New-York tribune., 1909-09-12

the current was tremendous in is sheer liquid
mass and momentum. Van slipped of and
SWAN by the bronCo's side. Together the two
breasted the surge Of the tide, and now made
more RAPID progress. 1t requl "a tremendous
effort 10 forge ahead and not be swept head
long 70 "a choppy stretch ot rapids, just below
= stream. boy. up stream SAID Van, as
II To a c0urade, for ne had noted the one likely
place To- land and Suvy w4s drifting too lar
downward.
They came IN close 10 the bank and, as Van
had feared, below the one fair landing. Despite
hls utmost efforts, TO which the pony willingly
responded, they could not regain what had
been lost. The bronco made tue but futile
attempt t. gain footing and scramble up the
almost perpendicular wall Of rock and earth
by which he was confronted. Time after time
he Clrclel completely III the surge. % no avail
lie may have become either confused or dis
CouraEe1. Whichever II was he turned about
C---.r- a moment when Van released the relns
and SWAIN stur5ilv back whence he had come
Aau. n the utmost patience. turned and fol
lowed ~uVv awaited his coming ON the shore
Try u keep a littie farther up. boy If YOU
can. sand the man and he mounted and rode
as before against the current
The bronco was eager t. obey directions,
eager 10 lo the bidding II the man he strangely
lowed. All If the first hard struggle was re-
Teetod, and the current caught them rs before
Again. rs formerly. Van slipped of and swan
lv the TarvS side. He could not mold ms
shoulder gainst the animal and guide him thus
--D the stream; but was trallcd out lcngtnwlse
and flung about in utter heples~uesS. forming
"a drag against which the pony most desperate
efforts could not prevail
They came 70 the bank precisely as they had
before. and once again. perhaps more per
s. tentv, Suvv made wild eager efforts TO
@.ra--s bile CI.t whore escape Wa7 Impossible
Again and again he circled. paved the bank.
and turned his eycs appcalingly u an, as II
I.r help or suggestions.
Atl.-t he Acknowledged defeat OF lost com
rreh,n-ian Of the struggle II swan as on the
former trial To the bank on the homeward side
There was nothing for Van but To follow as
before. When he came out dripping and pant
ing Lv the animal whose sides were talTly
hoaving as he labored for breath, he was Stlii
al cheer and encouragement.
Suvy,' said he, a failure IS a chap VINO
couldn't make a FIRE in hades We've got TO
cross tins river # we have 10 burn II up lie
took the bronco's vclvetv nose IN hls hands and
gave him rough little shake. Then he patted
him smartlv on the neck. For pocket-size
river" he said as he looked at the flood TINS
is certainly the infant prodigy Wei, let try II
again.
HAD the plunge been straight 70 death that
II bronco would have rlsEed u uns"erVln&Iy
~ the urging Of his master Suvy was some
what exhausted by the VAN trials already maze
bat into the turgid d0wn-sweep ne headed
with newly cOnlured vlgor
Van now waited merely for the pony TO get
started on his way. when he hittd away ION ION
the saddle. with the waters and ana chung
-r--,,,1-- mr. 10 the stirrup He SWAN with one
hand onlv. TO keep himself afoat and offer no
resistance to the bronco. was the most that ne
could 90 and the best.
The struggle was tremendous. SuNy h4d
r,-4ed more obligl1elv than before against the
current and having encountered greater re
.i.iance. with his strength somewhat sapped,
was toiing like an engine
Inch bv inch. foot by foot he forged ms way
AGAINST the liquid wall that splt upon MN. MN.
va, = o-,ai final culver Of muscular energy
ehaEe the living dynamic by his side as Suvy
7,a-frea an his fine young might into one su-
l-,r..-ae ttfart At the end Then he came 70 the
landing. pot an his feet upon the slope, and up
thev hcaved in triumph.
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