The Lehi sun. [volume] (Lehi, Utah) 1913-1949, 1922-01-05

81 me nound, aud WITHIN nan
" 10 was of, this time heading INTO
y y Aim trail that led away dlagonaNy
= s., u ,he mountain, NOT in the direc-
Wv, ~ Atropla, but rather ON the otn-
~ loo NJ a triangle, one side OF "hlcn
Itch, no the desert edge, one the trai'
wv e h.d followed from the Atropia
road and the third the route we "e'e
row taking to the eastward.
I, must have been within an nour
or so Of midnight when we leit tie
,,,onnto,n forests behind and got into
,he region Of barren foothills. Here
,ho collie seemed much surer oil MS
oround and we had our work cut ou'
Sor 10 in the effort to keep up WIN
him In the starlight | made out the
line Of telegraph poles as we ran ana ana
nre,tv soon our dog leader swung OIL
80 tho right and we found ourselves
trottIng ON a line parallel to the rail-
road track and only little way from
Pretty soon the dog disappeared ;
aud then we heard him barking at
little distance to the left Of the paral-
lel tracks. When we went to see what
he had found, the mystery suddenly
took another tack and veered OH INTO
a new channel. In a small grassy not
low between two Of the hills we came
unon the dog and the calico pony. Inc
bride reins had slipped over the prom
co.'s head, and Barney had them Oe-
tween his teeth and was backing ana
Juggling and apparently trying to pun
the pony along.
"Well, I'll be ding-jlggered" said
Daddy; but couldn't unload quite
that easily. For me the riderless pony
meant an accident Of some sort.
Heavens gasred; do you sup
pose she's been thrown. and-maybe
crlppledr
"Who-Jeanle1 Why, bless your
heart, Stannie, son, she can ride 'em
wild And that calico wouldn't buck
baby Off. No, boy; don't you go to
frettln' about nothln' like that When
she got out O. that saddle, II was cause
she was good and ready and wanted
to-"
"when she got of to take the train
she tried to make Barney lead the pony
home" suggested. would she be
likely to do that1"
Daddy Hiram slapped his leg.
you've hit 1t exactly. son Dont
know why didn't think o that at first
It's an old trick that she taught the
collie when he was a III pup. Ant
Barney, he tried, and when he couldn't
make the pinto leave Off grain, he
come for us. Surel--that was the
way Of it. What say II we go back e
the edge o. the timber and camp down
| reckon there amt nothln' to b.
gained by hlttln' the trail afore we've
had III rest-up spell, is therel"
had no objection to offer, you ma!
be sure; and after we had found {
camping spot, and had plcketed thu
pony with the light rope that Jeanl'
always carried tied to the cantle OF he
saddle, we made a good fire to serv,
in lieu OF the blankets that we dldn'
have and stretched ourselves out 4
sleep the sleep of the tagged and leg
weary.
The next thing knew-and 1t seem
ed to be just about a minute after
had closed my eyes-Daddy was shal
ing me awake.
Thine to be moggln' along. II W
aim to get home for breakfast, sonny,
he announced. At the break OF day W
we're coming into the Cinnabar-AtrC
pla road at precisely the point u
which we left It the evening before.
The sun was just beginning to gil
the upper heights OF Old Clnneba
when we tralled over the broad platea
bench below the mine and headed ia
the slope that led up to the dump heat
AS we topped this last hill there wa
an amazing surprise awaiting us
, surprise and a shock. On the lev,
spot which served as a dooryard fC
the Twombly cabin stood a horse. sa,
died and brldled, Its dropped ears an
hanging head showing that It had bee
ridden far and hard. And on the cabI
doorstep, sitting at ease and calm
chewing a half-burned cigar, was
Fullerton