The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1907-12-12

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lie nospt hcr to his brcdd at last and
! held her
was broken. The cowboy In the real
/ gave him brilliant assistance. In the
twinkllng Of an eye that which had
/ been wound began 10 unwind,
What OF the woman? Was be toe
latel He saw her sway In the saddle
I She would be thrown on the edge oi
the circle and traslpled y deathl Leay.
Ing the mill To unwind Itself. he leaped
his pony toward her just In Time. for
as he approached she pitched forward
and fell Providence threw her TO the
right rather than 10 the left The
man caught her In ruthless grip.
Fortunately she wore no trailing skirt
and her feet were out OF the siirrups.
AS II was the divided garment she
wore was torn into ribbons on the
horns and one boot was dragged OFF
Ii was well that she had fallen TO n
stout arm. The effort entailed upon
him TO keep the saddle ana drag the
woman free was tremendous. but his
strength was MS the strength of ten
that day and did not fall him. He
swept her TO his breast at last and
held her senseless, but free He had
accomplished the impossible.
They We're now In the angle formed
by the tangent and the circle, and the
way was clear before them lie
spurred his tired horse. which had
done such splendid work, out into the
open ami stopped He did not dare
put the girl down yet not until the
cattle had completely unwound them
selves aud the jam had been broken
for he did not know what might oc.
cur.
Fortune. however had subjected
Miss Renwyck to all the trials de-
handed Of her that day, for the herd
Of painting cattle. bllndly following
new leaders. presently unwound itself
and streamed across the prairie, going
slower and slower. as the panic Inn
pulse subsidized almost rs quickly as II
had arisen. The steer the accident to
which had caused the trouble lay dead
where the vortex had been. The mans
companion had ridden up TO him as
soon as he could but the man who
held the girl directed him TO ride on
after the herd lest they get into trouble
again.
"She's all right" he said, only
tainted. You ride after the bunch
Head 'em off before they leave the
range. III look after the lady. III
follow you presently"
With the others assistance he lower
ed the girl to the grass and dismounted
himself. Miss Harriet Renwyck was
not exactly at her best at that mo
ment She was ms white as n cotton |
boil where her pallor could be seen
for the dust. Her glorious black hair
was unbound ana flowed In Wild disor
der abort her Her clothing was rip. |
ped and tom She was the picture Of I
death. Yet IN the eyes Of the cowboy |
who had saved her she was beautiful. !
He took his water bottle and sprin. I
killed. her face with its contents with I
little effect Deity then the man
out his knife. cut the tight
stock she wore and ripped open her
dress at the neck. Then he splashed
more water In her face and al last IN
Ter It's stimulus she opened her eyes
md stared al figure bending over
her. She saw n stalwar blond young 4
nan who would have been handsome
but for ten days growth Of heard
hat covered his face dusty and sweat
,treaked from his recent efforts.
You're all right, miss" said the
'owboy soothlngly as she gazed nj
him with dawnng comprehension
Drink this" be added az be compelled
Ter 10 take q pull al his flask, which
happened TO he not quite
IMPLY. although the day WIS no longer
foung She obeyed him.
Those terrible CATTLE" she faltered
is the fiery liquid renewed her
strength
They're 81 gone You're perfectly
afe, MISS"
And yon-drew me outr'
ITS nothing at all Anybody would
Iarc done H.
You saved my life. shall never
orget H. should have fallen long be.
ore bad your voice not kept me up"
She sat up. covered her face with
er hands and shuddered violently.
Il shall never get that sight out Of
ly mind"
1T was only little min, MISS" said
he cowboy. we broke II easily"
Where Is my fatbcrfr asked the girl
astlly. Where Is my horsey'
AS for your father. ! didn't see him.
guess your pony has gone with the
eri Bnt you're welcome 10 mine.
Ielio. here are your friends. | reck.
mr. be exclaimed IS be saw two or
Arec horsemen ealloping over the rise
cyond
Back Of them came the spring
'agon. drawn By mules oa the dead ,
IN. Old Jacob Eeuwyck knew enough
bout cattle 10 realize his daughters ,
anger lie bad alse realized that be
ould do absolutely nothing TO help
er Bot. as luck would have IL. sir
a,nt was near al hand. II was that
{ had signaIet her from The top o;
ie hill lie and hls daughter bad