Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1871-07-16

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Mrs. w. said: 81 think it extremely /
silly, William, that you should attempt to
ride such balky horse as that; he Ia very l
dangerous, am sure.ps l8.dF % Esa =
/ The driver of the bsrouche now assum-
ed e confidential relation with me, and |
advised that should not hold the horses |
mouth to hard, or he might bite his head /
on. Accordingly ! let the bit loose, and l
no sooner had / done than he went off /
into desperate breakneck canter, until |
he was stopped by friendly policeman.
go into Mercer street, ~ said the
Darouche driver, send get on the Nichol-
son pavement. It's hot day, and it will i
stick to his feet and tire him out, if ye /
can't do nothin' else.''
"Yes, Billy, do. Do anything the man
l says. He knows all about horses. am
afraid you may break your neck, -
ehimed In Julia-the dearest girl on earth. |
| 1--WE got through Mercer street pretty
well, as it was not crowded much, and |
nothing of q violent nature happened un-
til we got up in Fifth avenue well. Julia |
was looking charming, and Mrs. VS.
countenance positively smiled, when all |
ct once my brute, seeing watering cart |
before him, charged full tilt upon the |
| concern, his head down, and carried |
away the tin spout. A lot of men who |
were dawdling in the windows of chop
house were much amused at this outbreak |
| OF my brute, and some of them screamed |
with laughter, while my Julia turned red |
as q rose In June with shame, and I |
cursed inwardly the horse and the stable |
keeper of whom he had been hired by |
me.
| The driver of the barouche now char |
itably came to the rescue and said to me: |
| There is only one thing to do, and |
that is to got off that horse and get into |
the bsrouche, and III tie him behind it |
like yawl boat He won't give you |
any more trouble-you bet"
got off my hired brute as well as l |
could, and felt pang of fierce Joy shoot
through me as | saw him most ignomins
iously battered to the axle like q danger
GUS building.
All went smoothly enough now as we
passed through the lanes of green trees
in Central Park, and at Stetson's the
brute seemed quite calm and contented.
When we turned out of the park into
Harrison lane, whom should we meet but
the fellow Fritz, riding on beautiful
roam, which he managed with the skill of
an Arab. He turned into the side of the
barouche, lifted his hat, and with hardly
more than an insolent nod to myself, com
menced talking small nothings to the Ia
dies. And, positively, the treacheroas Julia
seemed to take delight in torturing me
all the while by the attention she paid to
his stupid remarks.
Very soon we came in sight of the
race grounds and the grand stand, with
the white flag of the jockey club floating
over it, and all the seats filed with well
dressed people. Every one was enjoying
himself, even the people who were selling
poisonous lemonade at ten cents a glass,
and bad sandwiches with greasy ham at
the same price.
Long Gdes of teams, carriages, sui
kies, broken down hacks and boys in
blue uniforms with white findings, clus-
tered around the gates. Inside the en-
closure twenty thousand people of both
sexes were crsniug their necks as the
horses, with their parti- colored riders,
faced the hurdles and went over them
ike flying arrows, now and then a rlder
being unseated and falling in heap like
dead weight.
Five horses were entered, and they all
looked beautiful enough, | suppose, to
those who liked horse racing; but, after
the experience of yesterday, l must say
do not fancy it much.
"Aad | was fool enough to bet on q
thing which knew nothing about"
'9rhat scoundrel Filz clied out to me
as the bell rang for saddle
''IH bet fifty TO twenty five that OysD
terman gets the hurdle. Who means
businees?n
knew he was looking at me under his
scoundrelly insolent lsshes. Julia looked
at me SO appealingly for moment, and l
took him, fool that was. Three minutes
after l saw Oysterman go in with dash,
and felt weakness all over"
''POOr Billy, l feel sorry for you-in-
deed do; but l suppose some one must !
win, and it is better that our Friend Fitz !
should win than stranger" said Julia.
Now | thought different. If l could {
but have the privilege of choosing who in {
all that vast crowd should win my money
/ should have selected FItz last of all, |
confound him l felt maddened at the {
sight of his whiskers and his insolently s
trlumphal glances, and without thinking
that all my money was gone, asked the I
ladies to lunch.
We entered the restaurant under the '
club stand where they have lot of sing
ing birds in cages, suppose to charm g
people who are unwaIy, in to spend their 4
money. r
We had some boned turkey and two i
bottles of Mumm's champagne. 1 think c
the bill was about fifteen dollars. | had il
Just paid Fiiz his bet, and when | took
out my pocketbOok found myself with t
out a cent. Despair penetrated my a
vitals, and the faces of the two ladies 10
wore very strange, not to say annoyed '
look. t
What should do2 If did not pay
l would be arrested and carried off as an q
impostor. Ftz surveyed me with Gn a
amused expression as much as to say Il
''YOu are cod, know, and you are 0
in trouble now" n
l had but one hope. Leaving the la. a
dies with an excuse, beckOned Fitz over Q
to corner and said to him:
81 am broke. Lend me twenty dol C
lars, will you, for Gods sake ?" 9
Fitz whistled for moment and then {
answered me:
GA man does not lead another man t
whom he does not like twenty dollars; I
but I'll lend you the money if you'll I
promise to give Julia up and go home
without them; I'll take them home all C
right Say the word and here's the d
money" L
l had no choice. l took the money, v
babe the ladies goodbye, stating that l a
had some bad news. Julia looked sur~ O
pTised but resigned, and skunk away as 4
well as l could to the horse cars by which {
l came TO New York, minus my two ?
weeks salary and my girl. will not go
to Jerome Park any more. 1t would r
have been all right but for that internal il
baIky brute, think. a
DIR. LIVINGSTONE.