The daily silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1903-1907, 1903-09-10

Your money or your lifei" I said.
sternly.
Letitia was right. The frearm did
the work. The white mare was stop
ped by a frenzied jerk of the reins.
The gallant William. huddled into the
corner of the seat. Uncle George was
pasty-faced. stout and specialized.
"w-w-what the deuce dye WANT
he cried at last. in q voice shaken to
a delicate tremolo.
Fifty dollars. said l, sepulchTaI'y
gaining fresh courage from the help
less terror Of these two brave men.
This was too much. For an instant
Uncle George forgot to be frightened,
and raised his whip th~reateningly.
"You-you-scoundrell" ne cried,
I'm see you hanged before l give you
a penny. William you fool, whip the
mare!''
But William did not move. uncle
George seized the reins. and l saw
that now was the moment to be firm.
Besides for the first time l began to
enter into the true spirit of the game.
Accordingly, l strobe forward, with
tapping wings of macintosh. to the
tailboard of the dugcart, fiourished
the revolver within one inch of Will
liam's head.
Fifty dollars" said l, " or / fire. "
Uncle George wanted no more per-
.suasion. He drew a cracking roll of
notes from his pocketbook, and hand
ed thes to me without another word,
then tore the whip from Williams
baking hands.
a frantic cut on the sleek w~hiteness
ii the plump mare, a frightened
plunge forward of that astonished
beast. an Unsurpassed laugh from
Letitia, and l was left standing in the
middle of Kynaston road with a bun
le CT bank sotes.
A voice from the hedge recalled my
scattered wits with a rush.
You'd better take those things off,
before anyone else comes along" said
.Letitia.
l felt very cross and began to drag
the wretched things over my head
without speaking.
You did it sp~lendidly," went on
Letitia. She was almost speechless
with laughter, and sat down on the
fallen tree again to recover herself.
These compliments did not tend to
improve my temper. l handed her
the roll OF notes without a word. SIZE
took them with evident pleasure and
9ounted them over.
He has only given you thirty" she
said, but ven that is better than not
ing. Won't l have a good time now"
But at last it began to dawn upon
ner that / was really annoyed. She
put her hand on my arm and looked
n my displeased face with such a
charming air of contrition that my
anger melted away like the morning
dew.
Don't be cross" she said. You
were an angel to do it-you can i'm
agine how grateful l am"
NO" said I, smiling at last, 81 GER
tainly can't. You don't accept it in
at all the proper spirit"
Letitia laughed again.
Il think it is time 1 was on my way
to Kynaston." she said. 4 will try
to cultivate a proper spirit as We go
along"
We reached the village all too soon,
meeting on the way two of the incom-
potent city policemen, evidently sent
by Uncle George. Naturally they did
not recognize the terrible highway
man in a young man in a bicycle suit.
All in good time we had the puncture
mended.
1t was while we were waiting for
it that Letitia promised that l should
ride with her to Mornington, and it
was then that l began to realize what
a really delightful girl she was. 1
wished the day would last forever.