Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1924-11-01
wandered to the crest Of The grassy
slope and seemed to go beyond It.

wandered to the crest Of The grassy
slope and seemed to go beyond It.
ut was awfully funny" - said.
but I was scared for q utnete,.s We
rode over as far as the second edge;
wanted him to see real ptoce of
range country He wouldn't admit
he'd never been on a hoeses before.
But he did pretty wen. atehaaoh. the
sorrel was getting nervous. from the
way his mouth was pulled.
Its catchin'. maybe."/
Perhaps. At any rate. we were
standing there. right close to the
edge. when bee lit-on the sorreI.
You know what happened. The way
he went over that horses head you
have thought he'd learned 70 ay II
carried him over the edge. TOO, and
he went down about twenty feet be.
fore he grabbed mold Of a bush and
stopped himself. thought ne was
gong all the way
Il expect you roped him?" OH
served Dad.
He wouldn't let me. He got mad
as fury when he saw was going TO.
He SAID he guessed he could climb
back without any help. and be did.
And he wouldn let me catch the
sorrel. either II must have. eaken
HIM twenty minutes at least And
then It took HIM another I've min.
ures to get on. can't descs0G ex.
actly the way he did Il. Il WoR IKE
SHINING up. OF course, be waA neetty
we'll scratched and mussed. a1E hts
temper was in frtghtful ssa4a-
ANY language" asked paA
mo he was .oa eAsy. think.
Coming home he ns-ari, tea - twice.
trying TO ease hn,s.'sft n tho e1ddie
Eut iie uever .sQae.a.>..T. and Ae saws
he's going out riding tomorrow me-
ing He won make 1t. though. h
be TOO lame 70 move.
Dad nodded with urTderstandin,
Any dude would be too lame 70 NOV.
QLEoSf SqIdl 1CL
was not entirely ceruatn that the
Wreck would fail to move. even
thoHgh TOO lame for he had a wa,
Of playing the game according to his
own rules.
''Tft put. on a house Dress be-
lieve.; said Sally.
Sure" agreed Dad. bob 3 here
She paused Tor an instant, a TOOK
OF surprise IN her eyes.
when did he Gomez didn't e.:
peer hmm until tomorrow morning
He came while back. He ain
goin To be able to go with you uO-
morrow. as near as can make QUIT
Salty frowned tnvoluntarily. the.
shrugged and continued her marc
toward the house. Dad settled BAG
against the fence and resumed his
musing. Sally would be mighty dis
appointed If she did not get TO- th"
train tomorrow: she was all packeG
and expecrant. But he knew ttg
she would not say very much: stac
was. nor much OF A hand at complain
ing. StIl. II seemed, even TO- Dao..
thar II was TOO bad to postpone e'
ervthing right AT the last minu'
He would rrt n,lrd riding over W
her himself. but 1t was too Ion.
trail tor people with twinges a.
kinks. Sometime, he wished
ranch. was a little mite nearer ~
railroad. But Sally never even corr
planned about that
There had been no railroad at {"
when Dad Morgan came into =
range country at least. none with
couple Of hundred miles or NOR.
Now there was main line north o.
them. only ABOUT thlrty-five miles q.
a. good TRAIN. 1t seemed very near -
Dad when Ii first came. but wber
Sally began going to school In tfii"
East. and there were seasonal goinE-a
and: comings. with the necessity o|
communications berweers
city and ranch. Dad realized thar II
was not very close. after all. so tar
as, he and Ma were concerned. tfiof
made 40 difference. But Sally has
gnown up. and she had an education
and she knew the ways Of places fo =
beyond the range. snd-well, Dad un-
derstood. Still. even Sally was quite
satisfied with the range country. pro-
videh she was not quarantined there.
10 was not a very large ranch. tl1nH
Dad Morgan surveyed through haif-
squinted eyes. nor was It a. busy ONE
The air of idleness was everywheT''
about to: idleness. but not decay: Ut
was simply a ranch taking a. Tor
ard honorable rest. The busy ve"
wep-. behind 1t.
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