The Placer herald., 1873-04-19

"''S ""o'. o"C subsequently, Ttiarkeu 'iid'
we came out skipping like two innocent
children: The skipping was entirely unin
teniiona on my part. lett as if ! stood on
the verge of eternity; my legs might have
skipped, but my mind was filed with awe.
| took that animal out to exercise him.
He exercised me before we got through with
it. lie went around few times in cir
Gle, then he stopped suddenly, spread out
his fore legs and looked at me. Then be
leaned forward little, and hois'ed both
hind legs, and threw about two coal hods OF
mud over a line full of clothes Mrs. Perkins
had just hung ont.
That excellent lady had taken pasiiioa
at the window, and whenever the evolutions
Of the awful beast permitted | caught q
glance at her features. She appeared to be
very much interested in the proceedings, bui
The instant ,hat the mud flew she disap-
peared from the Wi dow and stepped out on
the stoop with a long poker in her hand and
fire enough in her eye to heat it red hot.
Just then Siiver's horse stood up on his
hind legs aud tried to hug me with the
others. This scared me. A horse never
shows his strength to such advantage as
when he is coming down on You like fran
tic pile-drver. instantly lodged and the
cold sweat fairly boiled out of me.
1t suddenly came over me that | had
once figured in "A similar position years a,o
My grandfather owned IA little white horse
that would get up from meal at Delmoni-
cos to kick the President of the United
States. lie sent me to the lot after him
one day, and unhappily suggested that !
should ride him down. ] often went after
hat horse, and suffered all kinds If defeat
IN getting him out of the pasture. but had
never attempted to ride him. Heaven knows
never thought of it. had my usual
rouble with him that day He tried to
jump over me and push me down in Il mud
hole, and finally got up on his hind legs and
came wallzing after me with facilities enougl,
to convert me into hash, but turned and
just laid for that fence with all the agony a
prospect of instant death could crowd into
me. If our late candidate for the Presidency
had run one-ialf as we'll, there would be
seventyfve postmasters in Danbury to-day,
instead of one.
got out finally and there he was quiet
enough, and | took him up alongside the
fence and got on him. lie stopped an instant,
one brief instant, and then tore off down the
road at "a frightul rate lnidlown on him
and clasped my hands tightly around his
ok, and thong il, of my home. When We
got to the stable was confident he would
stop, but he didn't. He drove straight fo,
The door. 1t was low door, Just high
enough to permit him to go in at lightning
speed, but there was no room for me. saw
# | struck that stable the struggle would be
very brief one. | thou ht that all over
IN an instant, and then, spreading out N,
rms and legs, emitted a screain and the
next moment was bounding about in the
hllh of that strble yard. All this passed
through my mind as Sliver's horse went VI
into the air. 1t frightened Mrs. Perkins
dreadtully.
"Why, you old fool" she said, "why
don't you get rid Of him ?"
How can | % said in desperation.
"Why, there's thousand ways" said
she
This is just like woman; how different
=, statesman would have answered.
But could only think of two ways to
IlSloSe OI Ille DeHSb. cOuiu clIueT SWALLOW
liln where he stood and then sit down on
him, or could crawl inside of him and kick
him to death
But was saved either Of these expedens
Ivy his coming toward me SO abruptly that ]
.iropped the rope in terror, and then he
turned about and kicked me full of mud,
hot for Il e gates, ripping the clothes line il
wo, and went off down the street at hor
rIble galop, with two of Mrs. Perkins gar
mens which he hastily an tched from the
Inc floating over bis neck in very pictur
esque manner
So | was afterwards told, as | was too
full of mud myself to see the way into the
house.
Silver got his horse all right, and stays al
home to take care Of him. Mrs. Perkins
has gone to her mothers to recuperate, and
| am healing az fast as possible. .-CYRUs ID.
PERKINS. -Danbury Conn Ne,os.