The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1864-11-26
M FIRST DEAL IN HoRsE.FLBsH.

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t"heu tho Itl nyEAo TO knee. aud use hyr be-
ecbiug cyes, ! knew full well that. ALTHOUGH
Eprcteud 20 make. FIGHT. the hattie was r..,lIv
tBUt l said 81 really don't think, Beatty, that
y uuftc consistent In "A ,ovutry. p4rsou', Gaugb-
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kOA' lou hho" no" ctnsouous people are.
tero are che Misses"
pet Put her hand on my mouth nc once. tossed
lick the bush OF rUrlpn. siII.pu hair from either
leet, and held up her dngcr-.
k,Now, that Is all nonsense, papa, dear; besides
y know that yOu are always talking about Mr..
s55gs.ey ana me ynIuc OF muscular Christi NIFTY,
= s0iu scrcwiug mp her violet eye, in the most
Git, of ,,,,,,ir'. ,l,os iio,s IN tic ', 81 ,
4 OF win what the NI,s.e. - viii Slv
fair now. sir. that Won man.forl, shoiild kcrp
4 the muscular Christianity 20 Yourselves and
n aparc a little bic 10 the women. toIl, :"
bis was touching me hard, so | gave I'm at
te
fBut supposing. Beatty, we could find Won this
hcy stced you ialk ab6ut--"
ESuppesing, papa there is no supposiug about
b matter. All YOU are asked TO do. Is TO find
y money, and I'll find the dear delightful little
tse-so that's settled And Won know it will
Il positive saving, papa; for that beautiful
tbit Of mammn's. which cost thirty-ti quineas
A be destroy ed by the moths, unless it Is taken
&and worn so Won see the cost of the horse
nj be more than saved, after ALL"
4 did not see the cogency of the argument. Il is
he; hut who ever Thought of arguing with
lnty when she looked Won throuel with her
kge and fathomless violet eyes At least. no,
III mana: and possibly another. one of these
Tvs will feel inclined To forget his logic also
Beaty was ms Good as her word. One morn
IT, at breakfasf She came running mn with the
E,nes and throwing herself down on her knees
II the old cuddliug irresistible fashion. ey-
Mined -
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Er, 10 BE SOLn-A HORSE or GREAT BEAUTY,
EtpRe p, y N, q i 'f' i Is i " GS'u a.
md drive and has sarfsI n iaJy PSnpIy before no
d., at News.
lThere, papa, if Won are GOOD boy. YOU shall
he ride sometimes; and he will do for picnics
Ri 10 drive Won over TO Grimsby. where thnt
&some old vicar always wants YOU to do duty
h him hid Won ever hear of such n pcrfect
xmaI ;"
lESoftly. Miss Beatrice" said: al am afraid
II this Is too good to be true | shall feel 1uite
ksfed # he carries you"
Iyov, tben dear nIna 500 that vou sr,-aarlv
tsuch an animal is sure TO be snapped up dfS
n2tly in London. where n GOOD horse is always
brtb his money =
III took the morning train the very next day.
4, ter many iniuuctions that | must not let the
9 horse of Great beauty" sin through my fingers
trTiyed at the news In question at the appointed
he II was situated In a yery duiet and re-
bcfable neiphborho1d and was in itself a very
beTIy looking place. WHY do groems take such
tde in the windows of their sleeping.roomS
,kerv other Nrindo,y that I Locked at was fenced
with n mimic iye-barrcd gate. the palings
tntod white. and the fye-barred gatc green
doubt these are but expressions of the cOun-
taste of the couutry-bred lads who come up to
c kn to seek their fortunes, and sink down into
kcunuipR groOms one meets al the corner of the
kcets in NAV Fair, plotting treason against their
,ksters with the c0rn.chandler, l asked in vain,
it n long time for the handsome horse but no
n Ve seemed to know ANYTHING about him, At last
=, Mas directed to a particularly quiet and
herly looking stable, where my informant told
BIS Is he had "heerd of such a hossn as was look
Il for. Accordingly | knocked, but there was
4 fanswer. Tired Of repeated knocking, at last
= BIZ the liberty of opeuing the door aud walking
The onIy person visible was a Venerable
Sc bkipr GROOM, who was engaged in cleaning a
lrse, "Wis'ss, wisss, wis'ss," went the rheu-
4 EfiC old man. either not hearing me enter or
Oh deignipg TO take any notice of me, whilst
d feptly engaged upon his duties. He was dressed
Dan old p1Tpe pInsh waistcoat. with old silver
% Ittons with a silver crest upon them and his
4, ~ was enclosed IN neatly pinned white
10 kyat Evidently he BELONGED to some old
a&sehold, where a certain traditional dress was
y Eiutained even reaching 10 the stable-man
y Iere was something in the old man that spoke
better dsys, and / was at once prepossessed In
% ! favor. But, as he took no notice of me, l
IN nm closer 10 him. and asked if that was The
o Ese advertised in the Times for sale; but the
u Ily response he made was the same "wis'ss
n Mss wis'ss," his body being bent quite double
.o Hast thinking he might be deaf slapped him
htly on the back, on which he slowly rose up
t Ibis full height adjusted his footing in rickety
hpner, and exclaimed -
m'lTYes, sir, they be, worse luck, and wish was
.inR TO be sold wi EN-" and Immediately re.
twed his eternal "wis'ss, wis'ss, wis'ss," as
bugh he considered Il an intrusion on my part
1f Interrupt him in his duties
Ia FCome," said 70 myself, ~ mast mollify thi.
Ii ksty sterling old retainer or shall get nothing
e Of him. He evidently takes me for cock.
" ~. 81 tried what effect a shilling would have
IN bn him, and Immediately found that his coun.
N bluntness was no proof against the charm In
Io kt, he became quite communicative.
lYes, gemman," he said, resuming for gOOC
Il upright position, as well as his rheumatic,
lbIe is to be sold, and as / said before, wish
IS TO be sold wi 'em. They have all been undel
~ hands ever since they was foaled They ART
Twas, the property Of Squire -, OF =
I'm. in Northam ptonshire, God bless him. IL,
,ar Il now been dead three months. and his hose,
Is as much 20 him as his own childer. They
'n bs me as how he left In his will that they WA,
az to be sold without reserve, by his dear Olt
I. bnd, Squire -, but they was only to e
10 good hands II a good home was offered K
b, the price was 10 be no consideration. III,
b a meTciful man 70 his beasts, was G OulC
hire"
-- fhe old man, like an old horse, now began t,
d lrm to his work, and he TOOK me round th,
mn tbles, with that peculiar loose hObble which
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