The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1905-07-28
A Runaway

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II am goang n ride"
A PARTY 0f yong pes5,e swkeel
had ye2eke1 ths brow q fks bszx
thzt tcT<ered Intkzn Greek Tae rad
Ecrrd its ray eoEn ths E.esp klli
side wEta EznT . eErTe. az6 Was
rlzsIy Er0Ez a. tLs most ll&ezli
ard 6zzgero~s "a al The co--try
zro1-z. Tezzs-ers crsz1e5 T. a1d
zTclEs1 Il Wksneyer t1ey cc-ic. OnIy
the hc1tsst @ wkee.Eez dared d.
scsad I, wttk toe pressed hard ca
tire zzd noze bad eTer s-cceece1
Il rsf1-z %. And L1i1 vas Al ire1-
psrlezced yoEng rider. little aegIalzt-
"a wirh the co1rtry and unaware o.
the danger Involved I'm attempting The
descent she had ridden little in
z1Tzrcs of the party. and had started
eowz TIE kil before tie rest realized
What size vas doing Her wheel had
10 brake, and she had not mastered
the useful art q brzking with the toe.
while her hack-Dezzlirg left uEch 10
be desired 50 Z vas that zne lad
hardly begur the long cegcsnt wien
il beczms eTi1snt % her COMPANIONS
behi-d that she had lost co1troi of
her EzchIne.
Oh. she Eiu be kiueds- cried one
Ct tie girls of the party. and the 5oyz
turned pale a. thsy realized more
fully how great the peril wza. There
wzs 10 tine for 5siIberztiOn. What
ever vas 10 be done Eust be done On
the instant Lzedly one q tie older
boys vas ar expert nlcycIsr who
tEougzt little 0t making = century
OF tEo Z week ami who. as bis zc-
mirerS declared. ~cCEld do anything
With . wheel bit naks i talk Be
fare the rest knew what he had ln
mind, he had bEttoned his jacket
tight, mounted his wheel, zna dashed
down the steep Rad in pursuit He
vas It least ffry yards behind. but
lis Wheel had q high gear" an zd-
vantage which he roE used 70 the
utmost Slowly be overcome her
lead. but the pace grew terrific He
lost his cap. and a pebble grazed BY.
his forward tire few Up and struck
him in the face. He pressed on. how
ever. gaining very gradually. Until
be had reached and passed the fugt-
tive When be had secured Lead
which he thought sufzcient. he swung
himself on. letting his wheel take
care OF itself His momentum was
such that. although he landed on his
feet, he was thrown violently 10 ths
ground. and slid for several yards.
badly barking his hands and knees
With heroic effort he recovered and
stood upright-rot q moment too soon.
for the runaway wheel vas nov bear
ing down upoa him At frightful speed
Lulu had begun the descent without
a thought Of danger. The rapid in
crease Of speed surprised but At arst
did not alarm her. Soon. however.
the pedals began to reToive 50 rapidly
that she could not follow them with
her feet, which thencetorth hung help
less. struck and bruised By the swift
ly whirling pedals at every revolution
Then her hat blew OF, and her hair,
flying loose. futtered behind her. or.
blowing across her face. blinded her
Most fortunately she stiil remained IN
tae saddle. and with grim determInR-
ton clung to the handle-bars. and was
aAfo ~r~-r-& ~-.f-- ,f.-.,.f.- - foff--w
the various turns Of the road.
AS she approached the spot where
her friend awaited her Il was evident
she could not hold on much longer.
Breathless. with staring eyes and
pale, set features. she clung. hardly
conscious. 70 the wheel. which now
was 4wSbbling rig igxagging from one
side Of the road 10 the other. The
boy watched her movements keenly
and placed himself so that she must
pass close to his right side. and as
the wheel shot by he braced himself
and, with a desperate effort, caught
her In bis arms The shock threw
him to the ground, where be lay for
4 moment stunned, while she fell be-
side him in faint. and the bicycle.
after staggering on few yards farth-
er. rolled over the high bank at the
roadside.
Fortunately neithsr the boy nor
Lulu suffered any permanent injury.
though the fright and the nervous
shock we're sufficient to keep Lulu
indoors for some days. and her friend
had the pleasure OF nursing broken