The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1897-06-24
A WOMAN INTHE SADDLE

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y q Il 10 AasitaliG 10 The early "Itis
sad tsri lIncs iof imptcauiou' youogs
sobs iits u.rtslt. shipped ~ "ith n'iIh'
t.Is, cfsn p0r coumtrcisI koosl'ds'
+ I thtut So, torn ~ub deep roots
aversion 10 suyttiaI that rsssm tie
wrrk. bsl he.lth .ad s'rsusta snd
lgbt heart sod rutbed slong iof yssf'
bat ueref did myteli spy coed, until %
+ Ar / took = gih 10 wooden churol
ard EARNED ber Shs Is ny ~its today
tLaut God 90 that suspicious mornio,
+ touched the very mint itself ! Va
poorer thea psupsr, for bad uolhing
neither had she or ber father -thoush b.
+ put o - al the si1e OF = milioB,irs dove
IIog hls daughter sad son 10 lsw ~iIh
! tor,uue
/ jim Lyman. be sid you've msrtisl
untold wealth today you've got my Ca
rie away from me, the smsrt.st sirl Of NJ
bubch. sue's worth hsr weight 10 golt
ingots. shsIl pull you through; sbs1
make man Of you, shs will
He Was right Carries father was right
Ste wasn't 20, but she bad the bead ioi
business Of q Chsnoelor Of the EIchsqusi
and a petseversncs snd seli.c0nhdenot
that wtre lnst amazing, 10 lees than hi
time ws bad 3 place that developed into .
general store good trade aud money in
hand could lpan sgsinst the door post,
smoke cigar snd feel big, while Carrie
01sssd the lot We we're up Doctor s
Creek. | left the digging severely alone,
Dreierrng to rely Oh Csrris. who sold yel
ov shirts at a startling profit. There
uover was such an ambitious girl SIS Carrie.
She was Australian born; and it made ms
laugh to hear the way she talked about
the visit We were to pay to Europe and
what a lash We would cut 10 London
when We had secured our pile,
Ooe day roguish sot OF old fellow
turned up at our saloon sskine for scoOmo
dttion. He bad with him thoroughbred
chestnut horse, hoode and muzzed aud .
ragged black boy as q groom and Jockey.
The horse WAS IS Zoe type OF the highest
class racer as ever stepped on Newmarket
Heath aud bow old Charlie Cover got bold
OF him is mystery to this day, Nightiar
that was his name - WAS the most savage
brute ever saw or hssrd OF. He would
strike with his iotslegs, like pugilist
aud be could manipulate his heels With
such precision that he was credited With
the feat OF kicking the eye offs gnat. He
would rush at any stranger open mouthed
like a Wild beast be was dangerous man
eater and Cover owned to his having
killed st least two men. Y0n can imsgne
40 one cared to so near him, let alone
attempt to mount him. With the lad only
he was as quiet asa sheep and as playful
as kitten. Il would snuff in the boys
wooly hair, rub his nose up snd down his
back and pur like cat. Martin Thomas
was NightIar's one absolute and only mas
ter and a clever, painst.kIng rider at eight
stone.
Covers idea in visiting Doctors Greek
was to utilize our spacious turf fats as q
training ground, with q view to csptur
ing the Tookooboola Cup-two miles,
value e. 900, the greatest racing event in
our district
Nishtir was in at s stone 9 pounds
and he became the idol OF Doctors Creek
We had some bits OF blood among us that
that hbd the gift OF going, and they were
Jumped In one after the other, TO per
suads the mighty NightiT to galIop bis
best over our two miles. With Martin
Thomas in tn . saddle be was docile and
,lwGys did bis best, bat would allow no
other man or woman to touch him 81 the
peril Of their lives. Carrie, OF course,
managed everything, The boys got up a
huge sweep, ftst prize fl 900 aud it did
aot surprise me il the least that Carrie
drew Nighulr
As the eyenttul day approached, the
perturbation became painful IN its intensi
Iy and the dwellers on Doctors Creek de
,lded to suspend their operations entire
y over the race week. 1t WAS four days
ourney 10 Tookoobools Every bale and
hearty man iurued ont
Oar own persousl venture was desper
ate one. We stood to win 81 900 10 bet
ing and another El, 900 on the sweep. !
lad Gl20 IN my pocket, representing all
Jur ready money - behind us Was the store
.ud the stock, balanced against liabilities
o the merchants
What suileless children OF the desert
we wsrol No to0ner bad our party 81
rived al the seat Of action, than some OF
sur boys began blutfing about the bars,
Doatting that Doctl rs Creek bad the sin
Der up its sleeve. There we're many
statue racing men about, interested IN one
1r other OF the twenty eight probable
starters. They nust have carefully sscer
..ined that Nightiar ". = one boy horse
,nd that by sItinguishing Martin Thomas
hey also eItiuguIshed sby danger thres,
snei by his mouGt
1t was ouly two hours before the sce
that Martin Thomas developed slsruiug
OF collie or lead poisoning. To
,ur aaollz.d luqgitiss OF the indispensi
Bile j4eley. us learned that be had been
prevailed upon to take 'Only one little
, laas Of Champagne wilt som, swell gtnts
~ the tosa.'
TIE boy grew rapiiiy worse sad wa
aid Oh = bed 10 ast.te OF telples col
,pss Gov,r sud ourselves occupied oue
.I.otY - i ktgtt..r In 4 shed Al the