The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-01-01
THE FIRST HORSE RACE
BY srANLEY WATERLOO. tcopynsht. 1909. by Daily Story Pub. Col

lcopynsht. 1909. by Daily Story Pub. Col S sxxxx..sexx~xx*sxAs1ssss%x5 , in danger. for there was no time to close
 the passaee-but for the swift snergsnce
 ference. for old Kiesf was . brew man
 tc zee. ss strong. ae in his yooth and
 sion. faneS ran. the other way. Still,
 a Dse see s: :rs ssa ss 1sS':r oSS .ne nj s.e won
 The wild horse vas eating tor the cave
 the stronger and nsfs daring among
 ns% EsS nSon s.ss ,:. s:s Sr tie s as sss
 one among the suddenly huddied mass.
 and seek to brein 1t with the stone axe.
 SomsthinS like this was the aim of Scar
 The The mosnent non % sor scsish si m 'Ssd cone: @ .ssh
 loosened his axe in his belt, upraised
 himself cautiously. then IeAped like .
 tiger upon the horse beneath him! Ana.
 .s :.s cane the fierce impact when he strucs coincidence the stone axe new from the
 belt of each and each was left unafmed! Ltke [ whielwind, the startled drove
 ssarnr tss .rsy nsr rans ssS
 the others laundering behind. Across rusfed. ana then, swerving suddenly to s: sce. in sns s.e"n es the river. where was . leng-reaching vas the cave of Kloof. Panic-stficken.
 ssS: sy cshoa: ssm to and asids their ungainfy heads. but their ef. forts were all In vain. Throw themselves eh they dare not, for that meant sud. hoofs behind. Side by side fhsy raced In mortal fear, for 1t was a genuine race of beAsts. If not of men. the wild horses surging ahead alternately in was passed wiak ns no siacHen,ne s 'ta to %s the speed of the maddensd animals. The ciin at the end of the lonE descent was neared: they were elese upon 1t: then. a. by Instinct, but not 90 oi tn. Ht two ] ersasd sswnsArS tsssshsr. at tho ia hers. n sf scar. a. fsfH,! fsSs :tuSSling .,,g at ths sl!rs sdss and lsapsd outward sdusreiy from It's
 With ! crushed i.E tsnseth his dead os osf;i ts. sstSffas' sSa sy wrssnf shs fSss SS pitching Ms filsr far ahead of him |: he struck the earth, then turning com plete semersault frsfn the awful impulse edIy he had won the race.
 stunned and bruised Fangs at last scrambled ruefully to his feet and looked .bSut hin Gradually sc n.: d.,sS ., mind horses were dead, and there. helpless. lay the hated scarface. snarIins like ! wild beast in . trap. Fangs whooped snnnS:a wilSy seized h: upUn .s sr:st stone and ChivaIry in the time of the cave men was represented by a nouEht. with even . minus sign sue es.di1s 1sn. Ana just -,,s as M this fierce assa from close at hand Fsnss turned, to
 The girl showed no desirs for flight st ;S: {: ssid' You are strong: You S Killed
 Fanss leaped toward her and seized her arm. but she did not shrink. Then he ..,I,:l, released the arm ana stroksd it.. in the strange, ciucking language the cave men used. and the girl hesitated but for moment and then ciucked claimed Fangs T will kill your father when he comes home. we will hide and roll down a great rock upon him"
 This time the hesitation of the girl to her father. still, 1t was evident that the three could not occupy the cave to- gether. Then. at that crucial moment just when the issue was in doubt. there agony. that even these fierce children of the wood shuddered in deadly terror as they stood there. Another instant and the wiids resounded with the roar of the great Cave Tiger: They knew well what had happened. For once. old Kloof had failed to reach q tree in time. He was never seen again. hut there were fraK- nentS of the bones of a strong man, which long lay bleaching In the forest.
 For a little time the pair stood silent. as the beating of their hearts decreased In swiftness. Then FanRs withdrew A pace or two and looked upon tho wo- man he had gained. She stood there. slim and straight as any shaft of growth in all the wood. supple and 1.-the as any panther that had ever forced her to the tree tops. Full-hipped, for one so slen- der of waist; she reaembled more the the wondrous creaturec to find being In marble so many thousands of cAntu- ries later. The fair. firm globes of her full bosom were rising and falling now and there was a light in the eyes of Fangs which had never been there be- fore.
 The man put his arm about the woman and they ascended toward the cave They were mated like the aurochs bull and his COW, like the antlered stag and his graceful hind, like the birds in the bushes near them.
 And. for days. the air was fragrant with the rich odor of wild horse steak rp hv Wp, vonaba~