Our little men and women; modern methods of character building; . ght of the possibility of causing the team toturn suddenly and upset the load. Duke gained rapidly and the women and girls saw thehorseman coming and, expecting aid, waited almost silently. Jim slackened the pace of his mount as he drew alongsideand leaning far over, got hold of the lines. Fortunately the ends had been buckled together and hesecured both lines, jerking them from the hands of the nerve-less wreck of a man who was holding on for his own life. Taking the lines in his right hand, and managing Dukewith the left, he h
Our little men and women; modern methods of character building; . ght of the possibility of causing the team toturn suddenly and upset the load. Duke gained rapidly and the women and girls saw thehorseman coming and, expecting aid, waited almost silently. Jim slackened the pace of his mount as he drew alongsideand leaning far over, got hold of the lines. Fortunately the ends had been buckled together and hesecured both lines, jerking them from the hands of the nerve-less wreck of a man who was holding on for his own life. Taking the lines in his right hand, and managing Dukewith the left, he half-hitched the lines about the pommel of hissaddle. By slackening Dukes pace he brought heavy pressure onthe lines. But he was afraid he would break the leather andwas careful. He made them taut, however, and began to turnthe team from the road into the field through which it ran. The runaways saw no reason why they should not leavethe road and obeyed the pressure on the bits. Out of the road the carry-all became a heavy load indeed, THE FIGHT AT THE SPRING 51. BOY SCOUT TENTS The Staff of Peace Eeplaces the Musket of Militarism in This Great and Useful Movement and the colts went slower. The hard pulling, the soft ground,and their long run, took the life out of them and they obeyedthe lines better every moment. Jim kept his eyes open for rutsand obstructions, for he did not want to upset the carry-allby being careless at that stage of the game. When the colts had slowed down somewhat, he consideredthe situation, and then, riding close, jumped from Duke to theback of one of the colts. With one foot on the tongue of thevehicle, and taking up the slack in the lines, he quickly broughtthe colts to a walk. Then turning them around he drove backto the road. Duke, with a pained expression on his intelligent black face,looked after Jim, apparently wondering at the strange conductof his young master. Being unable to solve the mystery, Dukecame trotting after and joined the other mount
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