Hope Towar Edson

  General Notes:

The Chase It was an unusually cool October day. The heat of the Phoenix summer was becoming a silent memory. This was a perfect day for Hope to take Dorcas for a ride in the buggy. Dorcas was eight years old and was excited to have a special day out with her big sister. They decided to take a ride in the country which is now McDowell and 7th Street.

Hope was an excellent horsewoman and she had to be with Jack. Jack loved to run and he always was looking for a reason to be scared. Jack was feeling fine. The cool air felt good on his back and a gentle breeze was making the dry grass dance and the branches of the paloverde sway. Jack was disappointed. Grass and paloverde were familiar to him. They were not good enough reasons to run.

Suddenly Jack saw just what he was looking for. He had never seen an ostrich before. The big bird saw the buggy. The ostrich had no choice but to check out this intrusion and chase it away. The ostrich was determined to rid his field of the horse and buggy and Jack was more than willing to give the ostrich a real chase.

Hope was not afraid. She knew how to handle the strength of the racing horse. She held the reins firmly and gave Jack the direction he needed to go to escape the fury of the galloping ostrich. Off they went across the desert. Dorcas was holding onto the buggy for dear life.

The ostrich had won. He had chased the intruders from his territory. But Jack continued to run. Finally Hope was able to slow him down. She talked to him gently and Jack decided that it was okay. The monster was no longer chasing him.

Dorcas was so proud of her sister. She always knew that Hope would never be afraid of anything.

Year about 1919. Phoenix Arizona ⁸

Hope married Wesley Martinie, son of Living and Living, about 1933 in Florence, Arizona. (Wesley Martinie was born about 1895 and died on an unknown date in Phoenix, Maricopa, Arizona.)