Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1862-12-26
3" How do you know oil this?'
A IA. came beside me, | said.

hands with her ana you nave something
in your pocket from Luke Stacy"
How do you know this?" nid he
wond"rs,ruck, ne he had bccu half dozen
time. before. 40 spy. .glas. could tell you
this. Tor Mary was a, home in her fathers
house beyond tho hill and tho thyme
hank beyond that, and penyroyai is beyond
the hill and the whole Is three miles from
here. You could no, have followed me,
unless you had been on tho back of another
Sclim and, besides. you say that you bavo
been here NIL the time. How do you know
iha, have something in my pocket from
Luke Stacy, and ~ha, is i,?"
"It is u letter." said I. that hc has
brought you from somc one"
Even 80. wha, You say is all true;
hu. how do you know u?'
Simply and only" ] replied, 4" because
/ | have nose. Wien you came In ! .melt
Selim and the rennyroyal. Tho mingled
odor- told me tha, you had been brushing
the il'es od the horse with some sprig, ol
the herb. The mex, odor smcl, was tho
thyme. and then the wild roses. When you
came little nearer smelt Turkish tobacco
and the .'rips Of paper and then | VA. .ure
you had some paper from Luke Stacy. and
the mos, probable idea was ,ha, |, ~asa
letter. Why. I can smell Luke q, the lower
cnd of our lane. when stand 10 The door
Now you can see that have fairly account.
ed for everything"
EIccp, !or tho fact that your are all
nosc," said William. You ars cross
between a vulturc and dove. Bn, must
attend 10 Sclim. dare cay ho thinks ho
|. hungry"
lie went Oh; 10 sec TO the horse, hut he
was gone. Ils looked all around. but did
not find him.
"Iie IL stolen" nid William. much
alarmed. IL saw an ill.looking fellow
watching me as I rode home. The gate il
,hu,. and there was no way Tor him to
disappear. unless come ono has taken
him"
The cate i. shut" .aid I. "bu. 1t is
not fastened"
Tho gate was fastened by n pin. which
was pu, in hole bored In tho gate post.
Whcn ,hi. gate was taken out tho door
swung open, and IL the wind were right, j,
nigh, b. clos,d again. examined the pin
S~lim'- breath wa. warm on il. This was
perfectly pcrcepable to me. but not TO
William.
"Sellm don't know how TO take out that
pin and then replace il" SAID be.
4" lie has more sense than a great many
men" said, a' passed into the orchard.
when the crushed clover blossoms givc mo
notice that the horse bad passed but few
minutes previous. +" II | End him over the
hill. nav ride him, Uncle William ?"
You will not find him.' he answered.
I ran to the top Of the hill. On the other
eide. Sclim was trying TO eat with his bi,
between hi. tec,h. went TO him and tried
to unbucklc the bride on the wrong side.
lie quietly turned tho other eide OF his head
10 my awkward hands. putting the right
buckle per,inaciously before me. till l
unlas,ened il. William Cumming came
along. greatly plca'cd. bn. said that Selim
should do the gate-,rick again. that h,
nigh, see him. ~ he led him back, and
lci, him to himself in the yard again. llc
drew ou, the sa,e-pin with his teeth. and
when the gate was swung open he pn' in the
pin again in the hole. and went his way
again. 10 iea.t upon the ,vce' grass.
Leave him to me-" said ! IL will
take care of him
! When William was gone. and Selim was
Satisfied with the gras., | called him by u
whistle tha, Iii. master used. lie trot,ed
up to me. and laid his nose upon my shoul.
der. | lei him TO the door. and sldd,cd,
him with nv own sidc-saddle. and then,
with very little preparation, | started for q
coniraband ride. Selim cantercd away
seemingly proud Of his burden. and Was
rocked in the cradle OF an ccsta,ic delight
There is.in my opinion. no terrestrial costa.
cy to I've compared with canter. provided
your horse. be OF the right kind. and tAc
atmosphere and scenery equally desirable.
For myself, I want no better company than
nv horse d. no; want TO put my foot
into the hand OF my cavalier: bu:
wan, to spring into my nrial cradle, and
skim over hill and dale like creat turc with
wings.
Once only S-lm tried my metal but
when he found that understood his game,
and swayed him frs, to one side and then
TO the other, and finally turned him COM
pietely around, he made up his mind TO 20
swiftly forward and give me no more
trouble. pa,'ed hi. neck to let him know
tha, appreciated his good manners; and
alter u canter Of ten minutes. turned him
homeward.
ou the way. saw the same i'll looking
fellow watching the horse that William had