The Aberdeen Democrat. (Aberdeen, South Dakota) 1???-1909, 1905-08-18

" on the railroad track he glanced sad.
" d y the towering hill and stopped.
Inc girl clucked impatiently and
!erheo at the reins. Duke planted his
legs lmmoyably and laid back an ear.
Miss Boone laid the whip across he
norse's broad back alphabetically. with
no result. Then, the gray eyes flashing
and the lips crossed together until thew
were u mere scarlet line, she struck
r1snt heartily. Duke never budged.
MoWbray, unobserved by the girl.
$1,000 on the hilltop and enjoyed the az
lair Immensely. she's cot grit, all
right he observed to his sled. "At
nrst she thought the old boy was tired.
linen 1T occurred to her that he was
a-soldiering, How she swings that raal
snucks! Who'd thought her little fist
could grip the CAD that way? And that
Duke villain is just enjoying himself!'
More from sheer vexation than ia
igue Miss Boone ceased to ply the
Whlp and looked helplessly about. It
old not occur to her to look inward
Mowbray felt that she was on the
verge OF tears and was about to reas-
sure her with a CHEEKY cry when a
sharp whistle froze it in his throat. The
Boston express!
Inc glrIs danger was imminent. At
thls point the track, sunk in a deep
cut, described a sharp curve to the left.
A train for these reasons was NOT viai-
oie until within n short fifty yards
IRON the crossing. The cutter, its love
" freight unconscious Of the death
s"ooplng down, stood squarely be-
tween the rails. Miss Boone was a
stranger in the neighborhood and paid
no heed to the whistle, If, indeed. she
heard 1T, so great was her anger at
Duke.
Meanwhile Tom was thinking fren-
zledly. A cry Of warning would not
90. The train was scarcely farther
away than was Mowbray himself. The
girl might not understand. If she did.
me lncumbering robes and blankets in
which she was swathed could not be
torn OH In time for a leap to safety.
In his agony and horror Mowbray
grlpped the sled until his muscles
creaked. That gave him an idea-the
sled, the sled!
b train had not gone its length so
rapidly did these thoughts flash through
the young mans mind. Raising the
coaster, he took two or three quick
steps and flung himself face downward
upon 1t. Responding to the impetus,
the sleigh rushed madly down the hill.
The flexible runners creaked and
sprang. The wind whistled weird
tunes in Mowbray's ears. At the back
OF his brain something prayed that he
might be IN time, but all his faculties
We're intent on keeping the sleigh up
right. Once for a secondary, an eter-
alty-it rose on a single runner. Again
as they followed a sharp angle it slow
ed the width Of the road. But Provi-
dence rode with Mowbray that morn
Ing, and catastrophes could only threat
en-.
Twenty feet from the cutter he jerk
ed the head Of the coaster suddenly in
to a snow bank. His own momentum
carried Tom straight ahead. Rolling
like a frightened caterpillar, he crashed
into the cutter. Something snapped,
and a horrid pain stabbed him, but he
scrambled blindly to bis feet. Some
how he snatched the girl from the cut
ter, and they fell to the roadside in
safety as the train Numbered by, nurl-
ing fragments of the wrecked vehicle
high In the air. Duke, uninjured, but
thoroughly cured of his balkiness, gal
lopsed clumslly up Old Pine.
"Of course" said Tom In telling the
story afterward, II broke an arm,
but" with a proud and tender glance
at the blushing Mrs. Mowbray, "if l