The prairie news. [volume] (Okolona, Miss.) 1851-1875, 1858-03-25

dll eye dS luStrOuS dS tlldu VI Sleopdtid
skin the fairest of the fair, with the mai
den rose upon her cheek, nectar lips upol
which bee might expire in all the ago
MES of Insulated delight; lively and gay
as a mocking- bird upon a spring morn
ing, yet she was not vain, although she
had a right to be.
Being well mounted upon large dap
pied gray, and this lovely girl by my
side, and she placed entirely under my
care by the old Captain, with the strict
est injunctions to keep good watch ovel
her, /, of course, as youth of twenty
felt the Importance ofmy position. Twas
as proud as Lucifer himself; but not toe
proud to love, for that morning | loved
everything; | loved my horse, Kate's
horse the whole world and the balance
of mankind; but more than all, | loved
my dear little Kate, and felt as though
every body knew it, but to save my soul
| never could get myself up to the telling
point, and Kate, little coquetish mis-
chief, like many of them in the present
dav, knew it all the time, but wouldn't
help me out any, but that trip, / had
pledged to myself my sacred honor (and
that considered very sacredD that would
make to Kate an honest confession that
| would tell her all about it. She had
the ends on me somewhat, / must admit,
for she had been off to school, and had
spent the winter previous with an aunt
in one of the Northern cities, who was a
Young widow herself, and she had there
carried on several little fiirtations, mutu-
al firtations as she called them. She had
seen a good deal of the world, whilst |
had scarcely ever seen anything beyond
that of an old field school house, log
church, or country store and she, of course,
saw the advantage she had over me. As
we Travelled along that morning, | could
hardly think of anything in the world to
talk about, while Kate could think of q
thousand, and every flower she would
see-"O, how beautiful" she would cry,
and off would dart and get it in a thrice,
for hint was all | wanted, and every
little branch or creek we came to, she
would exclaim, "what a lovely little
stream; see how nicely it ripples over its
pebblv bottom. @, | could sit here hours I;
o, do look how the little fish play and
lump after each other; doesn't the water
look good 2" and then she would cast a
little coquetish, begging look at me, how
could | refuse Off | would get, and
out of my little tin-cup she would take
lust two swallows-sometimes one and a
half. found after while, that she was
doing it to tease me, but how could l
then refuse, when she would ask me with
so bewitching smile
The sun was sinking low, and we had
a certain distance to ride and much time
DELAYED would throw us in the night; so
I was making all hurry, but Kate would
have her own way, in spite of me. just
about sun-down she saw some grapes we
had eight miles to go then.
Kate, it won't do, We'll be two hours
in the night.
40, just one bunch, won't you p
They are sour as vinegar, Kate, and
besides, they are too high.
"But can't you climb up, Charley p
No; but I'll hold you up.
"You shan't do any such thing, sir"
Well, if you'll promise to get me a
bunch too, I'll let you stand on my head.
"Ill match you for that, mister impu-
dence," andoff she startedin in full tilt, and |
after her and that was just what | wanted.
But about two hundred yards ahead the
roads forked, and / knew that Kate was
just as apt to take one road as the other.
One word to Rainbow, my horses name,
was enough; let him out, but he couldn't
make it in time, and sure enough, the
wrong road she took, under whip and lash,
just goingit She was splendidly mount
ed being a good rider, bold and daring
as she could be, / knew the chances were
decidedly against me for catching her. /
called as loud as l could, but to no pur-
pose, and then down came her hat, and
by the time | could get down and pick it