The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1896-06-20

meat hound caught me by the ankle,
and his sharp teeth rasped my flesh
like a hack1e. jerked loose and tried
to kick him, the effort causing my
wheel to wabble frightfully. Before i
could recover balance a ~wretehed look
ing fist got in front, and my leader
knocked it down and run over it with.
disa StrOuS results to both man and
dog. 49, ~, - = ~ f'@~sss
It was the worst header in my ex-5
perience. L think fell thirty feet,
with the, wheel, of course, on top. In
q second or two the entire bowling
pack surrounded me like SO many Col
orado wolves, snarling and swapping.
scrambled up, and pulling small
revolver which I had taken the precau-
tion to put in my hip pocket, L began
peppering right and left. ~' ..-.r { 5s .
The. canine. mob quickly scampered
off, leaving one of their number, "a
mongrel cur, walloping around and
staining the clean dust with his pie.
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- / picked up my safety and grip, and
finding that the Wheel was all right q
was about to mount when began to-
realize that my right ankle-the one;
that was bitten-was painfully sprain-
ed. In the excitement had not no
ticed it before. While Twas rubbing
it four or five men and a dozen boys
gathered to the spot and regarded me
with silent and gaping curiosity. 81
Despite my many bruises was in a
mood to fight the whole village, dogs
and all. Strengthening up pointed to
the struggling cur and said: ~ y
eff any Of you chaps own that dog
Won a ro al hhortu to folro I;c r,r;oo ont
of my hide y ~ - s,e *7zsss =
They all looked at the cur and then
at one another, but not a. word was
spoken in reply to my challenge: Pres
emily two Of the men walked slowly
away, and most of the Youngsters fol
lowed their example. Those who re-
mained still gazed at me in a sort of
expressionless suspense, as if waiting
to be kicked or shot. :sss sfsssassaS :
I suddenly thought of Bessie Boole,
and forgetting my injuries, mounted
and moved off, carefully at first, being
admonished by the sharp pain in my
ankle. AS left the village heard
hoarse yell behind me, a species of
coon hunters clarion, quite familiar in
the wooded districts of Southern In
diana. 1t was a note Of defiance, al
though the fellow who uttered it prob
ably took immediate strides in the di-
rection of his back yard. }5si5 -
Finding my sprain growing easier I
took great squirt and passed another
ten miles in less than an hour without
noteworthy accident. But soon found
that my troubles were not over. The
roads up to this point had been re-,
markably good, and most Of the way
smooth and level. i now struck a roll
ing section, and the hills rose in con
tinuous undulations. The roads were
rocky and grooved with winding gull
lies, describing the wash-o,lts of form
er rains. My progress was very labor
ious, and so frequent were the checks
and hindrances that when the fourth
hour had gone i had not made a foot
over five miles. .2ss ..5 sys
III About this time, however, the coln-
try became leveler, and i had a run Of
i've or six miles that did not occupy
more than half an hour. At the end Of
this squirt the road suddenly forked,
and in the absence Of a sign-board /
was brought to an abrupt halt, not
having the slightest idea which prong
Of the fork led to my goal. 1..s.& s
/ looked about: The only farm
house in sight was a quarter Of a mile.
to- the left. across broken meadows
and a wind-swept corn field. / strain
ed my eyes up and down the three
highways, but not a human being wa s
to be seen. The two roads ahead.
which diverged at an angle Of about
= degrees, were equally Travelled. The
one to the right seemd to turn on a
couple Of miles away, while the other
was straight 50 far as I could see.
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