Mountain Democrat. [volume] (Placerville, El Dorado Co., Cal.) 1854-1860, 1858-08-28

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obeyed them implicitly and do deserve
that he should stretch his power SO far, and
play the caprieious naughty tyraDt? Now,
see that TO be too submissive, too softly com
plant, IL not the way to treat him; the worm
that crawls the dust is trampled upon. But
no, Sir, Knight, it is not gone quito so far
with us yet; in spite of you | will ride Sui.
tan; and you may thank yourself, as but foE
your message such thing would never have
entered my head"
Her soliquy was here interrupted by the
entrance OF = servant, who informed her that
Father Nicolas had arrived and was In the an.
te-chamber. II cannot receive his visit to-
day, said the consort Of Sir Hugo, "for my
lord is absent Give this as my cxcnse to the
reverend father. and beg of him to return to-
morrow. with all due respect to Father
Nicholas, " continued she, when left to herself
' he shall not spoil my pleasant ride. Now
If my pony were but here He must have an
easy gait, and his teeth do not fear be Is as
quiet as lamb. Oh how shall delight in
the two-fold pleasure of showing the surly
old fellow that care neither for him nor his
orders, and Of trying past time that Is at
least novel one I" Through every corner
of the house rcsoundcd now her cry Of Sui
tan! Here boy! Sultan Sultan" "
The immense but docile animal sprang
from bone upon which he was feasting, and
was at her side in an instant Caressing him
she got him into room, the door OF which
she slTut.
Now, friend Sultan, :" cried his fair mis-
tress, "no growl, no bite and all is safe. -
With her snow white hand she continued
stroking and patting his huge back for some
minutes, and then, in the hope that If only
through gratitude he would comply with hcl
fancy, she mounted her new stecd. Ucshow
cd his teeth little, in some doubt what al
that meant, but she soothed him again into 9
good humor and patient endurance OF the
novel burden but he thought this quite
enough, and did not stir from the one spot
Angelica was naturally not much pleased with
being thus stationary; she therefore gently
goadcd him with her leg but no trot wOult
Sultan condescend; he remained mOtionlesi
rs before, while something very like grow
escaped from his immense and fear inspiring
jaws. Out Of oil patience, sho -now-cx
claimed:
"You shall feel the spur then, you lazy
brute, " mud drove her heel into his side III
now growlcd audibly, but stirred not an inch
She repeated the blow. This was too mucl
for canine patience he made spring, anda
she fell full length on the floor, he turned ant
bit her hand. The dlsmounted rider bedcwet
the floor with few tears, and thea sprang vi
to turn out Of the room the uDcOurteous brut
that had thus rudcly shown how little kc un
derstood play.
Towards evening Sir Hugo returned, ant
inquired with suspicious haste, whether Fa
ther Nicholas had been there.
"Oh, yes. he was here, answered the lad
Angelica, "but vcntured to. refuse his I'd
mittancc."
The knight cast triumphant glance at hi
squire, and whispered him, Nov, old VIII
dom, do you sec the use Of my orderss"
Conrade, who, as may be supposed, ha
said nothing Of the alteration he had made !
the substance Of his embassy. shrugged hi
shoulders with smile. pppcrceived by hi
master, who had turned again to his cOnsor
and first perceived that she wore bandag
uponher soft hand. lie Immediately inquire
the cause. 4 r.,ra,f., .,I-
"Snltan bit me" said Angelica, land it
all your iault, Sir Hugo, ,"replied she, sobbing
"My fault" cried the knight
Yes, your fault, and pob0dy's but yours,
returned his spouse. Had you not sent IN
word by COnrado not oridc the mischievOu
brute, such mad trick would never have er
tered my head"
In mute establishment the knight hurrie
to seek an explanation from his squire, VIII
had slipped away when Angelica began he
complaint. ..I.
"What message did you bring your lady
demanded ho. 4 -
COnrade confessed tho truth.
"Wero those the orders gave you, yo
scoundrely Y" said the cnraged Sir Hugo.
Certainly not" replied the squire; "bv
You will own that have made my point
You may now zee how il would have bee
had / given your orders about the youn
priest My-nOble lady is model for her sel
4 md almost an angel, but still shc is ardaugt
ter Of Eve, who beqUOathed to all her fernal
descendants her own spirit Of perversenesl
And we have only TO- remember the Lady Ar
gelicA's pleasant ride upon Sultan, to be cor
vinCed that it has lost none Of its vlgor in tn
descent" .n.