The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1908-03-06

was broken. The cowboy In the rear
gave him brilliant assistance. In the
| twinkling of an eye that which had
been wound began to unwind.
What of the woman? Was he too
: late? He saw her sway in the saddle.
She would be Grown on the edge of
| the circle and trampled to death! Leav-
| 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 to the left The
| man caught her in a ruthless grip.
| Fortunately she wore no trailing skirt
and her feet were out Of the stirrups.
| AS it was, the divided garment she
| wore was torn into ribbons on the
| horns and one boot was dragged off.
a, 1t was well that she had fallen to
stout arm. The effort entailed upon
him to keep the saddle and drag the
woman free was tremendous, but his
strength was as the strength of ten
that day and did not fail him. He
swept her to his breast at last and
held her senseless, but free. He had
accomplished the impossible.
They were now in the angle formed
| by the tangent and the circle. and the
way was clear before them. He
| spurred his tired horse. which had
done such splendid work, out into the
| open and stopped. He did not dare
put the girl down yet-not until the
/ ho1 nj of ttnx nd
selves and the jam had been broken
for he did not know what might &C.
| cur.
| Fortune. however. had subjected
| Miss Renwyck to all the trials de-
| handed of her that day, for the herd
| Of painting cattle, blindly following
new leaders, presently unwound itself
and streamed across the prairie, going
| slower and slower. as the panic i'm
| pulse subsidized almost as quickly as 1t
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 I'll look after the lady. I'll
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 as white as a cotton
boil where her pallor could be seen
for the dust Her glorious black hair
was unbound and flowed In wild disor-
der about her. Her clothing was rip
ped and torn. She was the picture Of
death. Yet in the eyes of the cowboy
who had saved her she was beautiful.
He took his water bottle and sprin-
killed. her face with its contents with
little effect. Deity then the man
whipped 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 at last I'M
der It's stimulus she opened her eyes
and stared at q figure bending over
her. She saw stalwart blond young
man who would have been handsome
but for ten days growth of beard
that covered his face, dusty and sweat
streakcd from his recent efforts.
you're all right MISS" said the
cowboy soothingy as she gazed at
him with dawning comprehension.
Drink this" he added as he compelled
her to take Il pull at his flask, which
fortunately happened to be not quite
empty. although the day was no longer
young. She obeyed him.
Those terrible cattle!" she faltered
as the fiery liquid renewed her
strength
They're all gone. You're perfectly
safe. miss
"And yOu-drew me out!'
tits nothing at all. Anybody would
have done it,"
you saved my life. I shall never
forget it. should have fallen long be-
fore had your voice not kept me up"
She sat up. covered her face with
her hands and shuddered violently.
81 shall never get that sight out Of
| NY miuu!
at was only little MILL MISS" said
the cowboy. 1--WE broke it easily"
where is my father?" asked the girl
hastily. "Where Is my horsey'
"As for your father. didn't see him.
guess your pony has gone with the
herd. But you're welcome to mine.
Hello. here are your friends. reck-
onw he exclaimed as he saw two or
three hOrsemen galloping over the rise
beyond.
Back Of them came the spring
wagon. drawn by mules on the dead
run. Old Jacob Renwyck knew enough
about cattle to realize his daughters
danger. He had also realized that he
could do absolutely nothing to help
her. But. as luck would have 1t, his
outfit was near at hand. 1t was that
he had signaled her from the top of
the hill. He and his daughter had
made a detour. and the wagon, travel
ing on the chord of the arc. was almost
up with him when the stampede came.
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