Weekly Calaveras chronicle., 1867-03-02

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bzoWn eyes.
Those eyes wora certainly nnegnih-
;cen5, Pity hey should belong TO such
Ia eiown, w@s my mental comment the
first tine 7 fairly saw shem.
But clown as he YVES, and hopelegsly
! ho1nely and awkward, it was not to be
ipermitted-his unconsc;opsness Of me.
besides, Gttle practice would keep ny
lhand in, strengthen my strategic pow
aTs, and there was an absurdly fascinat-
ling novelty in studying the oaprioes,
TASTES and Tgeaknesse5 Of this rustic
'specimen Of the golus homo. I theret
fore set n.yself 30 attract his attention
to matters Of far mora inheritance than
icrops and drainage, [ donned my most
lrayishing t0iietces; / took interesting
,at5itudes; I made simple little speeches
,oalculated to Aatter and impress him
with an idea of superiority. But still
another week passed without his SEEM
ling to have any more than casual con-
isc;ousnesa Of ny presence. Then turn
led domestic. I put On the plainest
wrappers [ owned, tucked my sleeves
!aboVe my elbows, and sought the kitch-
len jusS as he was coming to dinner
There. He did Just glance at ny white
land dimpled ar-ns, bnt that Was all, and
| l might have imagined that.
| Finally, in sheer desperation, I tried
ithe hoyden, and liked il SO veil for it's
Iown sske that ! kept to the rcle some
ltine. / made hay with the hay makers
in q white wrapper pinned back milk
maid fashion, and &u immense leghorn
| fat that had belonged to Mother Darts
girlhood. I rode home en- the very
lsumnit Of the fragrant load. I helped
harvest L learned to milk at the risk
Of spreading r0y delicate hands Invent
iblackDerrying, atravberrying, fishing; I
tried so ges lost IL the woods behind the
farm house; l tried to break my neck
.olimbing along the moss grown caves
below my chamber window I got sun
burnt, scratched and red chooked-and
Ransom Dart 70 m0ra knew 1t tllaIa il I
lLad been Him tie hired man.
! In sheer revenge, by chance diaooq-
ling that my Lord Indifference had g
sanctom IL g hitherto unsupported re-
lgion OF the house, where he and suniSy
Ilngsty volumes held nightly orgies, /
iingaded said ssnctum during hia absence
ihid the dictionary behind the freboard,
consigned c Li7y to the wardrobe, {
itrigonometry to the aforesaid caves. and
introduced confusion worse oonfounded'
jgenere,ly. Thence, adjoasning to lot
beyond the farm house, whore vas kept
q favorite colt, 1 essayed my fasoina-
lions upon the frisky creature.
It vgss not the first time / had been
there l had long been coaxing the
aninlal wish extra ratione, and suoh sit
bits as the equine natare most delights
Nm. Gip9y knew me perfectly, an1
lvoald Lee Iae stroke his glitteriDg naae
and souoh tho star in his shining hlack
front, wish @ho UtnosS impuDity. 7 had
il5nc had ~ ambition 20 ride tl1is almost
;unbroken colt, aud although knew no
Eone save his master had over dared to
lnlouns him, vas al the moro resolved
50 tEy.
/ There WAS not side saddle On tl,e
gisola place, l,az ] lad heard of a man g
saddle being used II q case of elnergau-
oY, and lad ouggsd ona hilber surrep-
:. vitioosly. Ea7ire before f4miiarigo3
Clip gith tAe sjsbt Ct il, bo lid not shy
Inow whe8 ! dgew il from It's hiding
auoag Ghs bushes, and approached him.
7Tj1a Tnfpiso troabie ! dragged the
11sielC3lT shinS 10 the sop1aoat rail OF
she ziszhg fence Sbas encor, PASSED Gjp's
labidiug plao6, and, patiently ooaxing the
Iprettg creature near, succeeded, after
Imany efforts, il getting it upon his
hack. RpcElipG tte straps whichshould
keep it Chero Was a.to1Aer thing, but I
accomplished ali il line, Clip <Iettiiis
land falEiag soZne, but Kept il solorsbls
order by ju3ieious aad prudent ooa2ipg.
Finally, having kaosted the halter Clip
always Wore about his neck, mounted
so the top rail asain, and, watching my
chance, vaulted into the saddle. While
/ was catching at the natter, which 6
toss Of his head had taken from my
reckless hand, before I could begin to
stoady myself in that odd, gable rooted
saddle, Clip waa away Ike al arrow shot
from bow. The air whistled IN my
ears, as we cleft It, swift as whirlHiud
and my breath seemed taken froIa no
by he velocity Of our movement.
I could oniy fling myseIf forward,
with my arms round Gip's neok. How
chung there the foR moments I did,
heaven alone knows.
[ was conscious Of rising il the air as
though upon wings. I felt concpssion
shat seemed TO shatter bone and nerve,
and the next | kpew 7 opened my eyes
on the hillside outside the meadow. I
was IN such pain tbat l coald not stir,
but ! could see from where I lay Gip's
handsome suppleness horribly doubled
iup on the green sward, his slender
forelegs crushed under him, his starry
front twisted away toward The right
ifore-shoulder. almost backward. Some
body was handling my left arm. cried
out sharply at the great pain. scd saw
1t vas Ransom Dart.
fWhat have I donoT ~ l exclaimed.
"BEoken your arm and Gip's neck, "
he replied drily, bending those reddish
brown syes upon me with look whioh
sempted NE 70 wonder f I had rot bel-