BUFFALOES 



pleasure seekers screaming as the rickety sleigh 

 fairly flew over the ground, first on one pair of 

 runners then on the other but seldom on all 

 four. Amid all the noise and confusion were to 

 be heard the dismal howls of a pack of hungry 

 coyotes. The sleigh was now being pulled over 

 a level stretch of hay land and its occupants 

 were growing more confident of their safety. 

 Then it was noticed that their frightened bovine 

 steeds were making for a long haystack partly 

 hidden in the recently fallen snow. The driver 

 bootlessly endeavored to turn them from their 

 headlong course. The frenzied animals seemed 

 to run the faster. They soon reached the 

 dreaded obstacle, overturning the sleigh as the 

 fore runner struck the stack, throwing all of the 

 occupants into the snowdrift. The animals sped 

 on and soon they seemed to be but a speck in the 

 distance. The tinkling of the rapidly disappear- 

 ing bells came back as a defiance on the frosty 

 air. Then followed the long, weary tramp 

 through the snow on the homeward journey 

 with the added burden of a stray robe or blanket 

 that had been picked up on the way. When 

 our home was reached there stood the jaded 



