Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1901-03-05
CHAPTER y.-(Continued.)

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beth lads were wild with excitement,
ceiling ike maniacs and lashinS the
1a1Ks OF the spirited steeds that with
sst-zIujHg muscles, distended nostrils ana
alrctruding eyes, were going at their swift
est speed, when they plunged among the
wraugIiHg roadmakers and, ike hash'
were gone again, around bend IN the
highway, and out of sight. Brief as the
glimpse afforded had been. and troubled
3Iy the scramble to get out of the way
Of those flying hoofs ali the men had seen
shat Danny was rapidly gaining upon his
anta c0nist, actually leaving him almost
as f the mail rider had been mounted
sipon COW, and they joined in a shout,
.fa- somehow the outcome Of the race sud
denly assumed the proportions of local
triumph.
Willie their hurrahs were still in the
air, third rider appeared upon the scene,
she Rev. Mr.. Mcleod himself, bare-head-
ed 10 his shirt sleeves, red with anger,
riding as furiOusly as the boys, and shout
ing denunciations and threats after them
not with any hope of their hearing him,
bur Is q relief to his mind. Whip and
shout as he would, he was losing ground
steadily. for the animal he bestrode was
n sturdy, sedate farm horse, that had
szerer, probably, INDUCED voluntarily in a
,gz1op since he was u colt. Without
seeming to notice his friends and neigh
bors as he dashed through the space
cleared by the racers, he, too, disappear
ed around the bend in the road; but long
after ne was out OF sight they could near
his shouts and the dull echoes OF the
farm horses hOOf beats laundering across
a lirije wooden bridge spanning the creek
Half an hour elapsed before the reVer-
end gentleman came slowly jogging back,
heading the foam-necked and painting colt.
ETe WAS still enraged. Danny has escap-
.aE E5s vengeance The quick-witted imp,
hay5Bg ANONYMOUSLY defeated the mail
rjser, mad taken no chances on return
IE~ the colt to its pasture, but had tied
II a.: the roadside and vanished in the
yysesds- He probably did not even know
rHaI be was pursued, but just acted up
al tie intuition that seldom failed to get
lI.ua ont safely from his innumerable
scEapcs7'
II ever there was 4 boy foreordained
TF DC q torment to his fellow-creatures,"
sais5 ,be Rev. Mr.. Mcleod, that Danny
SIElvess is one! I'm sure l can see for
ms frfure any thing but happy or cred
liable career, and if he comes to the gal
laws ! shall not be surprised
Won didn't even get to see the race,
did E0uF" asked one of the men, in a
raze Of sympathy and with a twinkle in
his eye
~->See the race, 1 only wish l had
s'.2se enough to have got hold of that
glex17
-'EF you ever think Of putting the colt
og che turf, Danny would be about as
S9ad a jockey as you could get. l tell
ya8, be knows how to ride. He went
Gy here in grand shape
Ine indignant Clergyman looked at the
ssTeaker for moment in disgusted 81
-e-cc, and, without trusting himself to
.ef5y, rode away.
There were Il good many chuckes and
eIy5et Jests behind his back, for Danny,
having won the race, had come in for 4
-aEs,e share of the popular sympathy, and
cE@ incident served to put in good humor
everybody except the rival athletes,
WGGse feeling was not simply fractional
AIT personal.
wen have more chance another time
ca End ont who is the better man between
as said Rufus, menacingly, in a low
-aIe- passing near to John.
You'll never find me unready," replied
che latter with an air Of Indifference that
aoroered upon insolence. "A Cameron
never turned his back on Il Mulveil, or
anything that wore a Mulveil collar"
The angry retort on Goldie's lips was
sjleuced by the authoritative interposi-
-r.a~g NJ ono of Pho oh mon q ATtl,.h;I
who, forcibly taking him by the arm, led
aim aside and Kissed in his ear:
Cant We bide yer time, We fule? Don't
Eou see they're nearly two to our one
sleEe today"