Daily Kennebec journal., 1901-06-22

ing by the strings and her feet hug
cing the back of her horse, Hcd
through the night. \ whip-poor-W
who was chanting dolcfully on a buSh
by the watering trough stopped III
| arnaZcmeut aG the two riders sped
past A fox creeping w to the tice
where partridg" slept in .hc mystic
iavinc Whcrc Fun Ting passed 50 m'ch
| time. angrily paused ut the un-
| wontcd noise Of houfs off on the high
way. Far ana wide along the noun
! tains;dc the creatures that prowled at
ni.ht listened amazed. 1t was like the
| times Of the wars between the red
men of the forest and the new white
men of the village, when sudden
1alarms were carried through the coun-
trysde by mounted drivers.
Tillic knew that Fun Ting would
hear her racing off through the moon
light, and would give chase. she
knew also that she would have the
start, and a younger horse than the
boy She took il for granted that ne
would go straight to her home on the
| other side of the mountain. and Tor
| that reason she turned her horse
head into the unused wood road that
avoided her fathers farm ana was n
| short cut to the main county road be
! tween Auburn and Bethel, and would
let her into q cross road leading over
the hills to Buckfield where she was
| teaching school.
she planned wisely. but she pian
| without the minute knowledge of the
country possessed by the boy following
her. His blood was mp and the spirit
of the chase. 50 natural to every
creature. was dashinS through him. He
knew the wood road. He knew also
another road over the hills, 4 mere
! sheep ana cattle path. that would take
| MIN to TIE county road fully two miles
shorter than the old wood road.
| Reaching this te got off TO look closely
at the ground IN the moonlight. There
were no tracks The dew hung uu-
/ shaken on the grass blades ana the
bushes. Rich monntoucs clunE 10 the
/ tiny lips of the jewel weed leaves. and
/ he heard off to the woods the breaking
of twirs as a deer or some other
creature stirred unComfortahly on the
dry leaves.
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moonlight stretches of pasture he
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Ana now Fun Ting had raincd the
main road. ana WI, Ma his s.t.lrn;ng
hurg., into tho alder bushes bv tho
vay. and waited Down the road
came thr rattle AIM ,rrak of " farm
cI.'s WAGON. ana Fun rim. uracl his
bnr @ farther int. tho eli,Ja Tn, c,rnn-
~. p5..,l his horse r.ri,kfn., m Ills
cera ANA ehyinr viIdIy III thr cIumr
that hid the boy ana his racer.
"A bear. uroh'ly-waitin' ia steal
lin IIoyry's sheen" muftar,i the
farmer.
Then far down the roId the sharp
ear; Of the boy heard the cantcr of Til
lies horse ana began to wonder what
he should say when he rushed out to
seize her bride.
Would it be wise 10 run out ana
startle her? H. remembered that she
was an expert with the revolver and
that no wise woman IN these days Of
tramrs and highway str0llcra went un-
armed aion" IN the night.
y lltti" dlStanc" from him Till"
pulled hcr tired horS" M and listened.
Sh" could near nothing. Fun Ting
heard hcr langh softly as she again
rode on at 4 walk.
Thinks have gone to hcr house ar
given up the chase" thought the boy.
Two hundred wards from him Tillic
stopped short she heard the mcIan-
chuly call If 4 hermit thrush She
was a lover Of birds. ana knew that
the thrush seldom gave his wicrd chant
50 late at night for it was now after