The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1909-03-07
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Rule might possibly not b . fake after Ill. yeum
for = bump.
I've got ours. 1t come in the night n usual
~ does.
getting nicely on second lap Of the Nor
pheus handicap. when heard . noise that soundee
like end OF the world.
II come out OF 1t. and fetched Vertigo . kick.
you're your back. hollored In ~ saf.
but then the noise come again: and knoWea
vas wrong. And additional proof coms In anoeAse
minute: for the mouse was yanksd right or mon
me and 1 was casing mp into the starry hsav.
ana wondering what had happened
And then It burst forth In all its fury. The an
wac mixed With Wild. discordant yowis The red.
wood trees falling like grain before the patent
reaper; ana d. T. menAgerie could b heard n
little concerted speciality that sounded. howsvei.
feeble and unimpressive in comparison to the main
noise.
1T come,to me in q nash II was Rover. We haA
injected too much elephant and rhinoceros! Our
impetuousness had made us incautious Aiag! How
II that careless work carries its own penal.
ties
II lay there in the Canfor,y midnight ana my
union suit thinking over these things when. an oe
q sudden. diplodocus. who had just nnishsd nlling
the middle distance With our coop Of JackAssewa-
ries. got his lamps me.
..Giving wild shake OF his head. and emitting
horrid snort. he threw the last Jaekasoowary
straight up 1t Cassyopeers chair and charged a4 No.
1T took lees than fraction Of . split seooaA
to leave the wire Vertigo already staaA-
Ing In the middle OF what once had been the rse0.
combing his whiskers with shoe and staring hslD-
lessly about.
THE horstriches!" yelled 1t hin. q I asw
past.
"A word to the Wise. you know: ana he va vlsa.
oil right. and getting wiser every minute.
''The barnyard . sight. Rover haA 1eoo
clean job. There was Just one horsserich len cut
OF all the strange creations OF vertigos great gsn
ius Even the diplodocus old lady was . eeatri-
button to the festival.
90 he grabbed the other. We SWING ourselves up-
his back. me In front. and Gtuok heeas int
its sides. It responded nobly to cur e0oourago-
ments slid on down the valley at rate - $3.50
that would had the Empire state Expeess look-
ing like . traction engine.
but did looo the diplodocus1 Newer youP
immortal life! He hadn't missed ear Seeds tan
feathers BY . foot when ~ started 6sstA men tho
barn yard. AZ We passed what had ouce beea oar
happy home. he Was apreading himsslf Ter fartAse
orders. emitting the most blood-eAillias yslDe q
every leap: and every third jump he kAngaroo
blood would assert itself and he'd Sian Ais tar
down on the ground and give Ainnssaf Dash, and
hurtis through the air for . good ninety fosG.
'The memory Of that ride = With ~ yse par.
ticuary AFTER bedtime smack OF pdss ssee ana ics
in the stin watches. AWAKEN the house Win weird
yeils and the frightened boaFderB come SuDnlng 70
my nnd me astride the radiator. urging e
ON frantic endeavor. while the cold sweat run
down my Daliid. sonnanbulistic visaGs II stssama.
BY heck!
-As We aashsd By the ed ee the valley sss1G
hear those frghtful yowls eo0ing nearse 80 Hear.
er. I dared not look around. We were eoves1ng
ground 1t the rate Of at least three njIes Der
minute ana It required al NY skill 70 keep my
place.
Il ciutched our faithfuI horssessea arssnA t.
neck. On raced. and On. and on--I AsarG
shrin yell In my ear vert1gois hanA ood1ooly
slipped from the waistband Of my union suit. Our
steed (ours longer alas. bat now nine alooe)
pressed more swiftly anA kasw Vertigo vas
gone. Poor vertigo! Poor. poor Vertigo!
He come down three days later in San AntoaSos Tex
N. broke mp tAs successful rsviva1
services they'd ever had there
Another nifty or ssventy-nve mites. Al I fsit,
than heard. the dplodoeus agnia q hsels
stole hurried glance over my shoulder Yss there
his little eyes nash1ng venomous1y. He made Q
swipe for me-and missed Anoehsr-and sudden
~ my poor horsstsich was yanked out froa undee
me and was going alone through the air.
II lit In . small but wen ventilated hole a -
ground that turned ont to b the other end Of IT,
Mammoth Cave. It was too smAn for To diplodo-
enter. That 10 the only thing that saved ny
life.
..For three weeks suna1seea on Ash. They wuro
blind and cinch 70 catch: though nucA Aarasr 70
eat. And 1t length was founA By guide Who
taking . party OF school-tsacAsss mon Desee.
Indiana. through the simplest ramncasisns Of the
wonderful burrow. delirious, they told ne.
and sadly emanc1ated: and whea they discovers me-
I'm setting stalagmite With . blind ta1pole n
each hand, singing In feeble accsnts. However. I
know nothing Of an that myself for was cot -
my head tor several weekss
He ceased.
'.But did you ever 60 baeky' queFied.
He eyed with squelcAing scoFA
did 60 back!" he repeated. "Dsd ever
go back!" And thsn. 'Say. what do 20 stake No
for. anyhow. hay7"
didn't answer His questioa. N would Mt have
naen ro,sta Ana 1870. n v,s r.ueh naeurP