The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1899-1900, 1899-06-14

neck. When l had recovered con
sciousness the man was seated befor,
me reading a newspaper as calmly al
you please, and when | asked what the
doctor had said about my case he or
dered me off to bed and added that he
had 20 years job on his hands.
crept off to bed, and it didn't seem as
if five minutes had passed when
opened my eyes to find the gray OF
dawn stealing into the room. The
gray of dawn and Mr.. Muldoon were
there together, and Mr.. Muldoon bru'
tally demanded to know why ! hadn't
turned out half an hour before. We
had some conversation in the English
language, and he got the best of it. In
order to convince me of the fact he
hustled me into room constructed for
a bathroom and a morgue combined
The ice water showered upon me
stabbed me TO the heart a hundred
times over, but my loud calls for help
brought no one, and Mr.. Muldoon al
most had smile on his face as | sunk
down in a dying condition and won
dered if there would be a good turn
out of Knights Templar to the funeral.
l wanted frogs legs on toast for
breakfast. l had given my order, and
was about TO add to it when Mr.. Null
doom appeared with beefsteak and po-
tatoes and eggs and set them before
Inc with warning look. The advan-
tage seemed to be with him, and / con-
cluded to live on for few hours
longer. While finishing the meal l de-
cided to pass the forenoon with the
daily papers and hammock and a
cigar-two or three cigars. | had gone
out to enter upon my pleasant enter
prise when Mr.. Muldoon followed after
to observe that the horses would be
around in minute and we would take
a jog. | started out to inform him that
| hadn't backed a horse for 20 years,
and that it was necessary for me to
keep posted on political affairs, but he
stopped me with wave of his hand
and muttered something in the Latin
tongue, with which | am unfamiliar.
We did not start right off for Den
yer as soon as | was in the saddle. On
the contrary, Mr.. Muldoon had to pull
and haul on me, and order me to sit
this and that way until much valuable
time had been consumed and the tail
of the horse seemed to have got where
his nose ought to be. / demurred and
protested and remarked and observed,
but | was simply treated as cipher.
When we finally got started the gait
was 40 miles an hour, and we hadn't
gone 40 feet before lost the stirrups
and was clinging to the pommel. Mr..
Muldoon didn't even look back to see
whether | was coming or not. He had
set the pace and was headed for the
Rocky mountains, and if | fell off that
was my lookout. He must have heard
me when cried out in fear and pain
when l yelled ''fire!" and "police!" at
the top of my voice-when offered him
Sl,000,000 in cash to head for soft
spot on which l could tumble, but he
never drew rein.
l have no idea how many thousand
miles we covered, but when we re-
turned to the house / was lying on the
saddle with my arms clasping the
horses neck and my span of life short
ened by 40 years. Mr.. Muldoon had
no pity, though. Even though he real
lied that l had less than an hour to
live. he hustled me up to the gymnas-
ium and commanded me tol pull on
ropes and lift weights and swing clubs
around my head until one Of the clubs