The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1902-06-14

a woman an little kid. Seems the
Woman's husband had stepped out of
the rig to speak to someone, an left
her holdin' the horse. Somehow it
got scarf an started TO run, an, course,
she, bein' a woman, didn't know what
to do, but jus dropped the reins an
hollered.
What the Kid was shy in size he
made up in bein' quick, an when he
seen that horse comm up the street
II didn't take him long to decide what
to do. He put down his blackin kit
an waited till the horse fetched up
to him. 1t didn't make no difference
to the Kid that twas big, ten-h hun
dred horse, nor that he was comm
with his head down bout d two-minute
clip. He flung down his hat an coat
an when the horse came tearin' up
long side he scooted out an grabbed
the bit, pulled hisseIf up, an too the
horse by the nose with his other hand,
an began pinchin' SOS to shut his wind
off.
First the horse threw his head up
an tried to shake the Kid off. but he
found it want no go. Then he put
his head down an tried sweepin' the
streets with him. Jimmys dad fit an
died in the war, an | guess some O.
the old mans blood must have been
in him, for he stuck to that horse like
a bull pup to a terrier. Putty quick the
horse he slowed up bit, an begun to
go kinder crooked like, an then, all of
sudden, he pumped right down fiat,
with the Kid under him.
There want never much to Jimmy
'cept skin an bones, but when the
crowd pulled that big horse often him
there want much of that. They took
him to a hospital right off, an Skoggy
Murphy an me followed quick's we
could. 1 seen the doctor an he said
'twant no use, the Kid was too bad
shook up, he couldn't pull through, an
they sent me for his mother. Well,
that's all there is to it. They tried an
operation to fix his back, an that an
what he'd been through was too much
for him. Observation-Disclosures "
The little chap was winking hard to
to keep back the tears which would
well up in spite OF him, but he kept
on bravely:
Now the woman's goin' to make it
right with Jimmy's mother, so she
says. 1 'spose she thinks it won't take
much money to pay for sickly little
kid like him. And we fellers is goin
to do SOM thin ourselves, an we've
raised IHlTly-SeNen QOlldTS. COulSS VIC
can buy bout anythin' we want with
that, but we thought we'd JUS git a
pillar o. them blue violets with The
Kid on it in white letters, an we cal
clated you'd send round what was
left after takin' out your pay from this
here, when you send the flowers up
He drew forth dirty old wallet.
carefully tied UP with long piece of
cord to prevent the pennies, dimes and
quarters from bursting out. He laid
down the treasure which meant the
hard-earned savings of many months,
and hurried out TO join his comrades,
as if afraid to trust himself further.
The florist must have had a soft spot
somewhere in his heart, for on the day
of the funeral there came to the Widow
Peters house a large box containing
not only the pillow of blue and white
violets. but punches of roses and pinks
in profusion, and when the Kid S
mother united the wallet, instead of
being diminished, the thirty-seven
dollars had miraculously increased to
fifty.-Harte Cummings in the Amer
lean Boy.