Show KEPT ONE JUMP AHEAD OF RAIN veracious driver hann hangs up some record when I 1 was a boy nathaniel S cole of lysander N Y relates I 1 worked on a farm for a man by the name ot of caleb stimson ne he did a great deal ot of buying and selling of fast horses but he was never dever satisfied no matter what he bought the horses never seemed quite speedy enough for him finally caleb heard of a very fast team in the west and immediately left by train to try to buy them at the end of a week who should drive in but caleb with the prettiest team of horses that man ever laid eyes on I 1 could see that caleb was mighty proud of them they had only one fault he confided to me a deadly fear of thunderstorms no one could complain on the score of their speed for they passed a number of fast trains on the way home one day about an hour after caleb had left to drive to town I 1 saw a thunderstorm coming up tip in the west remembering what he be 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 wagon was about 10 feet ahead of the rain as I 1 ran to open the barn doors when I 1 looked again the horses were coming faster than the fastest express train and the rain had not gained an inch the lightning light however was lashing flashing all about and in particular about the wagon tires completely encircling them they were regular rings of fire I 1 was paralyzed with fear caleb drive in the barn like thail lie ile would set it on fire but he evidently saw the danger for he went by the barn like a streak and was wag not seen tor for several days when he did come back he told me hp he had kept ahead of the storm until it was spent but in doing so he had driven more than miles outside the state I 1 need hardly say that calebs passion for fast horses was by now completely satisfied but he never sold this team rath pathfinder finder magazine |