Los Angeles herald., 1909-06-27


and stay with them long time.
ALINE KAGE.
500 South Avenue Nineteen; Griffin
avenue school, grade A6.
With bound he was off, Clara hold
ing on for dear life. AS the yard was
fenced in she thought that when he
came to the fence he would stop, but
did he? No! He took the fence with
one bound. which nearly threw Clara,
and was off toward the mountains.
Just before he jumped the fence
Clara heard her uncle say: Lie down
and clasp him around the neck" and
she did so.
Away they went over the meadows,
going faster every second, until it
seemed to her that they were going
as fast as the wind. She began to get
dizzy and closed her eyes, But she
couldn't keep them shut very long be-
cause she wanted to see where she was
going.
When she looked up her heart near
ly stopped beating, for not more than
fifteen yards ahead Mas a large tree
with low branches which would brush
her off the ponyS back. She began to
grow faint and closed her eyes again,
when she heard someone calling. She
looked up and saw Jim, the best rider
among her uncle's cowboys, about ten
horseback as fast as he could.
She was getting fainter every min
ute, when she heard him say, when
l say Co. let go of the horses neck
and fail and I will catch you."
But can she keep from fainting that
long? Just as she is about to fall she
hears GO" and let's go of the pony
mechanically and faints away
When she comes to she is lying on
the grass by a spring and Jim is
sprinkling water over her face. When
she got home Jim went out and caught
her pony.
After Clara got over her fright she
learned to ride and went on many trips.
She grew to be SO attached to the pony
that when she went home her unGie
shipped it to her home in the city for
her. CARLTON HENLEY
Hoover Street school. BS. 1206 West
Sixth street.
When Mr.. Smith, Claras uncle, saw
the pony speed across the fields and
meadows and that Clara could not
stop 1t he took one of his horses and
rode quickly after them. He could not
catch up with them, and Clara was
soon out of sight.
The pony took Clara all through the
woods, and there she saw gypsies and
tramps. When she reached the end of
the woods there were gypsy camps and
some gypsy men stopped the pony and
put Clara into little hut and locked
her up and tied the pony to a pole.
Clara was frightened and the tears
fell from her eyes, for she wondered il
she would ever see her parents again.
1t was getting rather dark and she be-
came more frightened every minute.
Now, as she could see all the gypsies
going away eastward, she watched
them until they were out of sight and
then tried the door to see If she could
get out. The door was locked, After
ten or fifteen minutes struggling she
broke the door down.
She united the pony and rode it away
in the darkness.
After an hours ride she came to her
uncle's house, for the pony knew the
way. Her uncle employed her the next
fall to help round up the cattle, and
she got to riding better than her uncle.
Swiftly got used to Clara and never
tried to run off again. Clara enjoyed
her summer vacation very much, and
the next day Clara's father and mother
came after her, and Clara and her uncle
raced together, and Clara beat him.
Her parents were very proud of her for
being such a good rider.
ELIZABETH AGNES.
1913 North Catalina street. Pasadena.
Clara clung to the bride. Swiftly
went all over the ranch kicking madly
all the time
When Clara could hold on no longer
she fell with a terrible thud to the
ground. None of her bones were
broken, but she was badly bruised.
Uncle John came running to her and
took her into the house.
Just as soon as Clara was we'll again
she tried it once more. This time she
had a successful ride. Soon she got
so thai she could ride most any kind
of a horse.
The day before she went home her
uncle went riding with her. Before
he had not let her go off the ranch,
but this time he went and they took
long ride
Clara had become very much at
tached to her pony. When she was all
ready to go home her uncle told her
that she had learned to ride so well
that he would give her the pony. You
can guess what happy girl went