Crittenden record-press. [volume] (Marion, Ky.) 1909-191?, 1913-02-27

I've got the dead wood on the sheriff
now, by grab. | reflected, as she chung
to me, tightly if not affectionately,
her arms around my neck, some
of her fingers in my mouth and
others tightly gripping my nose, com
2letely cutting off my wind in that di-
rection and causing all kinds of noises
to come forth out Of my mouth--on
went, lickaty-split
Hey there, Squirrel cried Brother
NARROW as we emerged into the lane
some quarter of a mile distant from
the house Hello! hello! Here we
come, Squire, head US off!
Brother MARROW had strong voice
and, in cases of emergency, could use
it to good effect on the road, as well
as in the pulpit.
1.-The echos of the minister's voice
had scarsely died away amid the sur
rounding hills, when | saw Squire
Brownow come out OF the house and
make a break toward the road, follow
ed by Benny.
Cup the lane We went, head-ou,
l'ckaty split, old Slick Selim's heels
pounding the roadway and the three of
us still holding desperately on to his
back, and on numbered the traction
engine, whistlng and putting G.d
raising Cain behind us
"'Here we come, Squire and Ben
ny!--Head US Off! again shouted
Brother NARROW.
This of course it would have been
impossible for them to do, as they
would nave been run over by the trac-
ton engine had they attempted it. In
stead Squire Brownlow renamed stand
ing by the roadside and as we dashed
by he made a motion to his daughter
Nell, understanding the signal, loosed
her hold upon me, gave a leap from
the back of the plunging horse into
the air. landing safely into her fathers
outstretched arms!
"Brother NARROW and l, however,
did not fare so well; for just as Nell
made her desperate leap, the horse
gave a sudden spring to the right, dis
lodging the minister and me from his
back and sending us out into open
space!
"Obedient to the law of gravitation
we, after various gyrations in midair,
landing on mother earth ker-thunk anu
in all kinds of shapes, just as the en-
CINE went rumbling by.
"As the machine passed by the en-
gineer, with his hand on the throttle,
looked down at Brother NARROW and
me with a dogdiicare, getoutomiwsy
expression on his countenance and soon
up the road.
"'That scoundrel of an engineer,
said Squire Brownlow, has evidently
been visiting the Fords Ferry bar and
l have a notion, by gum, to put the
sheriff and his party on his track for
reckless traction engine driving on the
public highway.
"'I wish you would, pa, said, as
l scrambled to my feet, picked up my
hat and pulled myself together as well
as 1 could.
"Amen to that, Squire. said Broth
er NARROW, also getting on to his feet,
Strengthening out his caved-in stove
pipe, also getting behind me and slyly
examining various black and blue
places just below his knees.
Squire Brownlow, pointing with
one hand toward the house, moved off
in that direction, still carrying Nell in
his arms, Brother NARROW following at
his heels, Benny next in order and
taking long strides, trying to step into
the tracks of the minister, and l, hob
bling along stiff-legged in the rear.
EDITORS NOTE-This interesting
adventure, as told bv Zabulum himself,
will be concluded in this department of
the Record Press next week.