Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-07-24
DREAMLAND
ADVENTURES
TIE GYPSY RACE
NJ DADDY
nr.x prince Goo. .Lame

' he prepared to tell Peggy and Billy
about II. , .Su.,,o,
burning hoops" replied Peggy.
"And i've seen 'em roll over on me
ground and pretend to be dead added
Billy. - ..,.,.r ., those tricks
that Gray Prince used sr'nneo i0"o''
You remember how told you he
won the first race, beating even Eomany
Rye the fastest Of the aiSyt Eypsy, y,,Re horseS Il
bit to be beaten by Gray. Prince. He
had won so often he thought thcre was
no horse swlfter than he was. Ano mere
Gray Prince had passed MIN "heh he
"You can't do It again You have
run yourself out = neighed Romany rye
70 Gray Prince. I'll show you my horns nee,s
n the next race snd a. wSep dep,nw we 70 run in
front OF me, the kings own horse
Gray Prince just wrinkled up MS
nose and grinned. SO did Snep ana
Lady Ann for & tsey wv weTs Romnnv suu nSw Rye any
"But az the horses were being led to
the starting place for the second race
strange thing happenedEaray ray anlu rL,nce 8
little limp, but with every step II grew
worse, By the time they reached the
starting place the limp had become 80
bad the gypsies grew .%rss wuse'ee Ie9s as Il
Prince was hobbling on tnree iess 40 IL
" The Judges noticed the trouble and
called all the horses TO the staruns
"'Gray Prince can't run in this race;
He is too lame they said. The race
must be run without him.. st
THAT pleased the town tolK, VINO
wanted their own horses 70 n,, WIN, ahu H1uv's "a
horse was glad Gray Prince was out OF
the race. But he couldn't help taunt'hs
his lame rival. s
Huh, you're not lame, ne hv r,sT
You may be sure that my parents
shep, the sheep dog, and Lady Anne. tne
collie. were much worried by Gray
"Now he can't rescue little Phil,
"But when they went to Gray Prince
to comfort him he just winked az them
Remember my circus trick' no
Then they knew what he had meant
when he told them before not to worry:
You're just pretending to De iamei sis
asked Shep. Gray Prince nodded MS
head Are you afraid Of Romany RyeT
asked mother. Gray Prince grinned.
''No. but winning these races doesn
mean much to me- he answered. 81
tonight when try to escape with little
Phil II beat 'Romany Rye now'
might be too tired to win tonight AS
Il is, Romany Rye will be the one VINO
my father and mother thought that
was very clever Of Gray Prince, and
they, too, only grinned at Romany Ryes
boasts and sneess Whsn ,. he beasp Se
town horses. He had been forced to race
very hard to win and 1t was plain to
be seen that he was weary.
"As for Gray Prince. he was fresh
ana eager for the long flight that was
10 carry little Phil back to his father
and mother. He got over his lameness
in hurry as soon as the races were
Might was falling when Gray Prince
started on his race to carry little
Phil. the kidnapped boy. home to
his father and mother" ,,si,i said rfSLne Toddie
eagerly fol-. they knew he had come to
the most thrilling part of his story
Gray Prince had picked 10, out that that
before going to bed, In this way he
made little easier the ache in his
heart that always came as he thought
Of his own dear mothers good night kiss
as she used to tuck him into his bed
and were chums? Well. what do you
think he die that night? He tucked
tree to mount Gray Prince. and when
his chubby. squirmy. body dropped on
the horses back, there I was, too
scared half to death.
and I hung tight to his shirt with my
keep from jouncing Off
dox ana aa n ss ese sse We
GLAD: . ,, o
ay ANN nd ss hs ppppy pps eoSdn pSn ss
fast as we will have to go and 50 It
Will vii, be ,,iIn tne for him to ride Gray Prince
but / tell you 1t was awfully journey on
that big horses back.
Gray Prince pretended he was only
iSs fSoins a.n to give little Phil ride around round
to the outskirts of the camp. then away
he went down the road.
4. AT once there we're loud shouts from
bss Sns sypsis. .. Guards down down the road
hishway.. waving their arms to stop
Cray Prince. But Gray Prince thun-
dsrsd on. The guards. as they saw he
tho sss ROAD io and ss0RR Res as
Gray Prince reached the rope and
suddenly felt as though had been
shot into the air by an explosion. 1t
was Giray iumy Fsinee t5n taking slII mighty jump
the rope stretched to stop him. The |
next moment he was galloping along the |
open road at the speed Of a train.
Ssehind came the gypsies. 1t had
hsir horses. In the lead was Romany
Hye the race horse. with Red Peter
on MS back Romany Rye was partly
catch Gray Prince, his rival, he galloped |
as ne had never salloped before.
~. AT the start Gray Prince, aid not go
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