The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1906-06-15
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when Rex Burgess had invited the par
Y TO pile in"
"OA. Gormlry can ride on the front
PEAT with the driver" Burgess had re-
pied ii-Lily enough, though Gormley
felt The uudarcUrreut Of malice in his
voice. up near the horses. These gal
laut cavalrymen Ike 10 be about
horses, you know"
y January thaw had left the clay
roads liquid, hut a hard freeze follow
inG had reduced them to smooth iron,
and the rumble OF the wagon on the
hard surface echoed far through the
brcathless, glittcrinG cold of the moon
light
Ii was the night of the Changers
party at Mcrriiicld town hail, five miles
from Slocum and week before Bur
CESS had invited a half dozen young
people of Slocum to attend riding over
in his sleigh The thaw had ncccSsi-
tatcd the change from sleigh to wagon.
Il wish | hadn't come, wish
hadn't come" beat necessarily in
Gormlcy'~ brain to the steady clop-clop
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