Might and Main Library. Number 56, 1907-03-16 — page 23: what you’re looking at

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4 ty ‘Bawards could have told, for he it was \ wa c8 ited © ‘Metaphor and ridden — over. oF ‘the track -just inv ; not able | ‘to hear. Jacquard’s: jockey: lament his ‘inability to” en- and eve ‘the hor ‘to its fe pee es the face. . Instinct may have | ‘determined ‘Metaobare: conduct i Metaphor was hastily, rubbed down and substituted: ae may have been that the whisky had urged it When the excitement concerning the barring of the — will, but many miles had been covered before it 3s er was at its height, Harry mounted the now cele- any signs of slackening its speed. . d horse, and prepared to leave the grounds. a Ayhigh- wall flanked the road in the distance, Be | arcely had he got outside | when he heard a loud com-— Metaphor approached it Harry was conscious | that te or {6 <stép.2 = was feeling weariness. | nelle and — saw a policeman gesticulating wildly and “Well, old fellow, you'll have to rest. at fast; ‘but hor I to-get home, I wonder ?” : 6) That is the parson’s horse! ‘T arrest you for _ The horse was exhausted, and showed that it wan ec Healing ete ete jie down. ae ry had no desire for further — notoriety, so, instead = Leaping Gon Metaphors back, Harry fell to the gro Egan to be arrested, ue started ip ean? toward - for he was so stiff that he could not stand. ae 2. | When he was able to control his actions he Letiol ec Alas! his way was “blocked. _ Every one was ‘ceeking! to go forward to the house which must be within the ure the reward. Doctor Van Green had impulsively wall and crave a night’s rest for Metaphor, and ‘ed, and Harry saw he was liable to arrest. > 2, of - -getting back to St. Nicholas for himself. ne. ‘accidentab firing of a pistol decided his course, for ‘He approached the gate, ‘when, to his suroney he f shor turfied suddenly and. sped away in an ope his‘own name called in a Pee aos ection, as though all the furies were after him. “tarry !? 3 ow Metaphor did run!’ If it had been a ten-mile race —- He looked at: the wate and saw ‘that it was hae of he : lergyien’s horse would have outdistanced all Com: bars, and looked as” Anoneh it would Tesist the attac iors stare battering-ram. 4 ‘made the dust fly sales its Hoot: causing ; a cloud: be- But through the bars. he saw a tae and it id it which was blindieg to pay unfortunate who hap earthly. white. © : ned to be on the road. « The face was pressed close to ie Sau and ine: Harry Edwards was as much at Scat on a ‘horse's back dim, but as the lips parted and the word ‘Har he was ina skiff, and that was saying a great deal, for from them, Edwards almost fainted with a nervous f s wasn’t a boy, or man, either, within a hundred miles. For behind the bars he saw the fare white ang ie h could handle a paddle or an oar ae to the Seuaalbey OF Vernon Craig. oe a St. Nicholas. _ | ot ae Ade, thought that the whole thing » was a vision, even Harry was’ gee’ nervous. es 3 lusion. ee ‘never doubted his own ability, but he wa afraid He had ‘Aes labatt he” race and “Metaph oe might run into a telegraph-pole and break his — away; the ‘high wall, the barred gate, the white f or collide with a wagon, and. so Anjure, himself, . os au phantasies of a disordered. Heat.) ce oe taphor knew no fear. eo --xcited and nervous, with all his Cyan haste u ere was one thing that Harry did not ROW Cae ee Edwards stood there and actually tried to convi 1en he had loaned the horse ‘to Pierre Woqunnds - self that all he saw was unreal, and nothing bu t y, that worthy, knowing Metaphor was out of training, Jess fabric of a vision” ete given the horse a good quart of whisky. es * But as his name was | gepeated: o higd: time, he g was this spirit which had helped to win the race, but, realized that he was facing the solution ot a grea 1 effect was not seen until half an hour later, when tery. Pe ees aphor was flying along the road. Eure ek ee ee 2 Don't you know me, Harry?” é ain Harry tried to check the aes speed. aS aes “Vernon Craig, is it really Vouk. e more he pulled the lines the more determined was “Yes; help me. to- net out of this place.” hor to stretch out his! legs and cover a good distance. “Are you a prisoner?” | y' pris | ie looked at ne flying horse ht wondered whether © f¥es-in a madhouse”) 64.29 : : i a Sey, gosh! I'll rescue you, or dle in He oN “they, had goo cause soe: thee. wonder, tei Eats “Hush! Tf you speak as ele as that there ay his hat, Bs a hair, which he. wore nates than : chance to save me.’ s oy sch oie the gate locked ae “about: eg Og tt 7 : s jacket had become | one and few ‘out, “ike | ~The gate was. doubly | Nadied, “first, ne an ord na a behind | him. ne oe “Tock, and then hee means of oe pacibel, and sare oO “control the pense ‘did the only thing’ possible, Tet | carefully, ‘ond. as wee was” very pares ee knev 7 se have its own way. was an absolute necessity, for Soe, the work: rough two villages. Metaphor rin, anit in one ‘several thoroughly. , ee ran out to try and stop the horse. cu CAsE iron iv “mattered: as he ‘examined the pad iddlehurst Joe Manvers saw the! horse. dash ‘along,. and then he laughed quietly. | : fon | with true courage sprang out and caught the bridle; ~The padlock was more for. ornament than dees \ etaphor flung him across the street and he cel aint _ strong, and made perentr imapine that oete ied, against the curb. | chance gi escape eco Se 1 dashed the horse, and never “showed any sign of — But Harry was not insane. He was pretty ning its speed. : and it only took him a minute to get two. vas open ‘country again, and stil hore” and rider, left were adapted to the object he had in view. - arks far behind. : ge UE sy: He got. Vernon to hold the padlock | on sea node ly once did Metaphor show any hesitancy. | pa” stone, while he used the other as -a hammer. : the center of crossroads he stood just for. a ‘second, | “One blow was sufficient, _The : adlock ae in doubt one aes to. Tee Pee ee ee | i 3 ib ba a y