The San Francisco call., 1898-03-06

her d lOIlDOy- CllO NONNANA AAN0 - A horse bareback. or climb a tree
 as well as the most daring boy. Her first venture in riding on horse hack came about in the funniest way. The experience would have been dis couraging to a less courageous glrl, but it had no such effect on Polly. She was passing through a lane and espled a horse, as it stood quietly dozlng' close beside the fence.
 Without moment of hesitation she climbed up and dropped down astride its back.
 The horse, unaccustomed to so start ling an introduction. threw back its ears and leaped the fence. leaving Polly lying flat upon the ground.
 Her arm was broken, and she was kept in bed for weeks, but this never daunted Polly.
 A spice of danger seemed a necessity to her enjoyment.
 Near the little town in which she lived was long, high trestle, spanning the river, many feet below It was built for the passage of railroad trains, but Polly found no flowers half so sweet as those which grew over at the other end.
 She not only crossed the dizzy ties herself, but went back and forth, lead ing her trembling schoolmates, step by step, until the last one was safely over. MSoullllS 4OIlIlly 11CdQWCAi, NllO never did like to see girls have any fun, told her parents, and then that delightful amusement was ended.
 There was a patch of berry bushes away off in the tangled wood. No way to reach 1t, save over a brook whose waters were both deep and rapid.
 "Oh, come on girls" she urged. There's not one bit of danger"
 You go first, then," suggested her companions.
 T will" said Polly, so she undressed her feet and waded in.
 She reached the opposite shore and called for them to follow, but they hesitated still
 What silly girls, to be afraid" said Polly. T can carry every one of you over on my back"
 "Ha, ha, what fun! Try it." they cried.
 With a girl perched upon her shoul- ders she had nearly reached the op- posite bank, but they were so full of laughter that she ripped and fell and both went spraWling into the water It was a wonder they were not drowned, and, then, such a pair of flights as went hurrying through the streets
 The boys laughed at them, and their mothers scolded, but what did Polly care for that?
 
 ton with crowd Of girls upon the street
 Look out for some new mischief, 9 remarked one neighbor to another. Both ran to the door "Rebecka and Matilda Jenkins, come into the house this minute, and don't let me see you on the street again to-dayi" cried one. Mary Jane and Hannah Keeler, you come in likowise," called the other When these mothers looked into their daughters rooms that night they found no daughters there.
 Investigation disclosed the fact that fin the town dozen beds were empty About half mile out of town, cir cling round one side of 8 high hill, ran a small branch of the river. There were wide, sandy shores and shallow waters on either side, but the center was dan- gerously deep.
 It was a warm night and the katy aids were saving out their rasping music in the woods. Romping in the sand and splashing in the water, theil merry voices drowning the katydids song, were the missing culprits. Polly was in her element, Come on," she said; Just one at time, and I'll teacI you how to swim"
 "Psnaw! I don't suppose you know how yourself" answered one
 You don't?" said Polly. "WeI, you shall see!'
 "Oh: Polly! Pollyi Come back. YouI