The Savannah morning news., 1903-02-15

curled and waved behind the train as
If it were trying to rival the smoke
from the engine.
What do you WANT" said he cross
ly. Hurry up. for this motion is
making me ILL.,"
The djinn was probably five or six
thousand years old and yet he had
never before ridden on train.
Harry had a fellow feeling for him
as he was apt to be train sick him
self and so he wished his wish as
quickly as possible.
81 want a splendid pair of horses
and a No. l carriage to meet me
at Metuchen Corners. Oh. and have
somebody to hold 'em. but 1 want to
drive, you know. And want 'em to
be faster than any automobile
Enough" said the djinn, turning
deathly pale throughout his whole
dusky, sinuous length. 1T shall be as
you desire, but call me no more on
these moving houses, for the action
is intolerable.
So saying the djinn vanished and
Harry, taking his lamp, went back
into the car.
The train now seemed to creep, so
anxious was Harry to see his new pos
sessions. But at last the cars began
to slacken their speed and the station
came in sight and there stood two met
tlesome chestnut horses champing their
bits, tossing their heads, switching their
beautiful long tails-for of course they
had not been locked, that being bar
barity reserved for Civilization-and
paving the ground in Impotence to be
off. An Arab sheik was standing at
their heads, but there was no one in
the carriage.
Harry hurried off the train in great
excitement and almost ran into his
Cousin Sam.
Hello. Sam. I've come to spend
Sunday Did you drive down."
No. said Sam. Father was using
both horses for ploughing. 1 came
down in Asaph's OK cart. Do you mind
riding back in it?"
Wouldn't mind most any day but
this, but know something a heap bet
ter than that"
He pointed, as he spoke, to the mag
nificent horses.
"I hadn't noticed 'em before. Aren't
they beauts? They must belong to Sen
ator Norton" said Sam.
wen, I guess they belong to Harry
Mum. Come along. 1 want to race
some automobiles"
OF course Sam thought Harry was
Joking until he remembered the brass
lamp and then his eyes snapped with
Joy.
LIMOGES, I'm glad I came down"
well, get up and let's start" said
Harry.
The two boys jumped into the car
riage and Harry took the reins and as
he did so the sheik vanished.
The full blooded Arabians feeling
themselves free and also feeling the
touch of a boy on the reins. pranced
forward joyfully and they We're soon
on the macademized road and going al
the rate of ten miles an hour.
isn't this great? Whoop!" yelled
Sam at the top of his lungs as the no
BILE animals took the bits in their teeth
and plunged forward as if they were
on their native sands.
You bet,it's great, but it'll be great
er when we can race an automobile"
well, but a horse can't go as fast
as an automobile" said Sam, grabbing
the dashboard as they swung around
a sharp bend in the road.
mot ordinary horses, but these the
dim gets can do anything he wants
'em to do and told him they must &c
faster than autos"
The words were hardly out of his
mouth before they passed a road
house, at the door of which stood a
red motor wagon Of the French kind
. those terrors 10 horses and pedestrians.
its owner and his chauffeur were Just
about starting for Philadelphia, hav-
ing stopped at the road house for
luncheon.
rein.
TOu should have seen the eontsmptu-