The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1904-01-21

about them.
Tbs harses usre soiss u quisi vslk
shtn tniaeDly Daily. ihs eIscsl Of the
ioor spd The mother Of ihs iessers. lesped
hish 10 air soi plssssd wildly 10 The
rishi A, the ssns Instant Poop snd
Pnnce started 81 a beselooa pace, the
ttfee dragging the nnsiIiins Joe Tor .
few rode. ~hen be. 100. tqae,led londly
aud bounded ahead % eagerly - the 9th
ers. without wsrnios. snd seemingly
~i,h esu.e, L,eis.s foot.io-hsSd was be
you'd ber oonirol. spd rseios through The
stsndins grain.
TIE sill tagged frsniicslly st The r,ips,
uboliy unable to understand the issson
for he bresk. Something .trnek her
snsriiy on tie cheek. snd the bIos wss
follosed by . sensation rs IL . red-hot
iron hsd been applied TO the smooth skin.
Then she rc,snizsd a the psinioi sliue OF .
yelios.js seke,, or American fsld hornet.
one Of who'c dome-,bsped nests The resp
er-hDives bad DESTROYED A sie glance
showed hsr sorae OF the p'periiike sh,eds
still cIins irg to the cater bsr.
About the horses . score OF the enrseed
insects we're circline. snd tEo or three OF
the hornets we're making vicious rushes .,
Louise. who already had been siupg sew
ersl times on the face and arms. Such 90
attack ordinarily would have Inspired her
si,b unressopins terror, but 10 The present
circumstances che slmcss forgot the yel
low ,ckets. thinking olly OF the IL initely
greater dsheer Ia N the ruuswsy.
There are tome foriunste persons whom
supreme danger mskes cool, spd Linise
discovered TO her snrprise thst, far from
being confused and frightened. she was
keenly on the alert. She noted tibet the
eWiit click OF the knives bad cbspged to
tbrobbing han,s rapidly we're they oscill
s,iog, while che kspt her seat only by
swsyiog to the violent bounding and rock
log Of the popderous machine beuesth
her.
The horses, 10 their mad fort to escape
had swupg to the right 10 lev seconds
they would collide with the ferce OF the
edse OF the lane. unless sbe tould seer
them through the gate, lover down.
Louise had every ressou TO fesr that the
binder would be upset IL che turned down
the slope, bot even that catastrophe involv
ed less danger than to rush besdlons into
th strong stoDs-spo.rsil iercc. The ,ffort
m1st be made ut once II OF all.
She drew the leaders almost st right sug
les to the wheel horses before the latter
. sTerved. Then. ss the iour sprsDs with
great leaps Tow I'd the gste. oil that saved
the machine from over turning was the
vide table. the edge OF which iurrowed
the loose soil like gsns.plow. The tiod
er bore The tremendous strsin we'll. sppsr
sntly pothipg was broken.
Cbsrlie end Bob we're running and shout
ing fsr. behind, bat L,nise could not 10
derstsud what they we're saying; and had
she done so il would have been oi little
benefit to her She paced through the
sstexsy Withoat mishsp. and the horses
turned down The lane. She did not dare
hope to reach the fsrmysrd 10 safety, but
there were no distractions 10
the direct road,
Louise vas gathering ber strength TO
restrain the her es on the steep elope With
10 the cut when. looking ahesd. she near
ly lost her wits from sheer terror, not for
herself, bat ior the tiny fsnre which vss
jnst emerging ffomk between the high
banks. Four.yes,-old Rose, still isr ahead I
OF her mother snd amt, stood directly 10
tte o.nter Of the nsrrow rosdwsy. htlp
less from fright. Win no one near enough
to Il .ct her retcus 10 tims.
Wbst sbsll dof L,uiss cried.
There was not room to pass the little
sne on either eide, and 20 human srm
could btvs checked the team on thst down
grade
They bad iist swept psst the fences Of
the lower level Of the two ersini6 Ids o.
the right the srowios corn stood waist
bisb over snd sres OF thirty scres. with .
field Of mili,r sisI st the left wss 10 stub
BILE. . heavy growth Of clover having been
cot from II sbe week before.
The entrance TO tbe meadow vas about
mid~s betseeo her sod the child. but
two OF the bars we're up. They we're long .
cod slender bsst-wood boards. however,
and could not offs serions Resistance TO
the horses.
Without % instsnts hesitation Lonise
swupg Pnuos and Pomp to the right hsId
Ience. which they ertz,d for rod or tso.
md then turned them sqosrely agsinst
lbe bars. The blacks we're tender mouth
ID spd could be guided. bat while their
insane terror lasted nothing couli have
shocked them, They did not seem to see
.he bars, bot crashed through them With
,u, 81 cksnins speed 10 the least.
L1uiee bsu Wsue - WIS tuID -
xas ,ibla. bat sbe saw lbs, she coni
40, ope 10 clear DO b pests st tucb al ~
sle 81, rurposelJ, shs threw the heavy
Tive Wheel soave which sbe 20. directly
,ssins, the upper po,t' The wood spsp
. ID like 8 pipe.step. lesvioe q clesY iDsd
INTO the nesdov. For . second The girl
bounded up and dosn iks . feather. bat
limos, b. q nifscle vss Dot thrown of.
TIE horses again turned down the bill.
psrslIsl With the lane, snd The sirl had
u momen,'s respi,e in which 'he could take
.,ock OF ber condition. R,se vas saved,
:, oil events, and the iuns~sys we're 10
10 optn Geld. The, bed shosn tbemsel
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