St. Cloud Democrat. [volume] (Saint Cloud, Stearns County, Minn.) 1858-1866, 1863-09-10

e. : Bosapa paper, from one Of which y.
elP the following lively description Of ,
bss.eb.ekk ride: :ya:..,,.: yt ...,.~. -.,,,.
~. ."'Come, Tot, ppt On your habit and ride
up to see tue Imp before tea.'
'ssiWill addressed this remark to me as
~ on the pissxa, in q group of befounced
and bejevelled hdies, pretending to en-
bfoidcr, with q m absurd little work-bas'
kst on my knee, and a puckered bit Of
ca~b{ {ic il my haad., His masculine eye
Nv att glance that it was no place fol
ine, aud he rescued me from my gcntee
lnartyrdom, like a kind hearted creature
ashe il. Up few, and leaving fou,
models Of elegant ennai behind me, speed.
ily equipped myself for one of tho pleas.
pees which l am destined never perfectly
q esjoy.H ,.>;. .:.>..... =. =. :
: Whom came down, the horses not be.
inS ready, I sat On the doorstep, endeAv.
oting 10 recall Ill the equestrian rules aud
regulations had ever heard, that 1 uiSh,
not diagrsce my cavalier. r But l must
co9fess that never having been, to riding.
school, my ideas Of thu matter were some.
what confused, aud hitherto l had contin.
edmyself to the simple hws OF getting on
~ staying on. These had served. me
y1ty we'll 80 far, though, my Ar,ssonian
sister had con6ded 70 me her opinion that
ny appearance when enjoying myself o. %
ny fsvostsi steed was that Of 4 meal bsp
% ssaEcsnter:ne CON-. Now With the eyei
Of Gorbann upon nc l. wished to present
: correct department, and while waiting
with apparent serenity, was secretly mu ;.
muring-'Eibows down, shoulders bsst
head up, reins in left hand, whip At he
dde. don't. touch the pomnIel,: one, two,
spring =, etc. ....,.. - :. ,.., ...'
!: When the beasts appeared, 1 ran down
the steps without waiting for Win, who
VIM tightening his hat.bana. The truth
,ss, l sa~ party Of! gentlemen approach
ing, aud / wanted to ne off before; the sr-
rival Of these ,connoisseurs, so mounting
the horse. block sat down in the saddle
as If it had been rocking. chair: pro-
ceeding which would have dissasted nv
more accomplished sister, who regards any
thing but a, scientific toss-up disgraceful
in the extreme. Somebody on the piazza
laughed-1 don't wish to know who, and
the small hostIer grinned as he handed my
whiP-1 should like: to know Why !? ;hei,
Will gave me hoist aid smooth, and
swung himself up with a ''Now, then !"
that caused me to cluck TO my horse, bow
tony friends, and prepare to ride gallant
ly sway 'Nothing Of the sort, however,
occurred. SQUAD, my interesting steed,
merely put back bis ears; wh,sked his tail,
and began to describe. circle with his
hind legs, while bis fore legs remained
stationary, Of nearly SO. "a fiji "'''&" ~: =
''Give him cut behind, Miss, he al.
ways acts ugly: at first, but / guess he
wont throw you," remarked the hostler,
with his hand in bis pockets.
There was cheering speech for you
But with the inviting prospect Of present
" alightirg on my head, 1 g,ngerly tick
led the saddle:cloth in the rear with few
flaps Of my whip. The only visible effect
was an acccleration IF the circular prance,
a general smile, and d disaereeable GER
tainty that l resembled bad circus rider ;
which last i'!ea incited me to give SQUAD
a vengefnl slash over head and ears, that
efectually conquered his objections to
progression. Withs plunge that sent my
heart into my mouth, he bolted of, throw
ing me into such mental and bodily CON
fusion, that suspect my elbows went up,
head went down, and ali MY good inten-
tions came to naught ;" I know 1 did
"touch the pommel," not "a, o,say cluns to
the same, while the Zone, two, spring y
movements was performed every lalf sec.
ond, with = velocity that induced Will to
observe ironically - .:'' '''i' ".:''~<@:"' ~
"Fine exercise, isn't it?''atijo Il .
"Ve.fyT f-1e 'in-deed,"' chattered I,
bound not to give in while could hold
on. 'G i';'. .'l:o'(, -'"t Hnr" -'l:'Ih! = L's'
, In this graceful Ind dign,6ed style, We
trotted out Of sight, and l was just col!
1ecting my suffered wits when the land!
scaPe abruptly reversed itself and I found
myself seated ins the dirt with the sad.
die on Squads belly instead Of his back.
Finding repose of~any kind extremely
grateful, ! rem,ined where ! was, and
SQUAD 60 entirely coineided with me that
he zsttolled 'to the roadside, feeding lcis,
urely " he went. ~'WiH's fSce was I study
as ho dismounts1, !, cxolairiog with min
gle1 mirth and auxiety:nI ois lJ ,..~
i: "MY dear girl, are, you hurt :" I'D y ,,:i
!, "1'm very comfortable, thank you" " re-
,Ponded Z Tie dear gill still reposing in the
dirt.:9liTa s;s ,td3s o92It> 8 !'ji~ ,~,:}t ,~'t'
" swell, shallxe go oo r. he asked pres.
&.., brs Why 10. and and rising H rs' from tbs d
dust, I ihook myself; wiped iid ny hot fore f,
head and stood ready to feeIl Ilnount; though
my oowssdlyI heart beat like: = tip. ham
mer, and, my, face would have been : lit
tlc pallsh with atarns, If It had not been
decidedly reddish with heat. This time