A YOKE AND A JOKE.
Father find tnotlier hud gone to Wolf
town In the t)i(j wagon to moot the iiftor
uoon exprewt train on the KunauH Pacific
tailrnud und bririK Imirni Draco and Jer
ry'a raniHin. Efflo, who won coming alone
all the way from Kitmuw City to visit
them. Bruce and .lorry wore loft alone
on the claim to look after things,
Bruce was fifteen; not very large of
his ago, but active and etrong. Jerry
waa only two years yonuger than Bruce,
not he wan dwarfed by an affection of
the spine, which kept him bent over like
a hnnchnnck.
When he was very small he was
thrown from a horBe. The accident con
tracted some of the spinal muscles, and
it appeared that he was doomed to go
throngh life with the humiliating ap
pearance of having a ohromo case of
rfjolio.
firnce and Jerry were great friends,
winch is not always the case with broth
ers. This was not due to the fact that
othor boys were few in that thinly set
tled Kansas district: they wero really
very fond of each othor.
All the morning, aftor their father
and mother left, Bruce was very busy
making u small yoke, modeled after tho
one that wax nnod on Tom and Ked, the
oion they hud brought with them when
they emigated from Indiana.
Jerry sat on the framework of the
grindstone in front of the cabin and
watched Bruce at his work with inucb
interest. Tho yoke was now about com
pleted and the young mechanic was
very proud of his workmanship,
"It's a dandy an no mistake,'' he re
marked, with satisfaction. "Well havo
some fnn. Jerry. I've been thinkin for
a long time that the calves are big
enough to break, an there's no time like
the present Won't it be a joke on pa
and ma, thonghr
"W'at'll be a lokof asked Jerry.
"Why. to break Bell an Nancy while
thoy're gone. Won't they be s'prised to
rind us driving 'em around like Tom an
Red? Won t it he a joke, though?
"Ilm," Jorry assented.
After the pie bad all been washed
down with a cup of milk, Bruce shoul
dered the yoke and led the way to the
cow pen, where the meek eyed little heif
ers were lying in the sun.
Nancy and Boll were not in the least
wild, for the boys had made pets of them,
o there was no difliculty in approaching
thorn. Tboy were pretty animals; Bell
was a "spot," of red and white, and
Nancy was a deep red,
"Well, girlies," Bruce morrily saluted
the heifers, "how do you find yourselves
ibis hue. large day? Nice day, isn't it?
nicest in the neighborhood. Uet up,
now, and act your prettiest; there's
company comin. and we want you to
show off Tie the string around Nancy's
neck, Jerry."
While Jerry obeyed this instruction
Bruce secured Bell, and than the beiferB
wero led out of the vow lot to a little old
cart that stood by the front yard fence.
"An wo'll take Efllo a-ridin along by
(ho cornfield, an let her see the big tas
soU. I'll toll you what we'll do, Jerry,
we'll go down the road an meet pa an
urn, an 1 we'll bring Eflle home iu our
wagon. How's that?"
"Firsi rate," said the little cripple."
"Well, it's done," Bruce announced
presently. "Lot's eat our pie brat, and
then wsll yoke 'em tip."
Theyi had boon too busy to notice that
it was .past noon, but now hunger re
minded them that thuir mother had left
for eaclh of them "a big hunk of pie."
Vory snjon tboy were souted on the door
step, munching their dinner.
This plan of yoking np the calves
wonld have been instantly condemned
by the mther had ho been at home, for,
in the first place, the hoifers wero too
young, (and in the second place, they
were injteuded for milch vowb and not
for boanfte of burden, but It did not oc
cur to tlte boys that he would object.
The little animals were docile and
tractable1, onongh: indued, thoy were pro
vokinglylslow und eloepy in thoir move
ments, j
"You'lll got waked up vory soon,"
Bruce ninarked, half angry that Nancy
would nU "stand around."
It toolk some time to get thorn yoked
satisfactorily to the cart, but at last
Bruce announced that tho arrangements
(or the start were complete. Jorry stood
on one fiide, next to Bell, and Bruce on
the other, by the side of Nancy.
"Uet mp, Belli" called Jerry.
Both Iboys slapped the flanks of the
heifers vigorously, and they moved on a
few padies, in mild oyed wonder at this
new situation. Still they evidently
thonghti this a new way of potting them,
and thai it was all right.
The tfoys laughed delightfully.
"Thojy're jest as easy goin as old Tom
and rtfjd," Bruce declared. "Uet np,
Nanoyi Uet up, Belli"
Ther e was some backing on the part of
the teoim, and a mild Inclination to turn
aroundi and inspect the arrangements,
but the) boys, urging them on, succeeded
in getting them to advance a few more
paces. I
"Wti'll get in an ride," Bruce decided.
"They'll I go better if tlioy are talked to
from bfehind."
He get a stick and sharpened the end
of it 1 V a goad and then the two olara
bered into the cart Once mora toe
driving process was begun.
"Halve along now. Nancyl Get ahead
thereBolll Ain't this fun though, Jerry?"
didn't think it d be so easy to break
ton.1 It's because they're pets, 1 guess."
"JiUn't it a great, old joke on pa and
ma Won't they be prised? Uet ahead
there, Bell?'
Suddenly there came the waking np
which Bruce had predicted. A realiza
tion of their unprecedented situation
seemed to dawn on the minds of the
heifers, and as they felt the sharp
goad In their tender flesh it, occurred to
them that being yoked np was not as
much fun as they had supposed.
All at once there was a tossing of
hornless heads, a low bellow, a backing
and fidgeting, an angry switching of
tailB and then the heifers started off on
a swift run, frightened and ungovern
able.
Bruce and Jerry looked into each
other's face with fear and astonish
ment. The old cart jerked and bumped
over the ground, and faster and faster
ran tbe unruly heifers.
The course was across the unfenced
meadow Held toward the corn. In less
than a minnte the calves were going at
reckless pace, bellowing madly at
every jump, their heels and tails flying
in the air,
"Whoa, Nancyl Whoa. Belli" yelled
Bruce, desperately. Ut course the com
mand served only to frighten the ani
mals tbe more. The cart was in danger
of being turned over and wrecked at any
instant, Any sodden turn of the run
away team wonld upset it, and the boys
might be crippled or killed.
For the little cripple the situation was
esiecially serious. A fall meant to him
a terrible injury perhaps. Be clnng to
the seat with all his strength, his face
white as wool. That other awful acci
dent which had injured and pained him
so was still strong in bis memory, and
it increased his fear tenfold.
"We've got to jump," Bruce declared,
regaining somewhat his presence of
mind. He sprang to his feet, "lean do
it all right, bnt you, Jerry let me"
Jnst what assistance be meant to lend
Jerry did not appear, for at that mo
ment there was a sndden lurch of the
vehicle, and Bruce went flying into the
air. He turned a somersault and bit the
ground with a violent shock.
When he caught hiB breath and sat up
be saw tbe heifers dashing along by the
corn, with Jerry still clinging to the
seat
Truly the little cripple was in a most
porilons position.
He did not dare to jump for fear the
strain on his back wonld kill him. The
fall oh. he could never stand the fall!
To suffer again that way to know that
horrible pain for weeks and weeks, to
lie m one position day and night and
endure again that awful anguish the
very thought of it blanched his delicate
face and sent a thrill of dread and ter
ror to his heart.
The mad heifers did not halt nor
slacken their Biwed. But presently they
gave a sharp turn and plunged into the
com.
The sudden movement overturned the
wagon and Jerry was sent tumbling
from hiB seat to the ground.
Ho fell heavily and lay quite still.
The overturning of the wagon threw
one of tbe calves on its side, where it
was pinned down by the tongue, and this
performance brought an end to the run
away. Bruce reached Jerry's side halloas and
breathless, and his heart almost stopped
beating as he bent anxiously above the
white, uianiumte figure of his brother.
"Oh, Jerry!" he cried. "Oh, Jerry!
are yon hurt? Oh, it's awful! I'm afeard
he's killed! Oh, Jerry, open your eyes
open your eyes. Jerry!"
Bruce was almost frantic. In a few
momenta Jerry opened his eyes, other
wise he did not move.
"Are you hn: t much, Jerry?" Bruce
asked again and again. Finally Jerry
answered:
"1 reckon not."
Then a strange thing happened. Jerry
got up on his feet and stood straight as
straight as he used to stand before he
was thrown from the horse; straight
like Bruce!
The fall, instead of injuring him anew,
had done a wonderful thing for him. It
had somehow strained the cords of his
back, or jerked them into their normal
position, and be was a cripple no longer;
weak and faint, but a cripple no longer.
Bruce carried him on his back to the
house, where he put liim upon the bed,
and then went to the relief of tbe calves.
Oue of them had scrambled to her
feet, and the other lay flat on her side
under the cart tongue, Both were once
more in a very meek mood, and Bruce
had little difficulty in releasing them
and leading them back to the cow pen.
When their parents came home they
were told all about the dreadful event of
the day, which, strangely enough, had
resulted happily instead of futally,
"So you thought it would be a good
joke to break the hoifers while your pa
and ma wero away? said Eiffle, laughing.
"1 should think the joke is on you."
But they all rejoiced over Jerry's won
derful cure, which proved permanent.
Jerry is now a lithe, strong man. Ar
thur C. Urisson in Youth's Companion.
SWINGING ARIIIIND THK CIRCLE
Of the (11eiises to which it il adHTttert with th
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