Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1852-11-25
FAYETTEVILLE, I'd NM, THURSDAY,

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the air with his fore feet, bis mouth
gopen, his upper-lip curled, his unde
one drawn down, his large white teetl
glancing like ivory in the moonlight
AS soon as he saw me upon my feet
he gave d yell such as | never hearc
from a horse before, save once, ant
which | believe is never elected from
that animal, except when under thy
| domination of frantic rage or fear.
! This uneartlly cry reused every
living thing within hearing. An an
! my Of rocks, startled from their EN-.
cilmpnlent in the wood, ciicled and
wheeled BID tween us and TIE moon
shading her light, and flledFthe midi
might air with t h cir discordanl
screams. This attracted the atten-
Itibn of Sata n, and bringing his fore
fleet to the ground, he prieked up his
ears and listened. / sprang forward,
seized him by the name, and vaulted
upon his back. AS ! stopped for
ward TO gather up the reins, which
we're from his head, he caught me by
the cuff of the jacket-luckily it was
put the cuff! and tore it up to the
shoulder. Instantly he seized me
again; but this time he succeeded
rather better, having a s mall portion
Of the skin and flesh Of my thigh be-
tween MS teeth. The intense pain
oceasioned by the bite; Or rather
bruise, of horses mouth can only
be properly judged of by those who
have felt it, | was the madden of the
two now, and of all animals, an en-
ragged nan is the most dangerous
and the most fearless. ] gave him a
blow between the ears with the end
Of the whip, and he went down at
once. stunned and senseiess, with his
legs doubled up under him, and his
nose buried in the ground. | drew
bis fore-legs from under him, that he
might rise the more readily, and then
dashed him into life. He turned his
head slowly round, and looked at me,
and then 1 saw that the savage glare
Of his eye was nearly quenched, and
that if | could follow up the advan-
thge had gained, l should ultimate
~ be the conquerc1. l.now assisted
him TO rise, mounted him; and struck
at once with whip and spur. He
gave few bounds forward, a stagGer
o; two, and then fell h heavily upon his
side, | was nearly U hder him; how
ever, did save my dis tance, although
that was about all.
l now began tofeell sorry for him;
his wonderful speed had won my re-
spect; and as | was far from being
naturally cruel, whip or spur l never
used exceptin cases ofnecessity; SO |
thought ! would allow him to lie for
a few minutes, fine did not incline to
get up of himself. However, as /
had no faith in the creature, sat
down upon him, ana watched him IN
tantlv FIa law uoti0nless. with this
eyes shut; and had it not been for
the firm aud fast beat Of his hear T, |
should have considered him dying
from the effects Of the blow; but Fhe
stFpng pulsation told PIE that tn pre
was plenty Of life in lEinl; and | s u.s.
paeted that he was lying quiet, me di-
tatEng mischief l wils right. Every
muscle began presently to culver " 18th
suppressed rage. He opened his eyes,
and gave me a look, inI which fear
and fury were strangely blended. !
am not without superstition, q nd
f d an instant l qqailed under
that look, as the thought that the
blacls unshapely brute before me
might actually be the spirit indicl-
ted by his name. With a mutteged
growl at my folly, I threw the idea
from me-leaped up--seEzed the reins
With o lash and cry made h i IA
spging to his feet-moH united him as
helrose, and stuck the spurs into his
sides. He reared and wheeled; but
finding that he could not get rid OF
ne, and being unable to stand the
tortures of the spurs, which | used
freely Git was no time for mercy!) he
gave two or three plunges, and then
bounded away at that dreadful leap
inc gallop-that pace which seemed
his own. ! tried to mod
srato his speed With the bride; but
jouad, to my surprise, that 1 had no
command over him. | knew at once
that something was wrong, as, with
he bit had in his mouth, | ought
% have had the power to have brokep