CanÌƒon City record. [volume] (CanÌƒon City, Colo.) 1883-192?, 1904-09-08

Jor. 1 wouldn't be 80 stupid is your
master is-i-1t for worlds, Would you:"
Then she ran aw-y N through
the soft gold green shadows. iIic.; FOL
lowed. There was loos OF ..is f.ce
which Major remembered TO haze seen
there once before when he. the lsjsr.
had entered horse rnce.
Major munches, t.i.. grass AMI Iis-
tened. He could hear Dicks voice
speaking earnestly. Then came the
Girls. coolly defiant. tam. llzi.s: then
Dicks again. If only they could wait
long enough. matters would be decile1.
Then IL was that the Major took
matters into his own care. He pulled
gently at the halter: twas quite loose
He pulled again and again, each time
harder. Dick had been thinking OF
other knots than the one he was tying
when he fastened the Major. evidently.
IL slipped. ioosened. the halter fell
Major was free to do as he liked.
With great care he measured his
space. There was just room TO turn
around. Very carefully he did it, back
ing the carriage quietly Then. pick
ing his way over the rough road and
broken bridge. he went slowly away.
He did not trot. He walked swiftly
and surely as for a settled purpose.
Any one seeing him would have said
that he was driven
He reached the main road and start
ed for home
Surely somewhere in the pine woods
or on that long walk home the two.
Dick and the Girl. would come to an
understanding
He went on leisureiy. trotting easily
up the little hill. then walking slowly
again. coming nearer and nearer TO
the FIRST dwelling this side OF the pine
woods. a little farmhouse Destled
among the naples.
A woman pulling weeds from flow
er bed looked up at the sound of Ma
jor's steps She pushed back her hat
She glanced at the empty carriage
Then she sprang to her feet and called
whoa
But the Major didn't stop. The
woman ran down the walk and through
the gate and caught his bride You're
Dick Churcball's horse" she said with
n soft touch on his head Where Is
your ulaster."
The Major didn't wish TO talk And
he did wish to be on his way. But the
woman didn't understand How could
she: She WAS only a woman She
led him through . gate and along a
driveway to a big barn He went
readily enough. The Major was al
ways polite to womankind out OF re
spect to the Girl and her apples and
Jumps OF sugar
In the larn the woman fastened him
securely and gave him a drink Of wa
ter and a handful OF hay. Your mas
ter IL be along soon enough iookin'
OF you up she said as she went back
to her wedding
Almost an hour LITTER Dick walked
hurriediy along the road and up to the
fa-rnhou:a- Major heard his step and
his voice. Can l borrow a horse and
carriage hrre?" he WAS saying. My
horse has gone OF without me-
Guess you'll find him in the barn."
said the woman. He went valkin'
along by here quite . spell ago. Any
thing wroncy
There was nothing wrong. In fact.
to the Majors way Of thinking. every
thing WIS right. for Dicks face look
ed just a. II did after he Major, had
won that race many years ago
When Dick and the Major reached
the woods- there WINS the Girl sitting
on. the pine neeSileA And her cheeks 1
were as pink as the arbutus itself. And
her eyss-well, the Major just wished,
she'd look at him - she did at Dick
'-Oh. Dick," wss an she said But
Major knew.