Red Wing sentinel. [volume] (Red Wing, M.T. [i.e. Minn.]) 1855-1861, 1861-03-06

wood, circlcd and wheeled bctwccl
us and the moon, shading her light
and filing the air with their discordah
scrca,ns. This attracted the attentio,
Of Satin, and, bringing his fore-fect tc
the ground, lie pricked up his ears ant
listened. Isparg forward, seized hin
by the name, and vaulted upon hi:
back. As stopped forward to gather
up the rcius, which were dangling
from his head, he caught me by Tho
cuff Of the ,jackct-luckily it was tho
cuff! and tore it up to the shoulder
Instantly he seized me again, but thi,
Itimc he succeeded rather better, hav
ing a small portion Of the skin ani
flesh ofmy thigh between his teeth
The intense pain occasioncd by the
|bite, ,or rather bruisc ola horse's mouth
can only be properly judged of those
who have felt it. / was the madde1
Of the two now; and Of all animals. ar
enraged man is the most dangerous
and most fearless. I gave him . blow
between the ears with the whip,
and he went down at once, stunned
and scn<c!css, with his legs doubled
up under him and his nose buried in
the ground. drew his fore-legs from
under him, that he might raise the
more readily, and then lasled him into
life. He turned his head slowly round,
and looked at me, and then saw thai
the savage glare of his eye was nearly
]Quenched, and that, if could follow
up the advantage ] had gained,
should ultimately be the conquerer.-
| now assisted him to raise, mounted
him, and struck him at o14e. with
whip and spur. lie gave few bounds
forward, n staggcr or two, and then
fell heavily upon his side. was
nearly under him; however did save
my distance, although that was all.
l now began to feel sorry for him
his wonderful speed had won my re-
spcct; and as l was far from being
naturally cruel, whip or spur I never
used except in cases ofnecessity; so ]
thought I would allow hin. to lie fol
few minutes, if he did not incline to
get MP himself: However, as I had no
faith in the creature, l sat down upon
him, and watched him intcntly. He
lay motionless, with his eyes shut; and
had it not been for tho firm fast beat
Of hi, heart, should have considered
him dying from the effects Of the
blow; but the strong pulsation told mc
that there was plenty Of life III him; and
l suspected that he was lying quiet.
meditating mischief. I was right
Every muscle began presently to quiv,
er with suppressed rage. He opened
his eyes and gave NE a look, in which
fear and fury were strangely blended
| am not without superstition, and TO,
an instant l quailcd under that look,
as the thought struck me that the black,
unshapcly brute before me might &C.
tually be the spirit indicated by his
name. With q muttcred growl at my
folly, threw the idea from me
|caped up-.scized the rcins-with a lash
and cry made him spring to his feet
mounted him as he rose, and struck the
spurs into his side. IIc reared and
wheeled; but finding that he could not
get rid ofme and being unable to stand
the torture Of the spurs, which used
freely it was no time for mercy1 he
gave two or three plungcs, ard then
bounded away at that dreadful leap
ing ga1lop-that pace which seemed
peculiarly his own. tried to moder
ate his pace with the bride; but found
to my surprise, that lad no command
over him. knew at once that some
thing was wrong, as, with the bit
had in his mouth, ought to have hat
the power to habe broken his jaw bone
stopped forward to ascertain tn,
cause; the loose curb dangling at tn,
side of his head gave satisfactory OK
planation.
! lie had it all his own way now; he
was fairly off with me; and all l coul,
do was to bear his head rs well as
could, to prevent bis stumbling. How
ever, as it would have been bad poll
cy to let him know how much he wa
master, I gave him al occasional toucl
!; with his spur, as if wishing him to &C.
celeratc his pace; and when he mad
f an extra bound, / patted him on hi
neck, as if pleased with his peytSin
ancc.
A watery cloud was passing oye
the face Of the moon, which rendere.
! everything dim and indistinct, as W
c tore away down a grassy slope; tn
view terminating in 4 grove Of sma]
t trees, situated upon rising ground.-
\ Beyond the dark outlines of the trees
c saw nothing.
/ As we nearcd the grove, Satan slack
il edihis speed; this thought he did wit,
!, a view to crush me against the trees
flung my head forward upon his neck
e to prevent myself from being swep
4 off by the lower branches. III doin
a this the spurs accidcntly came in col,
S tact with his sides. lie gave on
G tremendous leap forward-the groun
J., sank under his fcet-the horse wa
e thrown over his own hcad-I wa
h jerked into the air--and, amid til
!. avalanche Of earth and stones, W
e were hurled down pcrpendicula
4 bank into the brown, swollen water
i Of the Clyde.
II Owing TO bend III the river, ii.
e force OF the current was di:rcte