The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1915-09-30

IOWu. NOW, SuppOSe eNS1y WouS W.
man and child could be made to pay
80 cents to see the show. That would
be $1,5O0. Ginger wouldn't bring more
than $50 at most.
What an idea!
Having got into Jim's head, he
couldn't get it out. 1t buzzed and siz-
zled, but it stuck. Jim thought he
would try to see what he could do with
Ginger blindfolded. He tied a hand
kerchief around the horses eyes,
mounted him and tried to make him
go. The experiment for awhile fail
ed, but so great was the animals con-
ldence in his master that he soon be.
came ,reconciled to walking in the dark
while Jim guided him. Then he would
consent to trot slowly. And SO by de-
grees Jim got him to move quite rapid
ly under the handkerchief.
By this time the idea had bloomed In
the boys brain. The bluff from which
he thought of jumping was perpendic-
ular and the water beneath it forty
feet deep. Jim considered the danger
to be that the horse In his struggle
A4A6AL 1uJOAV AlS AAoCA w uAuA y IAAAh
much of any other danger. 1t was en-
tirely q matter of nerve.
One day Jim appeared in Il pool room
and showed q paper under the nose of
the proprietor. 1t contained q state
ment that Jim Hawkins proposed for
$1,000 to jump on his horse Ginger of
the bank into the river in front Of the
town. The proprietor looked at Jim
as II making a mental estimate for his
coffin, then, taking up a pen, signed for
S25. Jim left the place with subscrip-
lions for over 5000, and before night
the whole amount had been subscribed.
1t was stipulated that the money was
to be placed in the hands of MI. Jones,
to be paid to Jim's mother, for it was
not considered probable that Jim would
come out Of the stunt alive.
The only person In Jones City who
did not know Of the approaching enter
tainment was Jim's mother, and he had
persuaded her to visit her sister on
the day it was to take place. The ap-
proach to the Jumping point was roped
off to keep back the crowd on either
side, and every n had been caution
ed to do no shouting till after the leap,
lest it should cause the horse to balk.
At 3 o'clock in the afternoon Jim,
wearing his birthday suit and a pair
of spurs, mounted Ginger bareback,
the only equipment being a bride. Jim
was a trife pale. but his mouth ind1-
Gated resolution. The handkerchief
WoS tio1 rOrafnl1u cuor. tl, houooSa
eyes. and Jim rode him back and
forth for awhile as a preparatory
measure. Finally he took u position
about a hundred yards from the bank.
A number OF persons crowded around
him to bid him goodby. and whom they
were put back behind the ropes Jim,
at the signal Of a pistol shot. gave
Ginger the word.
BY the time they reached the edge
of the bank the horse was Looping, and
at the right ONE Jim lifted him
with the bride and gave him the spurs.
He cleared the bank, and down, down,
down went rider and horse, Jim cling
Ing to the horses name. Ginger paw
ing the air.
Every man, woman and child rush.
ed to the bank. There was a whirl Of
waters where they struck, and after
what seemed an interminable time Jim
came up, swimming Justify. The horse
soon after appeared some twenty feet
from Jim. The handkerchief had been
arranged so that Jim could pull it off
while between the bank and the wa
ter. Nevertheless the horse seemed
dazed, not knowing at first which way
to go, so that Jim, who struck out for
him, was in time to catch hold Of his
tail.
The crowd followed the exhibitors
down the river to a place where they
could land, and they we're received
with a clamorous welcome.
When J1m's mother returned that
evening and he poured a thousand dol
lars into her lap. telling her how he
had earned 1t, she tainted.
Was New to Pat.
On arriving in this country Pat was
met at the pier by his brother Mike.
who had been In America, some years.
and was taken to his home. Early on
the following morning the new arrival
was awakened by an alarm clock, an
invention that was entirely new to him.
"shure and OF say, Moike." be ex.
cialmed sprtnging out of bed, "the
nolghts here in America must be the
longest av any place in the worruld."
"Begorra, Oh don't know about that
was the sleeping rejoinder Of Brother
Mike. "Phat makes you think so?"
Didn't yez hear that clock?" re. !
turned Pat, pointing toward the bu.
reau. ut must have shtruck at Taste q
thousand."-PhiladelphiaT Telegraph.