Joe the Hotel Boy; Or, Winning out by Pluck

om the hotel in an orderly fashion, and soon they gained t

But he deemed it necessary to pull on first one line and the

u can be much used to driving," said

act," answe

keep to the rig

ery difficult one to drive. I don't beli

ussing had ever driven, this asse

e young ladies, and seized the whip, and befo

like a racer, and tore through the street as

t terror. To his frenzied imagination it

he lines. "Stop, you crazy beast!

alarm, he saw a buggy approaching from the opposite directi

!" screamed the fair Belle. "

from the buggy and the town lawyer pitched out headlong to the ground. Then on we

t!" screamed on

ll be killed, Grac

op the c

est to stop the horse. But his jerkings on t

s the carriage neared the bridge, Felix pulled on the wrong rein once again. The

be drowned!"

e rate at which they were impelled through the water naturally created no inconsiderable splashing

er cooled the ardor of the steed, so that he resum

, who, after the danger seemed past, g

about such glory. As for the noble animal-I-er-I

l on him. Had he consulted his own wishes he would have l

e him keep his seat, and he resolved that i

hort journey. But here a new obstacle presented itself. The

the dude got down out of the carriage. He did not hand the r

ith a jerk against a post that happened to be in the way. Here he reared and p

k refuge behind a neighboring hedge. "The ho

y came running to the assistance of the party. One caugh

se again!" said the dude.

o get home?"

I know this horse. He used to belong to

ed Felix, "and I'll

horse go back to the hotel without the slightest mishap. Then the horse

declared the dude to himself, and it

rive," said Joe, when he

," was the answer. "That horse

gentle enough whe

e is a cra

ing, Mr. Silas Simms

er who drives the s

es

gave a

he wants

ult that the hor

ngry about it, anyw

received a communication from the l

carriage was also nearly ruined. If you choose to make a race-course of the public highways you must abide the consequences. The damage I have sustained I cann

SIMMS

nt to pay over such an amount, yet it struck him with terror when he thought h

y sorry,"

pay?" demanded the

ou think you are asking rath

r! I ought to have placed t

ifty dollars and

my nose, sir-all scratched! And my ear! Not a penny less than one hund

but you must give me a receip

id over the amount demanded. The lawyer drew up a legal paper discharging him fr

g," said the lawyer, after the transaction was c

nswered the dude. "It costs too mu

l acquainted

N

tter leave them

y made up my m