The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1912-11-29
A Companionab.e
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By EDGAR [. THOMPSON

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Just opcncd store IA {; setue.t"' Oh
tie ppco> river.
/ had about fifty miles 10 20 Travelled
on Ao.~cMu'k aud. OF cuGr~t Gr.,I "a
T. cai!brr revolver ~ mt Or ,.'@ Il
taack with np. bat ate it 'u'"- ~
o.c.o.h About = 10 the afternoon |
PASSED "A house whore there were iot
ol horses tied to posts before tAr H'or
Thinking | might get II duuer ! 'ode
~ 10 the door uud called oat.
Hello. there"
| heard Il commotion inside, ana
pretty soon a man came 10 the door
He looked aS L ne were ready 10 NiI
some one If necessary. and ! noticed
he held his right hand behind him. so
that he could have easily drawn ou me
He asked what wanted. anI WIrn !
told him he said there We're a litt salt
pork and corn pOne IN the house thdt !
could have If | could worry them down
| diSmOunted. went in and found an
other man and girl apparently about
twenty years old They gave me he
eatableS, and when | had finished my
meal one of the men asked me where |
was going. told him. and after con
ference with the others he came 10 me
and said:
''Neighbor. would you mind helpin a
gal through on the way you're goin :"
I'D be very glad to do So replied
well. Moll. you'd better 90 with
him, and you'd better take two of the
horses with you. We won't need EN-
You wouldn't mind leadin' 'em, would
YOU?
Not bit" said Moll
We'd been on the road together about
an hour when we heard distant clat-
ter of horses hoofs behind Us. Moll
looked Mt me. frightened | asked her
what scared her, and she said she was
afraid road agents were coming At
the same time she turned her horses
head into Il thicket beside the road.
! followed her. and after riding few
hundred yards from the road she stop
ped We listened and failed to hear
the footballs Moll looked aWfully
scared and said she believed whoever
she had heard behind us had seen us
turn into the wood and were following
uS and that the reason they made no
sound was because they were riding on
the turf
] thought Of the thousand dollars l
carried and, thinking girl might be
better able to keep it from men, | told
her had money with me and asked
her If she could conceal it on her per
son for me till the danger had passed
She was too frightened to reply at
once, but when | got her attention she
took the bills and crammed them into
her bosom | was much pleased. for
| felt that they were safer there from
men than on me.
1t was soon evident that some per
son, or rather persons. We're after us.
for we heard them near us in the wood
but we were in Il depression. with the
bushes thick between us and them. and,
although we got glimpSeS of them
they didn't find us. Our great fear
was that one of the horses would be
tray us by whinny. but fortunately
we escaped that, and in time our pur-
>uerS gave mp hunting for us in that
vicinity We heard Il man call to an
other, We've come too far: they turn.
ed in farther back Then we heard
them go in the direction from which
we had come
The girl. taking the lead. started up
and made for the road farther on.
following But when she reached 1t
she kept on the turf | was astonish-
ed at the energy and foresight she
displayed She clung to the led horses
though occasionally when fearful OF
being overhauled she showed signs OF
turning them adrift Finally. hearing
approaching hoof beats on the road in
the direction we were going she let
the horses 80. striking them with her
whip, and they made off into the wood
This done she molulatcd her gait
ani we rode OH at slow canter We
met mon driving a team. and ex-
ne"tcd Mol would warn him Of the
road agents ahead of him. but she
didn't and we went on till be had
passed ont Of hearing. when she be
gan 10 lash her horse like Il fury