Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1922-03-21

| imitation of that. or some other anx-
icty. He was frisking about n bark
ing. lcaping up now and then to nap
at an imaginary fly In the air. Daddy
caught hin, by his lower jaw and held
him immovable. GO find her, Bar
ney!" he commanded; good dog
so find her." "
Tho instant he was released the col
lie acted as IL he understood perfectly
what Was wanted OF him. S%pr1nEing
aside, he began 10 circle again, moss
to the ground. and within half a min
ute he was OF, this time heading into
a DIM ;rall that led away diagonally
down the mountain, not in h dlrec-
ton Of Atropia, but rather on the 9TH
or leg Of a triangle, one side Of which
might BE- the desert edge, one the
Alropia road. and the third the route
We were o taking to the eastward.
II must have been within an hour
or SO Or Midnight when we left the
mountain forests behind and got inlo
the region OF barren foothills. Here
the come seemed much surer of his
ground, and We had our work cut out
icr Us in the effort to keep up with
HIM. In the starlight I made out the
line or telegraph poles as We ran, and
pretty soon out dos leader swung OF
! y" >"S ~ Ia We lOuuu OOIGOIVCA
,rot'Lns On a line parallel to the rail-
r.au trscN n only a, little way from
it.
Pretty soon the dog disaopcared:'
IL then We heard hlyn barkiuEsit 4
ut>A: distance TO the 1eit " IL III rail-
lei trachS. When we went TO see
villa nc mad lohnd, the nlysters sud
deny .uoK al,solhcr tack auu yaerad
on 'hso Il new chaAnel. LIZ a small
s.a&"s hollow between two of the
! hilis we came upon the oog and tao
C"'lco ponj. me birdie let1Y had
sAp+ed oNer the brpnro's head. anu
b-4A,y hau them between his ses.,,
"ti'o vas backing and tagging and ap-
paftn~'y trying to pun the pony along.
Well, III De ding jigsered!" aaid
lady; vi l ccuion . uniuad auiuc
mat Easily. For ME the riderlass pony
meant an accident of some sort.
"Heavens!" l gasped; do you sup
crippled
7, "Who-Jeanie? why, bless your
nea4t, Stanlie, son she can ride 'ern
via! And tfat calico wouldn't hnck
a oaby OH. No. Dos; don t you r. : q
Iis.un about noth-n nke that When
sne sot out O. tina. EDDIE, Il xax
wanted TO-" -
When she got of 10 take the train
pony home" l suggested. would ne
De likely to do t;iat?", 80
Daddy Hiram slapped his ler
You've hit 1t exactly, son! Don't
snow why didn't think o. that at
lirst. It's an Old trick that are
taught the collie when he vas , .n.l.
pup And Barney, he tried. ana
when he couldn't make the pinto
leave off grain, be come for ia
sure!-that was the way Of II. What
say IT We SO back to the edxe o. The
tlfhoer and camp down? I reckon
mere n nothin' to be gained ~
n,rtin' the trail atore we've mad =
NJ rest-up spell. is there? -
bad no objection 10 offer. vnr
MAJ be sure: and after we Mad found
q camping spot, n had picksted the
pcnr With the light rope that jenTts
alTaJs carried tied to the cantIe n
her saddle, we made a good firn "a
serve In lieu OF the blankets that re
didn't have and stretched ~oufselves
ous 70 sleep the sleep Of the fagged
and leg-weary. 49,
The next thing / knew-and II
seemed to be just about = minuts
after had closed my eyss-Daddv
was ahaking me awake.
Time to be moggin' along, II "a
aim to get home for breakfast. non
; n.y.. he announced. At the break
OF . we were coming into the Gin
anar Atropia Q at precisely the
point at which We left it the eveninr
before. - eN11
, n sun MS Just beginning to ma
the upper heights Of Old Cinnc6ar
when we tralled over the broad. IA.
e bench below the mine and head