The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1896-06-14


Brssie's Diagrnm.
mood 20 fight the whole village. dogs
and all Strengthening up pointed 10
the struggling cur and said:
III any Of you chaps own that dog
you are al liberty 20 take his price out
OF my hide"
They all looked at the cur and then
az one another. bat not q word was
spoken In reply 10 my challenge Pres.
entity two Of the men walked slowly
away. and most 81 she youngsters fol
lowed their example. Those who re-.
manned still gaEcd al me IN a sort Of
exprosslonless suspense, ~ II waiting
10 h. kicked 0r shot.
suddenly thought Of Bessie Hoole,
and forgetting my Injuries, mounted
ard moved on. carefully ai FIRST. being
admonished by the sharp pain IN my
ankle A. ! left the village ! heard a
hoarse yell behind me. a species Of
coon hunters clarion. quite familiar IN
the wooded districts Of Southern In.
diaua. II was a note Of defiance. al.
though the fellow who uttered Il prob.
ably took immediate strides In the d.
rection q bis back yard
Finding my spraln growing easier I
took q great squirt aud passed another
ten miles IN less than an hour without
noteworthy accident, But soon found
that my troubles were not over. Tho
roads mp TO this point had been 10.
markably good. ard most u the way
fmcoth aud level. ! now struck a roll.
Ing section and the hills rose In con.
tinnous undulailons The roads werc
rocky aud groOved with winding gul.
lies. describing the wash-outs Of form
g. rains My progress was very labor
iors. and 20 frequent were the checks
and hlndiances that when the fourth
hour had gone ] had not made a foo
over i've miles
About this time. however. the coun
try became lcyeler and ! had n nun oI
Eve or six miles that did not occupl
moru than half an hour. At the end n
this squirt the road suddenly fofked
ard IN the absence Of a slgn-board
was brought 10 an abrupt halt. no
having the slightest Idea which prom.
of the fork led 10 my goal
| looked about. The only farm
horse IN sight was a quarter of n mil
to the left. across broken meadow
and a wind-swept corn field. ! strain
"a my eyes up aud down the thrc
highways. hut net human heinz wa
10 hg seen The two roads aheat
which dlvcrged az an angle Of al0u
y degrees, were equally travelled. Tn
one 10 the right scemd to turn OF
couple of miles away. while the othe
was straight 80 fRr as ! could 90
was Inclined 10 take the latter bu
as ! had no time 10 waste experiment
Ing. ! decidcd To 90 10 the farm-hous
and inquire which road led 10 Munge
small town Twenty-Five miles wei
of Feeder station. This had asCc
talncd by mtans u maps aud lnquirl,
when first contemplating the trip.
Leaving my wheel In fence cornc
half hidden by a clump ~ alder bush,
. | struck across the fields In a trot.
, found the farmer In his hanyard. M
after be had with difficulty Mhdued
pair pf savage bull dogs that want,
TO vat me without seasoning. ! rlict,
the Information that tho road to Il
right led ~ Munger, Thanking biz
J hurried back IN great sweat, war
cd 10y my chpnometer that ! had 10
just twenty minutes, which mig
change my destiny
Arriving at the forks was hori
fed 10 ilnd that my wheel was gon,
Casting hasiy look around ! saw
fellow mounted on Il aud riding (
dear life. ahout two hundred yards
the westward, Without waiting
swear accurately and smoothly.
snatched my revolver from my peck
aud rushed madly after the thi,
shouting an agglomerailon ~ threa
enircatieS. broken lmprccatlons M
abbreviated prayers. I hrcd a shot
intervals. when | could do 80 witho
perforatlng NY legs. The fellow "a
a nervous look behind. lost his gravlt
aud minute later took an awful hes
or Gathering himself up he aha
doned the wheel. scaled the fence a
quickly disappeared In the adjoini
woods
Arriving 81 the spot where he {,
I found the faithful safety sim un
iurcd. aud was sOon on my way
Munger The mad was level aud
made the run la twenty-five mlnut
I found Munger guod-sized TOW
and got through Il without any notal
=, adventure Just before leaving Il
stopped at restaurant and took
IA hasly lunch. Including a goblet of IN
Al Scotch Feeling quite refreshed
N sumcd the mad with rcjuvenai
/ hopes.
/. Il was now 10 o'clock. aud I M
~ over twenty miles away" The col
N Try was maryolously level. aud
nj ruads excellent. ] spuried the nrst
miles IN about thirty minutes, hu
\. began 20 feel alarm NJ the aspect Of
!, heavens. Heavy clouds were gath
In Ing aud storm was threatening.
M quarter OF an hour the big dr
Il. began TO fall. and presently the =