The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1906-12-03
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teFeStnG NFtgR5ouI the girl ana eS4tas
out the horses there would be no .stoEy.
Charlotte DeForest Is the girl h
/ question and sIg WIS the belle OF the
blue grass region she could ride and
shoot ana dance ard dlrt and was 2
constant terror tosllar Esther and moth
er lest she be thrown from some OF
the wild horses she rode Or get shot
while hunting or, worst % al, make e.
match with some undesirable party.
Her father however. gave her free
rein in everything except marrage-
So long as Charlotte was fancy free
/ her fathers statement did not interest
| her. but one day came Hall DangIer. a
1 young Tennesseean who had every
trait to make him unacceptable to Cd
! people and every trait to make him
accepta BILE to the young. He had Inte~
| ~ Inherited a plantation near Muir
! freesboro, with a fair bank account
| besides stocks and bonds. This he
| was proceediag to run through US rap.
1 idly as possible aud had already got
away with u full quarter Of 1t. He
| was handsome US n picture, reckless.
| generous, brave-in short. Just the man
20 c.ipture girl OF nineteen,
DansLer made short work with Char
Iotte DeForest's heart But Charlotte.
knowing that her tatiier would dissslp-
prove OF him. said nothing a5Ouf her
love aud would not permit her lover
| to, ask Tor her hand Her parents took
Fright the moment pangler appeared
on the scene: but. as he put in no
claim for their daughter and their
daughter did not admit any parttallty
for the young scapeErace, there was
no excuse to keep the two apart. The
best the. parents could do was to make
q new rule. that Charlotte should not in
future, leave the premises with any
young man without other company
Against this Charlotte protested with
out avail Both she and her lover
knew well thut It WIS directed against
them, and from that moment they act
ed as prisoners eager to secure liberty.
They began by deliberately breaking
the rule: riding away together Mr..
DeF0rest sent n serNzrnt to recall them
Affairs, hnrF not YET gone 50 far that
Charlotte. vvOuEd Ciisobey but It was
not long before she knew chat certain
OF the household hs6 been deputed to
watch her. Then she learned that her
fatfier. had sc, far perfected sys-
fem OF espionage that It would be inn
possible for her to, set away with her
lover even If she desired to do So
Just as, soon as. she discovered this she
made up her mind to break through
the.corrion placed about her at the 6rst |
opportunity.
one morning Mr.. DeForest was in a
deld near the house trying some horses !
his. stabIemen We're showing their
paces before him. Charlotte and Hall |
Daugler- went over to take loolS ut !
livestock. Charlotte had her own sad !
ale brought cut and. insisted on trying I
3ne.of the horses. When she dlsmount-
ed, Danger asked permission to mount |
mother Then the two made motions |
% mount at the sumo time. but Mr. (
DeEorest ordered his dnuEhter to de- |
sist, and DangIer rode OF alone.
More than an hour was spent trying |
the horses DangIer mounted u num-
Der In suceession and under pretenSe /
Of testing their speed rode them till |
they We're well nigh exhausted Miss |
DeForest after having been checked !
by her father would not mount again. |
but stood POuting, looking on, holding |
her horse by the. brEdle rein. There,
was one horse called Simon that Dam |
EIer pronounced incapable Of any speed |
whateveEv and the animal WIS Left |
with his bride, rein: thrown over u
Fence post Presently. after few
whispered words between the. lovers !
Charlotte mounted and code toward |
the house. All except Danger were 4
too pEeoceupded to, nosIce- That she /
passed the house and WAS, soon lost to 4
view down. the road. Then suddenly !
Dangler mounted Simon and dashed !
after her.
Mount! Quclk!' shouted Mr.. De
Forest. "E1ye hundred dollars to the.
man. who catches. them-"
There were three stablemen and six
horses, all in, the stable, having been
brought ont. Two OF the horses being /
saddled. two, OF the men mounted and |
rode away, while the remaining man
saddled one OF the remaining hnrses. |
Ehls ME-. DeEorest mounted himself.
6Ie was too. old to join in the race. but |
wished to follow The two men In
advance pushed on with fair speed
for awhile, but it WIS not long before
they discovered tlEat their horses
freshness bad been worn out by Dan
-4er in his pretended efforts to test their
speed. Miss DeForest's horse had NOT
been used ut AL, and Simon. ridden by
DangIer, was fresh as u daisy. Tue
plnn, which was uot premedttuted, had
simply been to show the old people
that they could not control the young
one's movements. The only premedi-
hated thing about It was Hall Dam
Eler's wearing out the horses so that
She couple could not be pursued to, adj
yantage. First one follower Jagged,
then the other, and when NIr. DeEHor-
nst came up he found both out OF the
race. The couple had gone free. The
aid man rode ON short distance and
saw the young couple halted, facing
each other, Dangler talking earnestly
Here was crisis. Had the father
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