A RACE WITH A "RHINO" 



"There was nothing we could do now except 

 to watch the brute thundering along between 

 the rails. Although the weight of all four men 

 caused the car to gain headway, the rhino was 

 drawing nearer every second. Faster and faster 

 we sped along, but still the animal gained until 

 it was only a few rods away. 



"A short distance ahead was another sharp 

 curve, and round this we flew at breakneck 

 speed. We were going so fast that I feared 

 the car might leave the rails at any moment. 

 It was a choice of two evils, and we chose to 

 stay with the car as long as it remained on the 

 track. As we rounded the curve I was hor- 

 rified to see a gang of graders at work. They 

 saw us approaching. One of them cried out 

 in alarm, and the whole crowd flung their tools 

 aside and bolted into a near-by "donga." 



"When I again looked back I saw that the 

 rhino had not gained on us in the last hundred 

 yards. As the steepest part of the grade was 

 before us, I knew that we had won the race. 

 Still the stupid brute kept doggedly on. In 

 half a minute more we had reached the steep 

 grade and began to leave our pursuer behind; 

 but it was not until we were a quarter of a 



