The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1904-09-30


| stable had nothing 70 live upon but pine
needles and might be expected TO drop
down with tn" malls 1T any minute.
J licBa troubles and prosecutions Gov
efnd II scfIcs or years, and nDiid all Of
mem the Ndnc undhunted dcmoanor
continued TO cbarac tcri2e the victim.
%ip. 20 judge from his appearance.
might he man Of iGnrbic or IRON, IN
8lehd or fieah and blood.
VI wac evident that he WIS in fchr-
fully Stcntcnod circumstances and yet
ma btAitI"saneeB Was theme of con
slant comment. 4 lawyer from Lc~!D-
ton WaS eventually secn in the net OF
| ldklnG W"morauGoin Of the farming
implements and one Of the two horses
lrfL - him turned up inciirabiy ihine.
SAN he 8ncinnd determined to iEht
IT out 10 the bitter end, mud without
moving muscle. his etoiolsm was I'M
prcRnnblc.
liut what w0a @urmi4a1 and limited ut
by tho bu3ybodlcS bore only thin re-
b@nblNnCc to the nctuul ana terrible
facts. I5y II cn9rfuI calculation he hhd
found tlnt upon tho cg'h day Of the
BuCcSGdinE month be would have ar
rived al the limit OF bis resources.
~ careful drlYiDg, hi@ one remaining
horse Inighi be relied upon TO stand the
on that date crisis waa inevitable
Tho outraged bOHOma OF all 'aHSa
quodnuBh b,rdruol with long aCCu-
mulntlnG surplus Of sympathy and
confederation. wCrc waiting 10 dis
charge thcir spontaneous. tribute,
There wen almost II feeling OF client
c%ultniiou over the fact that the vic
lin who had so long clidcd them was
nt Inst to be delivered into their hnuda.
II was the morning Of the louR-cx-
pcctod eighth. nnh II had boon record
breaking rnUrnlnE FOR Miss Stotta. Tho
glow In her checks rndiNtcd health ana
pleasure "a She pulled up her horse II.
the top of t'Ildlcr'H hill. She heard the
familiar sound OF the mnil buggy Just
behind. ana waited to let II pass down
tho hin before hrr, 1t cnmu along with
what Slle f1nricd wna I'M undue degree
CO speed. ana ratified on downward, but
Sho noticed with reinsurance that the
lmp"rturhablc driver managed to slack
eli hih pace before he was hair way to
The foot of The sharp incline Eut her
reinsurance WIS temporary only. For
when the buggy reached the bottom
tho driver either through wIlful intrn-
non oS SGno sudden paralysis. lot hia
horsr deliberately describe Il slnnting
course toward the outer siGc OF the
curve that carried the continuation of
til" Lowell roadway out of view; her
heart stood stlIl. for She saw that the
obvious finish OF the a"rac'H course
must be the tossing OF the buggy over
the cltT thnt hero bordercd Tie road
way,
The horse, proceeding unchecked. had
by this tins drawn the huG.,y about
naly way, IN an obltque line, to the
rltn'a cdEc-~in II Few scrund,. the horse.
driver and vehicle would be tumbiinr
TWO hundred feet into tho ltmpklns be-
(owl y horrible sensation. physical
aud mrntal, HciHcd Miss StuttS, shc
could not move, shO could not cry out
the tragedy would occtir before her eyes
without her being able tn lift II finger
TO prevent 10 ., she heard. or
Thought SHE heard. Y strangely familiar
sound coming rom the direction OF tho
natal curve. II was the very sound
she had roae To- ppSsaQuodmush pur-
OnSclS to nvoid---l sound that had al
ways offended her ears; nevc; before
had ahc heard 1t on these remote roads
OF Maine Wilderness There was
no mistalttns tl--yet she listened to It
now aa n starving. besicged garrison
listens To the CHEEKY huEle call OF Il re-
lipNinE array! There was inurru
no mistolltuG It-it was the measured
throh -throb OF motor car! In IN in
stunt more the ear had rounded the
curve aud came clear into view--thc
horse In the mntl-hugWv. startled at tho
apparition. backed vio-
lentlS, abandoning It's fatal career an
inch or two from the elm. and, finally
one hind wheel into the ditch
on the tnncr side Of the road. over-
turned the buggy With Il crash ana law.
and painting, but safe nov,
IN the tangled harness.
$50 you'll admit, that Il motor car
may serve very useful purpose after
II WAS Jack" Strhhius who spoke.
lie had one arm around Miss Storts'