Rapides gazette. (Alexandria, La.) 1869-187?, 1873-02-22

ears, ana raised his head high In the air
l was surprised to see him so disturbe,
Dy the report of firearms. L would hav
supposed that, after the liberal education
he had received in his youth, no amour
OF firing would have even excited his Gu
riosity. | touched his flanks with MI
heels, In order to urge him forward bu
Brutus refused to bulge. / tried to turl
him to the right, to the left; not foo
would he move. He stood like statue
and, nevertheless-you need not laugh
Tor, be assured, what lam telling you il
strictly true-and, nevertheless, at every
effort | made to induce him to go on, ht
would turn his head and glance at me
with an expression of impatience and sur.
prise; then he would relapse into his sta.
tue-like immobility. There was clearly
some misunderstanding between us. for
read very distinctly in his glances that he
would say 81, the horse, but do my
duty, and you, the cavalier, do not do
yours"
was more puzzled than angered.
| "What manner of beast is this that |
have bought of Cheri?' said to myself.
"And why does he look at me in this
queer wayr'
was on the point of having recourse
TO extreme measures--that is, to admins
ter shower of well-laid-on blows with
my ridlng-whip-when we heard another
shot-Brutus and lat which he made
one bound, and only one. All nv en-
deavors to induce him to go on were fruit
less. He planted his feet anew in the
sand, and more firmly, il possible, than at
first. began now to get out of patience,
and, as consequence, to ply my whip:
but Brutus also lost patience, and, instead
OF submitting tameiy to the punishment
l inflicted, he reared and pitched and
kicked in the most furious manner imag-
inable. But while the battle was at its
height, and | was dealing him heavy blows
with the loaded handle of my whip, he
found time to give me n look, now and
then, full, not only of indignation, but of
surprise. 1t was plain that, while de-
manded of the horse what he refused, he
expected something from me that | did
not do.
And how, think you, did this end? To
my shame-my great shame. Twas igno-
miniously unhorsed-thrown! Brutus, |
1t seemed, came to the conclusion that
nothing was to be effected by violence,
and that he must change his tactics. AZ |
ter moments pause, he stood straight |
up in the air, not on his hind, but on his |
iOit ltCl, tiihts boO. Will dS
calmness and address as clown walks on |
his hands. OF course / slid down over
his head into the sand, which, fortunately,
was tolerably deep.
| tried to rise, but one of my legs re-
fused to do me service 1 uttered cry OF
pain, and fell forward fiat into the sand.
| had ruptured one of the smaller tendons
Of my right leg, which, although not a
very serious matter, caused me great pain
whenever attempted to stir. Neverthe-
less, | succeeded in turning over and sit
ting up, but at the moment when | began
10 rub my eyes, which were full of sand,
and to wonder what had become OF my
rascally dapple-gray, saw horses
loot descend on my head, then the foot
was placed gently against my breast, and
was stretched out again on the sand
his time oh my back,
| was now, and very naturally too, /
Lhihk, exceedingly frightened, and, more,
felt that IL would be useless 10 make
my further effort, ] therefore remained
iuietly Oh my back, asking myself once
more, what manner Of beast this was that
had brought from Chefi nj tho same
line closed my eyes and awaited death.
or expected to be killed. But, instead
n receiving my coup ds grace, suddenly
ieafd strange stamping In the sand. and,
II the same time, quantity Of dirt and
struck me In the face.
,pened my eyes, and lol there was Brii-
us, using all four feet with wonderful
ddress, endeavoring TO cover me up In
he sand. He was doing his best, the dear
elbow, and every now and then he would
,ause to see what progress he was maxi
ng; then he would raise his head, give ex-
resslon 10 his self-satisfaction In a low
Vhinny, and resume his work. This
Ontinued four or five minutes, when,
linking me, doubtless, sufficiently eov-
red, he approached respectfully and knelt
got down on both knees, and seemed
ctually to be uttering prayer-while J
,Oked on In wonder and amazement.
His prayer being finished, Brutus bowed .
Is head lightly, rose, walked away few
ieps, stopped, looked toward me, and a
hen began TO gallop round the open
pace IN the center of which ! was ly- {
", This he did some twenty times = d
)und = round - round until | began {
be dizzy from watching him, when | {
Fied out, Halt halt !" lie obeyed, a
Nc seemed embarrassed 10 know what
Q should do next, Al this moment he /
otieed my hat, whieh had fallen OF when d
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10 sand, and lay few iaet from nae, AZ i
ght NJ u, ijfiitiis seemed a. DO relieved
| his embarrassment, iie Immediately i
eht toward u, picked Y 40 with his teett,
NJ started OF at a brisk gail6p down one
The sis alleys that ! have mentioned, v
Bfiittis. disappeared, ana ! remained n
one. Never was inaii more puzzled 4
,bfounded. What the strange conduct O
the horse meant, was more than could Il
vine. I shook Off the sand that partial s
covered me, and crawled on my hands n
little spot Of grass at the corner of h
le Of the alleys. Arrived there. I made q
yself as comfortable as possible, and y
en cried out at the top of my voice, In
e hope of making myself heard by some n
le but got no response. The park, at
ast the park where | was seemed to be n
Itlrely deserted. There was only one 7
Ing to do-to wait until some one came 4
at way. u
i had been full half hour In this unen- v
able position. when espled Brutus a >
ng distance of, at the end of the alley Q
: which he had disappeared, galloping
ward me in big cloud of dust. Little 4
: little, as he came nearer, discovered Il
pony chaise In the cloud: then, I'm the q
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