Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1901-06-02

careful not to fasten too tightly. Then
you will have a lively little goat
He heard the teeth grind In his head,
and it seemed as II some one else were
grinding them. His desperation divid-
ed him into two personalities-one di-
recting his body and the other his mind.
Instinct made him swerve to the left
by precisely the proper space as the
horses overlook him. His right hand
was IN the bride while he seemed to
be still wondering hiw he should ac-
complish the feat of grasping it.
His arm Strengthened with a sudden
ness that numbed it, yet he was not
thrown from his wheel. His remark
able skill as a rider combined with the
fine chance of such moments to save
him from a fall that, coming then,
would have ended the adventure for
him.
He had several times been witness or
the wonderful deeds of the bicycle po-
licemen, some of whom have stopped
runaways in a manner that can be
credited only upon the evidence of
ones own eyes, and he had gained a
hint or two from such observation.
He knew that the essential thing is to
hagn on steadily and act as a drag,
while exerting as much force as posi-
BILE Upon the animals mouth.
Clinging thus, Blaisdell speed. The
trees grow thickly beside it, and when
they were passed the broad driveway at
the end of the lane flashed upon Blais-
dell as one sees a landscape of lightn-
ing glare.
One Of the park stages was almost
directly in front Of the lanes end. 1t
! seemed a certainty that the team would
Craze it and brush Blaisdell off against
the rear of it In a way that would leave
not a whole bone in his body. With
utter desperation, not born of the fear
of injury, but Of the dread Of failure, he
pushed the maddened horse aside. The
animal swerved, and yet Blaisdell did
not fall, though he seemed to be lifted
entirely off his bicycle for a moment.
They shot by the stage, which seem
ed to contain millions Of shrieking wo-
men, that vanished, both eye and ear,
the instant they were passed. a new
peril leaped up In it's place. Blaisdell
had ANONYMOUSLY fancied the horses
sweeping round into the driveway, ont
they did no: DO SO. They wa:, running
diagonally across II AMI would rash
themse'-es III among the trees upon the
other siie This was calami'v. fer The
girl in the carriage would almose GER
tainly be terribly hurt, II not killed. by
such a collision.
And Blaisdell could not turn the
horses. II came to him suddenly tina,
the thing was out of his power. There
was not space enough at the speed
They were going across the sidewalk
and in among the trees for all that he
could do. Yet he would not give up
He must make the best of It.
The roadway there is like a square
for several ways meet. and 1t was fully
a hundred yards from the end OF the
lane to the point upon the other side OF
the drive toward which the horses were
heading. Blaisdell had time for
glance. He saw IN opening in the
trees a little to the right. and he press
ed hard upon the bride. An instan:
later there was a terrible crash,
They had struck the low curb. Blais-
dell felt his wheel go ont from under
him and fly to splinters. For a no
ment he seemed to be IN the air. as
light as a bird. Then he struck earth
unhurt. The horses were behind him
One OF them had stumbled on the curl
and was.recovering. Maddened by fear
of failure at the moment OF success
Blaisdell sprang straight at the animals
as wildly as they leaped toward him
He caught one of the horses by .he
nose and the bride with his two hand:
.at the same instant, and the remarka-
bic strength of his long fingers enabled
him to hang IN. He was beaten agains,
q tree and dragged through a sre.l
bu1h. and the next moment he vas il
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