Des Moines courier. ([Ottumwa] Iowa) 1848-1854, 1853-06-09
From Peterson's Magazine.
q THOROUGHBRED REVENGE,
BY KATE HARRAwAY.

"DocToR MORGAN" as his diploma
made him, or Tom Morgan, as his asso.
ciates called him, was certainly good
representative of manly beauty, as he
sat in his negligent attitude that fine Sep
.ember morning. with his loose blouse
displaying TO the greatest advantage his
tall, graceful figure. and his low-crowned,
wide-brimmed Palmetto shading his fine
bIonzed face and open brow, around
which the black hair curled negligently.
but the charm of Toms face, in his own
opinion, was his mousrache. In fact.
dear reader, it ,cds model moustache !!
his white teeth cleaned out in such con.
trast with It's silky blackness, and then it
formed such beautiful arch above the
fnely-cut chin, and below the aQuilne
nose with its mobile nosirils, that we do
not wonder that Tom made such pet
OF it, uneffeminate as he was.
Well, Tom Morgan was whistling
away Tor dear life, snatches of tunes, in
which Yankee Doodle and a fayorite
hunting song bore prominent part, ex-
aiming his fishing tackle and asserting
his artificial flies with care. when his sis
ter Lucy stepped oul of the French win-
dow on the piazza.
oh. Tom,' said she, I'm so glad you
are here. I've just had letter from
papa. and what do you think? he says
he has persuaded Grace Stanley to come
home with him.
why, | think that had much fath.
er she would stay away was the ungra.
cious reply.
oh, Tom! but l do want you TO know
Grace SO much, she is so beautiful and
fascinating
so is a rattle.snake,' was again the
rejoinder, to which was added whistle
on a low key,
Lucy's fair face was clouded as she
answered, But papa is SO pleased with
her; he says he urged her to come very
much. and he is quite fastidious, you
know. And here her face bright
ened as she ran her eyes down the letter,
'and oh, Tom, she rides beautifully, and
is going to bring her own horse with
her.
Tom threw down his fly with jerk.
and stared al his sister, saying,
Lucy, | believe you're born fool
That paragon of yours has every virtue
under the blue canopy, and rides beau
sifully' besides. Pray, where does a
young lady, who has lived in the city all
her life, learn to rider
why in the riding schools to be sure,
said Lucy.
Tom gave more expressive whistle
than any which had preceded it, and
Wen. on with his flies as if the subject
admitted of no further discussion.
But, Tom. papa has seen the horse,
and says it is both gay and beautiful
so is young lamb, or calf retort.
ed the brother; but | judge there would
not be much difficulty in sticking or
their backs, particularly if one learned
IN riding school. Iexpect Mrs. Grace's
horse is like the model one for young la
dies in noyels, with beautiful arched
neck, long tail, gay and spirited, ye, gen.
tie, &C., &c.; now | tell you horse II
not worth his feed if he has'n, spice
Of the dell in him.
We'll. but you can teach Grace said
Lucy. coaxingly, thinking by hatterine
his amour propre. she could enlist hel
bro.het's vanity in her friends favor.
Teach her. indeed! Yes. and sup
pose that after one or two lessons SHE
would be able TO ride Lightning or pa
pas 'Thunderbolt.' was the answer.
Il dare say she could replied Lucy
quickly. Il never saw her under,ak,
anything at school which she did not &C
complish.'
WELL said Tom, ironically, ',here Il
a strong resemblance between mastering
the French verb 'to love- aud hors,
| like Lightning But there's no us,