The Canon City record with which is consolidated the Canon City cannon., 1912-11-21

Itln Ili1s pI a mllilOu ueeS.
Blossom held her breath A fearful
sinking OF the hear, took possession
Of her when she discovered brown
BeEs and her rider we're nowhere TO
be seen.
-oh. what II my foolish dare has
brought them TO grief She Was
scarcely able TO stand as she scanned
The horizon line. All sigh OF re-
lief escaped her. They were there.
lar in the rear. Ike a speck Of black
against ihe blue. but dashing toward
The inlet for dear life
Nearer and nearer the three men
came Inch BY inch the birdmnn
drew ahead, lie Was Just over the
waters cdsei The notorisi dashed
10 the bridge and sood cid Brown
Bess lcaped on st the same moment
Blossom. no longer having control
5f herself beat he Ground with her
foot auu cried excltedly f-rst 10 me
and ther the other
Suddeaig her blood seemed 20 stop
In its course. There Nas deafening
crash. spiinterins of wood and a
fearful fIiash. The Eirl terror
stricken. VAS afraid 20 laok Hut she
summoRed her COURAGE.
The naeNrected had haprered The
old bridg= unable 90 s,lnd the strain
n d motor courtship. h5d given way
and th-u line OF aa:er separated il
from tn Shore a terrific jerk Of the
brake tiree Dick and his aged mem
hcr o. -te cicrsy sprawliuE OF the
trldEe Brown Eesl, hor master and
ycnns crrate. we're thrown into
panic sudde -iy Jun roar rent the
ar. hico-u srreau.hd
IN tle -cpWrst 7Tsuehes oi the old
elm tre ttl llraAip had come 10 grief
and II i--y 6 minister ard fhe huge
mach.ne we're struzsiiag with Fate
She a'cie q glance lnto the elm
tree ae reverend gentleman was
safely 4sed in q supporting branch
while Iauy was trying f-autlraily 20
aid ttat dlrnfcd person into speedy
dencent rom the tree Il looked 70
The Elri ls f she would one day BE-
olrfinis vie. She s.shed
Hast her glance swept n The
scene cr he bridge Dick vas storm
Ing euuy both ~ bis machine.
which a-s han ln and half eut Of the
water and in q mlder bat none The
lesu urzeut manner ar the old cuEate.
who pas slowly collecting himself
Can sen swim riossom blushca
nt Die tore toward the white
haired Minister
AboFe the bcaf.nr Of her heart 4
vas 81 possible 10 hear Toms voice.
bar b words had been effective. sn-
saw re- uirg yuunE curute hing OF
his elfr-e-l coat and bat ard make a
neat q I've into .h- water After that
Tom cummandec .srown n-ss. and
she. i11 with a tremendous splash
went INTO the aatcr Tom followed
suit
on; On the bridge Dick ragged In
wardlF and outwardly
Up "a the tree TOP Harry famed at
the iIraoten; moment
Yet ia the heart Of each defeated
man ms = something hat clamored
, for eypression-
And as Brown Ress reached the
shors and With steady muscles drew
herself on to a level beach a cheer
{ went out from each heart
The mare stood for a moment drip
( ping then. as the slim figure in the
pink sunbcnnct made an Involuntary
movement toward her she Nhinnied a
I Eiad welcome II seemed almost as IL
| the auimais Intelligence had told her
tbs, she had won a very Gear prize
I for her master
rlossom found when she reached
ths mares side. hat she was trem-
bling The Eiri did snoi realize until
her arms we're about Brown Bess'
neck that she could not have faced
any other outcome from the race
Tom and the young curEte splashed
onto tire beach then. and In the new
shyuess that had come over Blossom
she could only hide her flushed cheek
on tripping Bess
The psrSon went hastily 10 Bios
som ALLOW me to congratulate you.
he said. smiling broadly and giving
her a wet but genial handshake This
10 another case Of the best man &c
win despite all odds sgainst him
! consider my victory a good OBJ
jec, lesson. pArson.- put in Tom
bringing himself alongside his sweet
heart You see my desire was so
strong and my object so desirable =
he sent swift. tender glance into
blossoms eyes. that no new inven
tions OF mankind could core with the
God given power OF rood old Bess:
nothing could take you from me- he
added as he handed blossom q soaked
license
Copyright. 1917. bv tho Mcclure News
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