| Show Conductor Bradley had to busy himself cancelling passenger tickets and atterding to his other duties When he was free to sit by the window he could not see the horse and rider Anxiously he peered along the highway wherever it could be glimpsed from the train The summit was reached and still he had had no sight of the horse Now with the track going downhill only safety restrained the speed of the train Finally and far ahead he spottedhorse and rider Yes the horse was white the squawking brakes brought the train tohalt Conductor Bradley stepped from the car There grinning in glee stoodman whom the conductor identified as none other than Pete Meyers Increditle Pete didnthink you could beat me said George Your mistake George was that you underestimated me and my horse From his hip pocket George drewlong black purse that looked likesmall sack He extracted five silver dollars amd forked them over to the winner--a Meyers all right enough but not Pete Crestfallen at the ignominity heaped on himself and his train Conductor Bradley called out All aboard and the train was soon on its way again Wnile in Nephi Meyers had time to go to the telephone office He called his identical twin brother in Fountain Green After telling of the bet Peter enlisted his brothercooperation 11 hide he said whenreachplace wherecanbe seen fron the train You saddle the white mare that ismate to the oneam riding At the appropriate time ride her hard enough to get her all lathered up Position yourself where you can certainly beat the train in Then ride likewild man to the railroad station the What Conductor victim ofsly Source Bradley said when he found out ti bet ismatter for conjecture This tale circulated in its bare essentials as true when the writer -88 was was beingboy |
