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About The morning Astorian. (Astoria, Or.) 1899-1930 | View Entire Issue (July 28, 1906)
SATURDAY, JULY si, ijofl, THE MORNING ASTOMAN, ASTORIA, OREGON. 7 WViW X CorencA Willed By XCNO W. PUTNAM I OmiHuM, JiwJ. bu v,,w u- Put..... JU IT linrdly seemed a cIiiiiko tit oil, hut wo mm forced to cnll It otio so long m there wns nothing bet ter. Of cutirun 'twn Tarnou's ork, Tiirimn, wIkwm murtloroti liiuirl moot friend hud rettlrulnod ami who luid done tli! other munlr-r Jimt to bring nu avenging poMu dowu oil Jack lu a humor ilmi would render In lulrliv few lid exiitimtlolii utteletts. Hill Morguu brought Iho word, It teemed a Mtraugo mibi'iidlng of Iho out law' Nilrlt, TfrhniiM IiIm own wild, bunted llfu tod lilm to lty lu hid un couth wiiy a victim mil to earth with out warning, or olbl)- lu hud emue perstiuul memories to Iw uvoiigetl. Anyway lm told m )mi hoforo diiy break of the cowardly crime (hut hud been fiiKtiu-d no UiiuilMiikiilily mid so BDjUHtly uikiu Jack and of the furious pursuers close upon our trail. Ilcforo ui were the mountains, irrlm iml full of dangers for tho stranger fugitive, hut to thin score of relentless follower home. Borne fort tulle bo. bind lay IlnUi-jvlllif-nud safety, for Itulf bur leudlng cltlxens-tlio mayor lilutsclf, to lay nothing of hi fair (laughter-would bavo sworn to Juok's SrtMtMR'e at n banquet given lu our oaor at tho very time tho murder waa committed mile away. Hut be tween our cauip and vindication rode t relctuloss, unlnqulrlng; too with a ilugle purposo-sml a halter. Tho out look waa gloomy enough for poor Jurk. It iopiiiimI that I waa not conuvctml wltt) tho crime. That, too, waa Tar poo'a akltlful planning or perhaps my (ovorumfut ponlttou aavoj mo, Vcuro anew waa to I hi taken uiou Jack alone, my great, rough, burly friend with tho In-art of a lion or n woman, a tho occasion called for courng or for klnduvss. When only a single course la possible oua can think quickly what to do, 1 gathered lu Corenca, loath to bo gath ered from tho luxurious pasture of the foothills, and, throwing the saddle over hor back, Jerked op tho girth ao tight ly that ahe flinched and snapped at me. Then, flinging tho other eaddlo ou Juck's hone, we beaded hor off acroaa tho eeonlry toward her old homo alone. As alio turned and lookod back at Corenca, pawing Impatiently at tho re straint, a sharp crack of tho whip en couriged the eagerness of ber depar ture. Koon ahe disappeared from view In the dim light, having a plain but bootleaa trail behind for our purauere to prewntly follow a few mllea In their quest for Jack. Then, after a alluut liaudtihnke tlmt an Id morn Uian word, tny friend wcut dodging lu among the bt'ovy Nhadowe of tho mountain can youa, It-avlng me alono with my won derful Corenca, whoae speed waa niatchlena und whoao teuier waa the dovll'i own. If ho could only ovade capture while I rode to IlalNcyvllle for help! Twice forty odd mllea would bave to bo covered, and tho hope was alight, hut Corenca waa a wonderful foundation upon which to build It. If the foo nhould Iomo even a little time ou the fitlito trail of the other bone IT BKKMED AH IV BITB KNEW THB NEED KOll HAMTS, and Jack get a fow extra hours, just few, where each momeut gained was glinted with gold! My thoroughbred mare, cbatlng and tugging at tho bit as we awept out luto our long, hard trip, sot me to wonder lug whether I apnrud hor moat by hold ing her lu or letting hor have her head. I tried to compromlHo, but sho willed Jt otherwliw, tmd the ground (dipped nwny under hor feet like n smooth ruu ulng belt from tho flywheel of some imnderoiw mnchlno. It seouied ns If eho knew tho need for hnsto nnd scorn I'd a BiitfKeHtlon of her own llniltntlons. Tho only notice my restraining hand received wns nn Imputlent toss of her Bhupely bond nnd a snvnge jerk at the Irelns. In 1088 than nn hour-only nn hour behind poor Jack,' I thought, with a sinking honrt-I saw our grim pur suers In the rond beforo me, but all that I feared from them was delay. They knew I was not the man they wanted nnd were themselves there to j)hold their ldenioJN! Jand hu man "jnatrce In their tfeWe'cTOle wly. They might attempt to take me back with them-tbe one thing that I really dreadd-but of peraoual vlolenoe I bad no tu0. My goveroment position would', again roloct uio, and what ever time tVy hindered mo Jack would also gain fr&m them, As we niloiiclied I got the halting ilgiiul, bu tho Utile tnnre rushed ahead, alltf) unmindful of their shout ing and my hand, Two men dismount ed burrledl and made a rush for my bridle us wt passed. In a flash Coren ca' flghtlarr blood was up, and, with gnashing tenth and eyes like a drag en's, she -was upon and over them tod dashed ahead. A dozen mounted men apurrfld after us with the act They might as well have chased the wind, for Uio very dust from the little nmre'e fee' fell short of their leader, llivy dura not shoot lest Uncle Bam ihould hoirt the echo prcseutly end only waste I a little time for Jack to profit by. Oneo clew of pursuit Coreiicn fell off n little In her speed, but not In her IndepeuduPce, us I quickly learned In my first rttompt to Jugglo with tho reins. Aflfr all, why ihould I not let ber have lr way now tlmt no ipeclul cause for foml bursts lay ahead? Bhe waa a wlfiul child of the plains. Let ber sweep them to suit ber fancy. Bhe would lose uo time and perhaps, better than I, coild judge of ber own endur ance. Ho we left the dubious miles behind u In pursuit of the mllea ahead th ste rapidly found and con quered of by one. - Homntlroee the pace was a moderate canter, some times swift an the wind, but I watched the flank! beneath me In vain for to i bored breith. Khe seemed to temper her epe4 to the limit of what ahe could colore without drawing upon jthat W'sderful restrve force that made ber t once the pride and the terror of Oe plains, j So thlfy odd mllea lay behind us prenentlr and the game little Iteast bad dra VI up only once for a drink at ibe fonWI a stream. Still, more than one Big rDw told me that she bad made ht run at an awful expense to i herself, (Rico she began to show fa tigue, U 4tmed as If her dissolution I was to as rapid as tier flight had been. Ttw willful flirt of her head sho had left n'Um behind, uud she stum- bled a itfftf sometimes as sho still gal loped ff-Tltfully on. Encb breath wai a heave tAd a gns(i now, and tho white ' foam th fell from her mouth waa oc jcaalonnlty colored with red Should I ; dlsmouH tud feed her or try to crowd her thrtoflb? Back among the moun- tain caigr us J could see a kindly, rug jged faoe, bow stern and resolute, at 'bay. Ire me, only a few miles ahead, A) llalsey villa and rescue. Ai I ready 1 rtuld almost see the atately mayor nd a few chosen frtands rush- - tng a wsy n their errand of mercy and Justice. Tor could I quite forget the sweet ficftl girl, In whose eye a tear had stin3 so close behind the laugh abe had gtvra Jack at parting. And It all tempted me forward. 8011, It would be a fool!f thing to ruin all ao near my Journey'! end by letting my now auf ' fcrlng librae go off from her feet for want of a few minutes' rest Coroufi stood quiet enough now, , with henl down and hearing aides, but i with the Are still unquencbed lu her flashing eyes. Reluctantly I dismount ed and loosened tho saddle girth a lit ;tle. Then a sight met my eyes that stayed my bund at the fastenings while ; I looked again, to bring me a moment later back Into my seat For tho first i time that day I urged Corenca beyond the limit of her chosen speed, and right ' nobly did alio struggle to respond. Hut tho heaving aides told their own story ; of a conquered body still reeling for ' ward under Jhe impetus of an unyleld ilng will. Poor, faithful servant! It j was, then, to bo a roco to tho death j of my horse or my friend and In that choice of course the dumb brute had to lose. Now that the decision bad been forc ed upon mo I spared the use of neither whip nor spue upon Corenca Corenca, to whom no one had ever before dared to teach the uso of either. No more thought of trying to save ber Just to get tho last ounce out of her before she fell. Far ahead, Just paving Ilalsey vllle, I could see a queer little red spot rushing toward us, which I realized to bo the mayor's automobile, bearing him rapidly away to a neighboring town. For a few mllea his route lay straight toward me. but ' presently the road i forked, and the red spot would bear out of reach the one man whose pres ence would awe Jack's pursuers Into submission at a word. If I could reach those forks In time It would save me a smart llttlo rldo to the town. If I failed I feared me much that nil my efforts were doomed to failure that the game wns up. Well, It would never be Co renca's fault. As I noted her trembling and unsteady gait I could not but hope that when she did go down she would be out of hor misery soon. Again and again I urged her on, heartsick as I felt tho futile struggle sho wns making under me. It was a losing race. Still, she lost It by so narrow a margin that ahe won for me, Already tho clectrto stood was about to swing around the curve and leave mo such n few rods behind when Co- ! renen, as though still obedient to her unconqucred will, plunged wildly Into the air and sank dying to tl? en.rth. Ilcr race was over, hut she l.ti.1 liee:i grit to tho very end. A pair of Blmrp eyes, wit the mayor's, saw tho accident nnd trm hi oulck report. So It bnppened that instead o( leafing me helpless they presently drew up by my side und looked down on mo crouching by the dumb brute's head. It wasn't the mayor who first com prehended flie .story I,tr.W to .tell Oiem r7ack, -rfnTTt asnTb1s"voIce that ordered me Into the vacant seat nor his bands that suddenly took con trol of the machine and gave It mo tion, I cast one bitter look back at my dying horse stretched there along upon ber side, but I hadn't the time to end ber misery with a pistol ibot, as I was minded to do. Now at lust was Hal seyvllle behind mo and ahead the moiiiitnlus-uiid Jack. I stole a glnnce at tie slight girlish figure whose guldlsg hands now seemed like steel, but over whose face had coma some thing tlmt was neither a smile nor a tear. How the wind came up and rushed In our faces as the auto gathered speed! It wasn't a flight, but a melt lug away of objects. Things were and then were not The Itelt over which we had galloped, Corenca and I, now changed to a smooth zone of marble, flanked on each aide by a ribbon of greenish gray. We didn't seem to ad vance; Just swayed and tilted, while the green gray rlblxms on either aide of us rolled luto a taugle of mist Just ahead, Into which we were constantly trying to plunge. One could not deter mine where the real Joined fusjtei with the Imagination. Somewhere between the two the real became luvlslhle and the Invisible seemed almost real. There wasn't a thought of fear, but a half formed wish that something would happen to add variety to this throb bing, undulating sensation, without particular motion and with nothing to see. Where we were or what we were doing not one of our senses could tell We were only ethereal spots In the "ncif oaks a mmxi screak. aoidst of an Infinite nowhere, at one nd of which lay my dying horse and at the other the friend I was trying to save. I knew In a half dazed way we were rushing ahead at a speed that waa ter rifle, but felt Impatient that It was not greater still. The breath of the whirl wind might have been tame to my quivering, overwrought nerves. Shut out of the material world by this cloud wall, I longed for a thrill of expectant danger to break up the depressing sense of Isolation. It wasn't the call for hnsto so much as the call of Impa tience a mind taken entirely out of Its realm of accustomed comparisons and clamoring for sonsatlon rather than ac complishment Such were somo of my chaotic Im pressions when I suddenly became con scious of objects about me and realized tbnt we were slowing down. The green gray ribbons took on a spotted aspect which gradually expanded Into some of nature's ewn pattern, and I waa con scious of a sudden relief to get back Into the world again. The gray mar blo pavement shook out Into the swift flying belt of the morning, then grad' ually came to a stop In the midst of mountulns, trees and human forms and a fow other thlugs. "Jack!" came a feminine scream from the front sent of our vehicle. Then I noticed for tho first time my friend In the midst of the group of men, still on his feet, but with a tell tale rope dangling from a limb directly over his head. We carried him back with ns pres ently seated considerately on the back seat beside the feminine voice, while tho mayor and I, as befitted our official rank, rode In front. Thus we proceed ed back toward Ilalsey vlllo, attended on either side for some distance not by the green gray ribbons of a short half hour before nor even by the shapes of my morning fancy, but by a good, stout guard of armed and penitent men now anxious to do homage to the mai they meant to have slain In the name of the law. In a little real haste and a good bit of spite we hit up their gait quite briskly ere they finally parted company with us after many a goodly wish and shake of Jack's band; then away like tho wind for Halseyville. Faster and faster over the road that Corenca had galloped so well till the ribbons swung up to tholr old place again and cut off our view of the plains, on past where the avengers that morning had thought they would stop me nnd while getting their lesson In thoroughbred temper lost Just the small margin of time that saved Jack until our return, on splash through tho ford where my horse slaked her thirst Just before rushing on to her death, on past where I held up to rest and to feed hw-a brief rest it proved and the last she was ever to have on past where she fell and doubtless now made up her part in the greenish gray rlbbpu which unrolled beside us, Then we rolled Into Halseyville and found some unusual excitement ahead, where a group of rough men were attempting to corral ,agnme.,Hti!e mnrejj-hqse. speeXi; they denafetl.'Vas' as twtft? as the wind and who still held tho devil's own temper. - . .; f ? FrJa4lod. "An yon In favor of goveroment twnersbloT asked Meandering Mike. 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