Emmons County record. [volume] (Williamsport, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-current, 1922-03-02

was room for only one to work at . il
time, stood ct his elbow and held the
tefch. don't know what he expected
to find hidden under the slide, but
do knew whstN was afraid he was
goiug to nud-
After. all, Il WIS only q flash in the
PAM 80 far rs shy dreadful discovery
was eoncerneds Inside Of FIVE minutes.
Daddy, working IKE man demented,
had dag the entire eave-in away, and
there, was nothfae to show for the:
frantic shevelfag- less than nothing. !;
Again. don't knsw how Daddy felt.
but TIN sure I was able to breathe,
better: the improvement dating from,
the moment when IT became apparent
that tie earth heap had grown too,
small under the shovel slabs to poa-.
sibly, csaeeaF q hunaam body.
The csllie had tsllOwed us andls
Daddy Riram scewaed down at him..
If, that dog could ealy be like old
Gran'paw Baaaan's donkey for min
ute or 81" he museA He saw her
go In there and saw her come out !.
likewise and the same, he must we
seen what she did adter she come out.
Looks as II ne wanted to talk and tell
US, don't hes'
Barney was, certainly giving a good
imitation OF that, Or some other anx-
iety. He was frisking shout and bark
Ing, leapinE up now and then to snap
~ IN ivn0 ~lno~~, o.. 4, %hrtoSv ~ IA.
caught him BY his lower jaw and held
him immerable. go ind her, Bar
ney !" he commanded; good dog 60
find her!"
The instant he was released the col.
lie acted as if he understood perfectly
what was wanted Of him. Sprlnging
aside, lie began to circle again. nose
to the ground. and within half min.
ute he was of. this time heading into
II dim trail that led away diagonany
down the mountain, net In the dtrec.
ton Of Atropia, but rnther on the 9TH
er leg Of triangle, one side of which
might be the desert edge. one the trail
we had followed frosn the Atropis
road: mt tie third the route we were
now taking to. the eastward.
II must have been within an hour
or so Of midnfshs VIXEN we left the
mountain forests behind and got into
the region Of barren foothills. Here
the coaMe seemed much surer of his
ground and we had our work cut out
for uS in the effort TO keep up with
him.. In the starlight made out the
line Ct telegraph peles rs we ran, and
pretty soon our dog leader swung OF
to the right and we found ourselves
trottiag on line parallel to the rail-
road track and emily little way from
ID. q 81
Pretty soon the dog disappeared ;
and then we heard him barking 1t .
little distance to the left u the .paral-
lei tracks. When we went to see what
he had found, the mystery suddenly
took another tack and veered Of, into
= new channel. In assmall grassy hoi-
low between two Of the hills we came
upon the dog and the calico pony. The
bride reins had slipped over the bron-
cos head, and Barney had them be-
tween his teeth and was backing and
tugging and apparently trying. to pull
|. the pony along. " ri
well, I'll be ding-jiggered! y 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
crippled u @ & 4 4 81, sf s.5,t s ;f n a
Who eanie? Why, bless your
heart, Stannle.s son, she can ride 'em
wild! And that calico wouldn't BUCK
baby off. No. boy; don't you go to
frettin' about nothip' like that. When
she got out q that saddle, It was cause.
she was good and ready and wanted
i to" IA y '5s,s35 IN: ..8
When she got off to take the train,
she tried to make Barney lead the pony
hOme," suggested. "Nould she be
likely to do that ~ j
DAddy Hiram slapped his leg.
You've hit II exactly. SON! Don't
know why / didn't think O. that at first.
It's an old trick that she taught the
collie when he was q III pup. And
Barney, he tried, and when he couldn't
make the pinto leave off grain, ne
come for us. Sure THAT was the;