AN IDYL OF I)
idewalka. The atrwt car lie he Id the
center of the atrect, ami there m an op
ml down car on the track. There waa
ample ijc on either aide, if the driver
cculj ug to keep but borac itrtigt.t
ahead. They flew at the down car, m
c1om Uiat Hepworth could have touch!
it with hit ban! Kvidently. Pal thought
that a tniae waa m gl aa a mil. The
witch carte iu jat ahead. The bora
e daahed acroaa the main liuo to the
otber aide, displaying, m a hy-atamler
remark! to a friend, market intelli.
genee for a pair of runaway A fat,
middle-aged woman, with a heavy mar.
ket haakot, had juat atepped into tbe
atreet to tmrd the up car. The horee
wore almot upn her U-fore abe mw
them. She jutuptl Inck, fell, and in
her terror, rolled over and over into the
gutter. 8be atill clung ti Imr bviket,
although iU content acre M-atWred in
every direction. Ouco Hcpwnrt'4 ten
tured to look out lie In! Pat'a
about and a child'a acream. A little girl
of five or ail yearn aUl directly in the
way. 8be acemed petrified with terror
and unable to move. Hep worth abut
bia eyea, with a groan, to Die awful trag.
edy, which be waa pnwerle to avert
Dut aome one bad already aprung to the
recue; yet the flying boraea, aith quick,
er movement, again displaying marked
intelligence, bail iwerved to the right
and the carriage wbeela harly grail
the child'a drea. Would thia terrible
aanpenae never ceaae? Thia waa the
thought which waa oobatanlly upj-r.
moat in bia mimL Hut aurely that iu
the Uy to the right; ami now ami then
be could ee the Mack bulla of the Lipa
lying at anchor. All at once, the car.
riage atoppej ao aodJenly that he m
thrown forward upon the next teal Aa
be recovered bimaelf. Tat m holhtg
open the dim.
" Ocb, ahure! an didn't 1 mak' it?"
he aaknl. aith a 101 griu.
K VI 18 (U'lXII. 4.V1
The mile bal lcn made in jut four
minatr. A light dawned upoo Hep.
wvrtb'a mimL ThU tuad, headlong apt
waa only a run to clear Ih
be might not forfeit the fitra hit of ct 4 a
be had given him. It waa ao abomina
bly aelfiah pieoe of huainea, ami be felt
inclined to gite Lira a good trounricg;
but Tat a face glowed with auch arem
aatiafaction ami p humor, that ha U.
tlel up bia indignation, and contented
himoelf with aaying. in hi eeverl tn
of voice:
" iWt rrj--at that, my friend, or you
will get into trouble."
At that moment, a mounted jlic of.
nmrdahs up, hi bora flecked with
foam.
" Zomd, Tat! You tnul nmtnd tlxwe
l.ruW U tter than that Such running
in a cruadM atrwt ia dangroua liul
. IteM.
" (ch, your riverenc! In't it taeadf
that'a intirely apenl thryin' to) oldth
1mU? 1 oiuldn't do it at all, at all; they
would mak' it," with a aly U-k at Hep.
worth.
" I'ut Metiran biU on them, ami I'll
guaranty you can hold them." aaid the
officer, aa he rl a ay.
When Hepwortil rehei the lt,
there wm plenty of ttcnfl to apara. In.
deol, be miitht bate takea if etqrry
all the way through, fr a large amount
of freight had Un aent lown that
morning fr ahiptneat; ami hen the
(at finally lrknl out of Iter pier, it
waa fully half an hour aiw lt ap)int.
el time of leatitg Hh ba.1 tA g
far, Uwever, ahf-ft it Ijrame avilrtt
that he waa oteff,UL The rir waa
bw ami ahe waa drawitg heavily. 1U.
fre the diatamrv waa half c4aplV!. the
ke-1 phoghl it to a aamM ami atock
faat, the atero alightly aaayitg with th
XtxAumiA the aU-r. H'pworth pal
the ileck ia a fer ti i(&pati4a. IU
nvukl ni'ttt .Hay II" ae Laagry