Show KEPT ONE JUMP 1 AHEAD OF RAIN veracious driver hangs up some record when I 1 was a boy nathaniel Nathin lel S cole of lysander N Y relates I 1 worked on a farm for a min man by the name of caleb stimson lie ile did a great deal of buying end selling of fast horses but he wis never satis fled fied no matter what whit he bought 44 e horses never seemed quite speedy enough for him finally caleb heard of a veryna very faa team in the west and left by train to try to buy them at the end of a week who should drive in but caleb with the prettiest teim of horses that man ever laid eyes on I 1 could see that caleb wig mighty proud of them they hid only one fault he confided to me a deadly fear ot of thunderstorms no one could complain on the score of their speed for they passed a num ber of fast trains on the way home one day about an hour after caleb hid had left to drive to town I 1 saw a thunderstorm coming up in the west remembering what he had told me of his horses fear I 1 waited uneasily for him the storm came nearer and nearer and finally I 1 could hear the roar of the rain as it came in a solid sheet down the road towards me then I 1 made out caleb the wag on was about ia feet ahead of 0 the rain as I 1 rin vin to open the birn doors yi hen I 1 looked again the horses were coming faster than the fastest ex press train and the rain had not gained an inch the lightning how ever was flashing all about and in particular about the wagon tires completely encircling them they were regular rings of fire I 1 was mas paralyzed with fear caleb t drive in the barn like that I 1 lie ile would set it on fire put rut he evi dently saw the danger for he be went by the barn ule like a streak and wag was not seen for several days when he be did come back he told me he had kept ahead of the storm until it was spent but in doing so he hid wid brhen more than miles outside the state I 1 need hardly say that caleb s passion for fast horses wis was by now completely satisfied put he never sold this team pathfinder maga zine |