Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1900-12-20

while"
There was a long silence after this,
during which Ethel ostentatiously
whip and chirped to her to mend her
pace. The little nag began to get hot
and FESTIVE under this unusual treat
ment. Just as they reached a lonely
bit of road Ethel pulled II.
Fred said she, ST am sure the sad
die must be calling Joan's back;
seems so FESTIVE and uneasy. III get
off and you can look." With this she
jumped off and stood stroking the
horses neck and talking plty1ngly to
her. Fred was by her side in a mo-
ment.
Hold Dick" he said, land I'll a k
the saddle off. There's nothing wrong"
he declared after carefully looking at
Joan's back. He was about to put the
saddle on again, when Ethel caught MS
arm.
Erred" she said in~sinuatingly, and
blushing a little, could not you-noW
don't you think you could put that
saddle on Dick?"
"But father doesn't want you to ride
Dick" said honest Fred.
"Well, father won't know anything
about it till after it's done, and then
he won't mind when he finds it turned
out all right and that I can ride Dick,
after all. Now, Fred, there's a lear
boy, d. as I ask you
Fred never could resist his sisters
pleadings, but now he demonstrated
stoutly, not that he thought there was
the least DANCE in what Ethel wanted
to do, but simply because OF what ms
father had said. He gave in at last, as
Ethel knew he would, and sllpplng MS
saddle off Dicks back, put EtheIs there
instead. Dick grew a little restless I'M
der the strain Of tighter girths tnan
he had been accustomed to, but quoted
down presently. Then Ethel sprang
lightly upon his back, and brother ana
-s-4~ -@1o oyro w sid nv SIDE a a
The road was beginning to assume the
look of a street, and soon the horses,
hoofs were clicking against the stone
pavement. The Park was still to be
crossed before they reached the street
where the Lewises lived. AS thelr
horses hoofs struck the smooth park
road the boy and girl put them into a
sharp canter. Dick gave his head d
little toss as he started, and sWerVeo
to he light with affected fear as ne
caught a glimpse of his riders haplt.
Then off they went, faster and faster.
thel's cheeks We're Hushed' ana her
eyes shone with exhilaration-
"Ethel," cried Fred, sharply. pull up
I tell you'll"
And Ethel pulled and sawed at DICKS
mouth, and he, in turn, resolutely
quickened his pace.
st can't stop him, Fred" she said.
AS if the words urged the horse INTO q
still wilder fight, he leaped forWard
and shot away with his ears nat on
his neck and his head lowered. Joan
was no match for him in speed even
on ordinary occasions, and this was az
extraordinary occasion upon when
Dick was "boIting." She soon fell
far behind and poor Fred saw his sis
/ ter disappear over the brow OF a nil
that led down to one OF the park en-
RANGES, and thence to the city street.
Vehicles and horsemen, bicyclists and
pedestrians made hasty way for this
reck1essly ridden steed. Ethel stiil SAT
firm, but she was beginning TO TIRE OF
49, ro~il -ooo NnhOdV who has not
been run away with can reallze the
horror and helplessness of the s1tua-
ton, n it is not to be wondered at
that Ethel, plucky as h was, began
to lose courage as she saw the foot OF
the long hill down which h was trav-
cling at a breakneck speed, a ovid
CITY street, and felt every instant a de-
creasing ability to keep Dicks head
straight.
AS is invariably the case in mo-
ments of extreme peril, all kinds or
ought ran riot in her mind, but the
dominant thought was that she a
brought all this trouble upon herself,
and that she had wronged ana deceived
her father and made Fred deceive MN,
too. and that if she was killed, as she
fully expected to be, there was no one
dear kind papa" she Kept repeating
half historically. She had begun to
sway uncomfortably in the saddle now,
and Dick had shaken off all vestlge
of her control and was following the
dictates of his own mad will, in a wild
flight down the steep hill. Just then,
EtheIs despairing eyes caught sight OF
] a mounted park guard, riding lelSurely
along the side of the road AS she
neared him she had presence Of mind
enough to call:
Help me, please. L cant stop.
'Don't be frightened, miss, III stoI
him!' shouted the man. Hold on TO-
all you're worth, and try to keep hi
head straight"
- loL:-5 TN41o1 uhn
he shouted this and did not seem to b.
a gaining on her. The girls hat blew
/ off at this juncture, and her ha1r pc
came loosened and streamed down he
back. Her face was pale and she rock
ed uncertainty in her saddle.
i Hurry! Hurry!' h called back, be
J tween her chattering teeth. Il can
hold on much longer"
"All right" said the guard as wit
" a sudden bound his horse came along
side Dick, and STOPPING over, ne mar
: aged to clutch the bride rein. Then h
slowed up and tugged heavily on tn
mouth. In his wild effort
!, to evade the restraining hand of tn
# law, Dick kicked and plunged, and Eth
It ell, whose knee could no n clln
to the pommel, slid off his back an
rolled ANONYMOUSLY over in the dust
overwhelmingly beyond reach OF tE
a angry horses hOOfS.
% A crowd surrounded her instantly, ar
she stood in it's midst, a dirty, dishe7
ar elled, cr~estfa1len little object, when,
few moments later, Fred, Dreathle'
with fear and hard riding, flung hlmse
:. out of the saddle, and, regardless
in everything, save that she was aliv
"a threw his arms around her and fair
~ sobbed with excitement and relief.
Beyond a slightly sprained wris
Ill Ethel was not hurt, only badly frigh
ened, and presently, with the assis
ance of the good-natured guard, thu
I'd went round to the Lewises, who hv'
but a block away. Here Ethel was r
"a ceived with many EXPLANATIONS of pi
7 and surprise that embarrassed her e
tremely, for conscience was stabbll
her sharply; but when at last MI