The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1898-08-10


me! Oo-oo-oo-ee- e-ee-ee-wow!'
'sStop it, Emma. You're not
within mile of the horse. Great
snakes! she's barked another tree?'
(There is heard the diminishing rattle
of wheel sliding down from the
curb. mingled with faint pipings of
terror.)
SDid I run into him, Charley?'
s'If the tree is masculine growth,
you certainly did.
ssI don't know what you mean.
What became Of the horse? must
have hit him awfully hard. Is he
dead p
'sNot unless he succumbed to heart
disease. Last 1 saw of him he was
breaking record around the corner
there. That siren whistle of yours
finished him. Had enough Of it for
tonight, DO you think
''If you're tired of my clumsiness
you can go in the house. I shall stay
here until I have mastered this ma
chine. My mind is made up.
"That's more than your hair is.
It's hanging seventeen ways for Sun
day. AS model for young person
escaped from the embraces Of a cyclone
you'd draw a big salary
sAny mention of embraces doesn' t
come from you with very good grace,
considering that you haven't been
near enough to hold me up put once. .
"Oh, well; if I'd understood in the
first place that this bicycle business
was only a means to an end, of
course"
"I'll never let you give me another
lesson as long as I live! I'll go to
bicycle academy and learn.
'Tell me which one and I'll send
around word to pad the walls in ad-
vance. ca pause.) Why, Emma,
you're not really getting angry, are
you, I beg? Come, and we'll have
another try. Up you go! Now shall ]
hold on to you?''
ssNo; you shan't! l don't want you
to touch me. Let me go alone.
"Of course, if you prefer it. There
are plenty of trees to keep you COM
pany, and you seem to have predi-
lection for that kind Of companions
ship"
"Whatever makes you so perfectly
contemplate? You talk to me as
if I were your sister. Oh (Whack-
bangD
aHello! Of again? Hurt you?"
"Yes, it did, and I'm glad Of it.
No; go away. won't let you help
me mount. I can do it myself. "
(Rattle, crash, thump.)
GAS tender-hearted man who
can t endure to see dumb wheel mis-
used 1 feel bound to interfere. Come
Emma, I'm sorry I jollied you, but !
thought you didn't mind that sort of
thing
ri don't except when I'm trying
to ride wheel. Anything CRATES on
my nerves then. Now, put me on,
please
clean over to the other side.
Hard Look out! Damp p
"Charley!' with deep reproach.)
''Beg pardon; but you cant expect
a man to lose the better part Of one
shin without some mild observations .
ooh, I'm so sorry! Did it hurt
you awfully?"
'sNot case for the ambulance.
That Internal pedal caught me with
all your weight on it. Try it again.
now." CA considerable pause.)
"Oh-h-h-h-h! What shall I do
Here comes another bicycle. Take
me off, Charley"
"There isn't anything coming. &c
ahead"
eyes, there is, I see the light. ]
shall run into it; I know ! shall il
you don't get me off. Charley, where
are you?"
Call right. I'm coming. Heavens
and earth 4. Don't swoop that way
Look out! Turn to your right.
(Thumpety-thump, bang, rattle, crash,
"Oh, dear. Is that you l ran into
Charley? How did I do it?''
"Unusual ingenuity in the murder
Gus management of wheel. Will
you kindly explain what it was you
were lodging when you turned on
your own axis and made wreck Of
me and my trousers? may possibly
be of some use again, but they never
will. Did you see ghost?'
1t was a wheel. Didn't you see
it? The light was wabbling all ovel