The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1910-02-19

ilA mousse 10. TWO weeks SiaN. hut
there was sull plenty OF snow on the
( olnd EyensAegore ,unpacking her
sslgl. hanAsag Vp her Dire ses The
III rs an fuhipinS aroundsS Not
> 0tsl sEiss ss'ls Sh5velk to girl from
towa ESteis @tS that moment there
MeTe piles ofsisin 'front.' of her fathers
hpngef waiting to bei removed, and
gspwing Blacker every moment
Eut this snow was different. 1t
was white snow It wasn't mixed
With sooI. cinders, old shoes tomato
cans aud beef bones. Ii was as clean
as the sptead on a spare bed, II was
good enough to eat She threw snow
halls at the dignified old family dog
and gave him bad opinion of her
city manners. also of her skin as a
thrower
On the second day Of her stay Miss
Bessie observed something. Il was
something that the man Of all-work
around the house had never observed
YET, although he had been there five
years. To the north OF the house was
Hill thai was evidently on some one
! else's land as there was q dividing
fence. BY taking down a panel OF the
fence a girl on sled could start at
he top of the Hill, come whizzing
/! down over Aunt Hetty's lawn, and
then pass thtough an open gate and
strike the highway. The road hsd q
( gradual descent for q quarter OF a
mile. That was a Slide down hill
worth talking about. Ii only there
was sled of some sort about 4
There was. II was a handsled used
by the all-worli man for various Jobs
He was not about, and.Aiiss flessie
took possession. Aunt HettNi wasn't
looking and panel of the fence was
removed almost as neaflys.as a farm
1 er's hired man conld haze done It.
linen the sled was dragged o'the top
Of the hill, ana all was ready for the
gce-whiz
llad the girl swung her hat and ut
tered a few preliminary war whoops
refore starting, and thus brought
Arnt Hetty to the door things would
have been altogether different. She
would have been told that hill belong
Cd to old Adam Flint. who was both
mean and misery His Hill stood
there ready to do business, but he was
Sc afraid thai somebody would elope
with 1t hat he had posted signs ev.
cry where
No trespassing under penalty OF
the law read the signs.
The girl could have seen no less
than three such signs had she looked
around her. she wasn't looking foi
siGns, however Also, had she looked
anout she would have been warned
( that a girl gee-whizzing on a sled inso
the highway and down another hill
! n ght possibly meet q vehicle OF some
sort coming mp.
! II She had been told these things
tie ride would have been postponed
and Miss Bessie Hyde might have
lived on 10 be an old maid Fortunate
J. she was not interfcred with. The
4 firsl anyone knew Of tie adventure
wa when shout came from the top
81 The hill. The sled came down like
4 bullet. The all-work man ran tc
STOP it, but fell down and rolled over.
Aunt Hetty ran to stop il. but she
slipped on The veranda and sat down
hard
Away went the sled with fright
cred girl hanging on for dear life and
ono foot trailing behind as ruddel
Il was going like hunted rabbit when
il made The turn into. the highway
and then there was 4 sigh of relief.
BIT the respite was short Coming up
the long hill was old Adam Flint in
Bis pung,' which S homemade
s.eigh. Close behind him followed
lpan driving a horse and cutter. The
read was narrow, the banks steep.
Miss Bessie shut her eyes and
screamed. Old Adam Flint called
whoa" to his horse and decided
hat his last hour had come
The man in the cutter grinned and
got ready 10 enjoy a good thing.
The sled struck old Adams knock
tneed horse. 1t just had to strike
something or somebody. The knees
Of the horse were bent as he strained
a, The sled. He fell in heap and
didn't try TO get up. That was a wise
move on his part. for the sled and The
girl climbed over his back knocked
cd Adam ont Of his sleigh and struck
the other horse before coming to n
stop. The man i'm the cutter was smil- .
ing when splinter from the pung
hil him in the forehead aud left a
ereat bruise. There was bad mix .
ioT five minutes. q
It's wonderful how girl can gee.
whizZ down hill and knock men and
horses into the middle of next week
and yet do very little damage When
things we're Strengthened out II wa.
found that The girl had q cut on tho
wrist and twisted ankle: old Adams
Knocked lSneed steed had his knees
barked; old Adam himself had a shoul.
der wrenched the old "nung" coc'd
lie patched up. As for the young man..
he had bruise, but he was smiling
as he helped 10 extricate the cause of
Tie smash-up and deposit her in his
cutter where she indulged in n few
mysteries TO Prove hat she still lived.
ii was old Adam who ala most of the
talking and he didn't talk in whis
per He talked TO the seven winds OF
earth, and he tried 10 gestculate with
ils injured arm as he Grated
Now by iimmy-cracky but some
BODY shall pay for this. he piped.
Who's this gal2 IN bet cent she's
been riding down my hill. II sfe has.
hen lis trespass and lawsuit, Then
she banged me into my hoss That's
enoihe' lawsuit Then she's bangei
to me. That's a third Then thel
nung has been smashed. AMI The law