that if
he gave his wheel its head it would
behave much better than when he
guided it carefully, to the end that it
traversed both sides of the street at
once. After acting like thing pos
sessed it learned to behave, and he
found himself skimming along like a
bird on the wing, with an exultant
sense of freedom and delight, and he
longed to see Nellie and tell her what
he had been trying to say for months
that he loved her
And at that moment there whizzed
past him vision in bloomers, one of
those dreadful new women of whom he
had heard and now was to see He
almost felt that it was disloyalty to gen.
tie little Nellie to even look at such an
apparition, but somehow she looked SO
quaint in her saucy jacket and baggy
trousers, her neatly gathered feet were
SO pert and independent, that Milo
looked and looked again. Then he gave
great whoop and took after the flying
wheel like streak of lightning.
His confidence stood him instead of
skill He went spinning along in fine
style until he reached a parallel with
the girl in bloomers, then he leaned
over to speak to her, toppled and fell in
heap but not before he had gasped,
"Nellie"
That young lady skillfully eluded the
wreck, made fancy run and turn, and
as Milo gathered himself up, said pleas
antly:
"Why, Mr.. Warren, didn't know
that you rode wheel"
81 DON'T" said the young man rue
fully, feeling of his elbow to determine
whether it was dislocated or merely
abraded, "but you, Miss Nellie, are
quite an expert.
Miss Nellie murmured something
about the wheel being present from
her brother, and that she had not cared
to ride, but did just to please him.
"But you ought to see my little broth
er ride," she said. with enthusiasm.
"He rides the wheel when I am not
using it, and he makes it spin. Why, he
rides standing up, and I'm afraid some-
thing will happen to him."
Milo was walking along, leading his
wheel, as IL he preferred that way. anG
Miss Nellie gave him several exhibit
tions Of her skill, and each moment
made q stronger and more lasting i'm
preston on the poor fellows heart But
even bicycle courtship comes to an end,
and they were at Nellie's home. and he
must leave her, unless-he asked for
glass of water, and before it was brought
he sat down with the wheel on the side
walk. 1t was sudden and most effect