Typed as spelled and written
Lena Stone Criswell

THE MARLIN DEMOCRAT
Eighteenth Year - Number 36
Marlin, Texas, Wednesday, September 25, 1907
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A Lively Runaway.
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       F. H. Bartlett, the front chairman at McKewen's barbership and Frank Greer were two of the central figures in an exciting runaway Sunday night at 10:30, a livery horse of the Fannin stable being the third and decidedly the leading figure.
       Mr. Bartlett, accompanied by Frank, were returning from a drive east of town and were up on Live Oak street jogging along and enjoying the exhilerating atmosphere of the evening.  "All of a sudden," a howling canine appeared and made a lunge for the horse's heels.  This acted like an electrical charge on the horse and he moved off at about a three minute gait that was accelerated at every jump.  The dashboard only lasted a few seconds and Frank was kicked in the solar plexus and rendered breathless for a time.  Bartlett, realizing that it was time to act, drew the horse into the fence and it was all over.
       The horse was considerably damaged and the buggy demolished.  The occupants were not injured seriously.

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