The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1897-07-27

reared up Mt an angle OF 20 degrees
and then, coming down on his front
feet, at once threw UP his hind feet and
kicked vlCiously at the wagon. And
then as soon as his hind feet were down
again. he Immediately reared once more
and plunged forward desperately, and
pushed over against the other horse In
such determined way that that ami
nal, In common with the two forward
horses, at once became frightened and
demoralized and broke into run, de-
spite oil the efforts OF the driver and
myself 10 check them, The velocity
increased every second down that
steep and awful decllvity. We seemed
TO fairly hy over the road Our JOINT
weight on the lines did not seem to
count for feather
There was no prospect ahead OF us
but certain death. II seemed as II the
Veil between the present and the here
after had visibly opened and was await
ing us at tho cruve which we were ap-
preaching at railroad speed. Our CEN
trifigal tangent was at such fearful
momentum, directly over the ledge OF
the canon. and how we turned thaa
curve with the two inner wheels poised
In air, trembling In the balance, and the
two outer wheels already over the ledge,
is mystery which Major Alexander, OF
the United States army, who was on the
spot at the time, Gays deflcs all the laws
OF physics with which he Is acquainted.
1t is certainly an lncomprohenslble cir
cumstance TO those OF us who expected
TO be dashed to death at that point. All
that We knew az the time or know now
IL that we turned the curve and were
saved. No. not yet saved. That word
Is premature for the moment. Some
thing else equally important had to oc-
cur. There was a new peril Just ahead
OF US in the next bend OF the road. There
we saw, Just In the elbow or the bend,
Major Halford's carriage standing and
he hurrledly leaping from II and falling
to the ground. remember thinking
that we would pass over his body and
dash his carriage to pieces ana go our
selves knew not where. But &" Il ls the
unexpected thing that happens" 1t Ger.
tninly was the unexpected thing that
had just happened NJ the curve, and now
here II was to happen again ana save us
our forward horses suddenly recolled
Just ag they got right upon the majors
carriage, and took n sheer toward the
canon on the left, and they, pulling Ond
way and the wagon going on its new
tangent another way, seemed to Jerk
the Off wheel horse. the author OF all our
woe. clear off his feet, and he fell
Rprawiing right AZ the wheels OF MaiOr
Halford's carriage, ana our wagon
pitched Violently over on the mountain
sldc, burylng Your humble servant In It's
wreck, ana exposing him to the fallen
horses heels II really seemed as II fate
was Htill pursuing me, was pinlonod
down and al the mercy Of the hprgsg
stlll standing and ready 10 run, az well
az the horse that was struggling 10 Ert
up, wnH wondering when ana In what
direction would get my fnui papers, I
never before was quite 40 anxious IN
got out Of difficulty az I was to get
from under that wreck, Thanks to the
unrun-ovcr major and one or two M,
alstnnts tho wreck was soon lifted ana
was once more permitted TO stand on
my foot ana realize that ihr ylglDnl hA1
seen back NJ the crlive had for the Tina
pissed away. There stood the lady
from Pueblo unhurt, and there lay poor
jr Elliott in pool IT hidod tn the mud
ana rain, and against the mountain aide
was n Indy PROSTATE nnd bleeding from
the nose. Bui whore was the other lady
poor Miss shawn Alas, she had aeon
the great peril hncl nt The curve and
Ind sought to escape II. or TINT there
hnn be no reasonable doubt on lnnd,
m At Rca. II Is generally true that EEK.
ccpt yc abide In the Rhlp yo cannot be
Fnvcd" Hut no doubt Hho reasoned
that she could hat de u Hhe Jumped, ana
II was certain death tn remain aud ~
into the abyss The horror ~ the cunOn
took away nll her cdunnmlty nnd she
made The fearful experiment " tump'
Ink In an opposite direction from We
hlclc that wnH going forward With fear.
ful velocity which II 70 often fatal.
need not say that this unhappy 90