ot to--I give my word. If ye can't give me a hoss, let me hev a
saddle. We broke a saddle girth.

TOM

All right, Uriah--I'll git ye a saddle! Come on--but ye'll never make
Philadelphia by mornin'! Not with the roads the way they be!

URIAH

We got to make et.

TOM

Here--git this door open! [_sound of opening door_] There's a saddle fer
ye.

URIAH

Come on--give me a hand--git et on this hoss! [_sound of putting saddle
on_]

TOM

There ye be!

URIAH

All right, Mr. Rodney. Let me give ye a hand up. How ye feelin'?

RODNEY

I guess--I'll make it.

URIAH

Thar! Good-bye, Tom.

TOM

Good-bye--good luck.

URIAH

Tch--tch--giddap! [_sound of horses' hoofs_]

TOM [_off--fading_]

I'll bet ye a new hat ye don't make Philadelphia!

URIAH [_yelling back_]

I'll bet ye a hat and a new pair o' boots--come on, boy! [_sound of
horses' hoofs_]

ANNOUNCER

And now two hours later Rodney is riding ahead when his horse stops
suddenly--

URIAH [_calling_]

What's the matter?

RODNEY

Listen--[_sound of rushing water_]

URIAH

Pshaw now! Thet brook's kinda doin' business, ain't et?

RODNEY

The storm has turned it into a torrent.

URIAH

Wal', we got to git across!

RODNEY

How?

URIAH

Let the hosses swim!

RODNEY

All right.

URIAH

You drive in fu'st! I'll be right behind ye.

RODNEY

Tch--tch--giddap!

URIAH

Lean way over his neck--give him his head!

RODNEY

Tch--tch--get in there, boy! Go on!

URIAH

What's the matter? Is he skittish of the water?

RODNEY

Get in there--go on! He won't go in, Uriah.

URIAH

Here--let me hev the reins. I'll lead him in with my hoss.

RODNEY

Here you are.

URIAH

Come on, boy--come on in--'tain't goin' ter hurt ye! Come on--giddap!
[_sound of splashing water--roar of stream rises_]

URIAH

Go on--swim fer et! Go et, boy! Hold on tight, Mr. Rodney! Go et,
boy--go et! [_sound of water recedes a little--we hear horses' hoofs on
solid ground_]

URIAH

Wal'! Thar we be! Made et slicker'n a greased griddle! You all right,
Mr. Rodney?

RODNEY

I'm still here.

URIAH

Mite wet?

RODNEY

I've been dryer.

URIAH

All right, take yer reins--we'll ride fast to keep warm. You ready?

RODNEY

All ready.

URIAH

Tch--tch--giddap! Come on, boy!

ANNOUNCER

And now two hours later just as the first streaks of dawn begin to
brighten the eastern sky our two riders are pushing their hor