The weekly north Iowa times. [volume] (McGregor, Iowa) 1857-1867, 1858-12-01
McGREGOR IOWA. WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER l. 1853

tan and you may thank yourself, q,
but for your message. such thing would
never have entered my head
Her soliloquy was here interrupted
by the entrance of a servant. who in.
formed her that Father Nicholas had
arrived, and was in the ante chamber
Il cannot receive his visit to-day said
the consort Of Sir Hugo. for my lord
10 absent. Give this as my excuse tc
the reverend father, and beg of him to
return Tomorrow with all due res.
pect 10 Father Nicholas continued she
when left to himself, he shall not spoi
ray pleasant ride. Now, if my pony
were but here. He must have an easy
gait. and his teeth do not fear he i
40 quiet as lamb. Oh ! how I shall
delight in this two fold pleasure o1
showing the surly old fellow that l care
neither for him nor his orders, and ol
trying pastime that is at least novel
one + Through every corner of the
house resounded now her cry of Sui.
tan Here boy Sultan Sultan!'
The immense but docile animal spranp
from bone upon which he was feast.
ing. and was At her side in An instant.
Caressing him till she got into room,
the door of which shut:
Now. friend Sultan cried his fair
mistress. mo growl. no bite. and all is
safe. With her snow white hand she
continued stroking and pat,ing his huge
back for scme minutes, and then, in the
hope that, if only through gratitude,
he would comply with her fancy, she
mounted her new steed. He showed
his teeth little in some doubt what all
that meant, but she soothed him again
into good humor and patient endurance
Of the novel burthern but he thought
this quite enough, and did not stir from
the one spot. Angelica was naturally
not much pleased with being thus sta.
tionary; she therefore gently goaded
him with her leg. but no trot would Sui.
tan condescend-he remained motion.
tionless rs before, while something verv
like a growl escaped from his immense
and fear-inspiring jaws. Out of all pa
tience, she now exclaimed
You shall feel the spur, then, YOU
lazy BRUTE and drove her heel into his
side. He now growled audibly, but
stirred not an inch she repeated her
blow. This was too much for canine
patience he made spring, and as she
tel! full length upon the floor, he turned
and bit her hand. The dismounted RI
der bedewed the floor with few tears,
and then sprang up to turn out of the
room the uncourteous brute who had
thus rudsly shown how little he under.
stood play.
Towards evening Sir Hugo returned
and inquired with suspicious haste
whether Father Nicholas had been
there.
oh, yes. he was here answered An
gelica. but l veatured to refuse his nd
mittance.
The knight cast triumphant glance
at hissquirc, and whispered him, :Now,
old Wisdom. do you see the use of my
orders p
Sonrade' VINO, as may be supposed,
had said nothing of the alteration he
made in the substance of his embassy,
shrugged bis shoulders with a smile un-
perceived by his master, who had turn
ed again to his consort, and first per-
ceived that she wore ban!age upon her
soft hand! He Immediately inquired
the cause. .-s.
Sultan bit me- said Angelica, and
she, sobbing.
MY fault + cried the knight.
Yes, your fault, and nobody's but
yours, retored his spouse. If you had
not sent me word by Conrade not to
ride the nasty, mischievous brute. such
= mad trick would never have entered |
my head
In mute astonishment the knight
hurried to seek an explanation from his
squire. who had slipped away when An
se''ca began her complaint. What
message did you bring your lady . de-
handed he.
Conrade now confessed the truth,
Were these the orders l gave you,
,ou scoundrel? ? said the euraged Sir
Hugo.
Certainly not replied the squire
but you will own that have made nv
'oint good. You may now see how It
you'd have been had l given your order
bout the young priest. Ny noble lady
model for her sex. and almost an
nigel. but still she is daughter of Eve,
rho meant to have bequeathed to ali
'er lineal female descendants her own
pitt of Perversencss. And we have
My to remember tho Lady Angelica's
'leasant ride upon Sultan, to be con.
incsd that it had lost none Of its vipor
n the descent.
he Land of contraries.
In Australia, the north is the hot
'ind, and the south wind the cool: the
'esterly the most salubrious it is sum-
Ter with the colonists when it is winter
home and the barometer is consider.
q to rise before bad weather, and to
III before good the swans arc black,
nd he eagles are white /; the mole laws
ggs and has ducks bill; the kanga- I
20 ian animal between the deer and a
luirrel) has FIVE claws on his fore paws. {
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