The Opelousas journal. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1868-1878, 1873-02-15

And t1y would, and always did; but
how could fly this time? There was,
stretched out on the grass, covered with
sand, my hair in disorder, my clothes
torn, and one leg that refused to do me
service; and now there stood Madame
de NoriOlis before me, dashing and fair,
the red line wound all around her as
usual, AND asking, III her most seduc-
tive tOnts:
"Mon Dieut is it YOU, Monsieur de
La Roche-Targe What are Won doing
here? What has happened to YOU ~
l frankly confessed that | had been
ANONYMOUSLY thrown.
" 1ou are not hurt, hope ?"
NO; not seriously, at all events. |
have strained my right leg little; but
1t Is not serious, [ am sure.n
And what horse acted so hadly-nOt
this one, certainly?" pointing to Bru-
tus, who was quietly browsing near at
hand.
Yes, that one; he is the culprit.n
w hat =! this noble fellow? Well, he
has fully made amends, | assure YOU;
but | will tell you all about that by
and-by. We must first think about get
ting you home"
Il cannot take q step.n
ION, will drive you home, at the
AASh VI CUI1l 1lplOu1ISluATy TyOJl.'
And she called Bob, the little groom,
VINO TOOK me by one arm while she took
me by the other, and helped me into her
chaise. Two minutes more, and we
were on the road to La ROche-Targe.
We were alone in the chaise, Bob hay
ing taken charge of Brutus, who had
shown no unWillingness to be caught.
Make yourself comfortable, and
keep your leg as straight as you can,"
said Madame de NOriOlis. 81 will drive
you as gently as possible"
In fact, she said great many little,
amiab1e, wOmanly things, that | found
livery pleasant to listen to. Then, when
she saw me in a comfortable position,
she asked me to tell her how came to
be thrown, saying that afterward she
would tell me how she Glanced to come
to my aid.
| began my narritive, to which she
listened attentively until commenced
to describe Brutus's efforts to throw me,
after the two shots, when she cried,
laughing in her silveriest tones.
"Ol1, see it all! | see it all You
have bought the trrlmpeter's horse :"
"The trumpeter's horse ~
"Why, yes; and that explains the
whole mystery. Have you not seen
many q time, at the Cirque de rImpera-
trlce, the feats of the horse of the trum-
peter? A ctasseW ia tfiqae enters the
arena ON q large, gray horse; the Arabs
follow, and shoot at the chasseuy, who is
wounded and falls--and, as you did not
fall, the horse, indignant at this neg
leet of duty, threw you off. And what
did he do when you were ON the grOund?D
| told her of the effort he made to
give me decent burial.
=" The trumpeter's horsen she contin-
ued-" to19Ours the trumpeters horse
He sees that his master is wounded the
Arabs may come and dispatch him. So,
what does he doe He bllries him. And
what did he do then? Started off in a
gall0p, did he not"
g Yes, earring my hat
"Instead of the cOlOrs to prevent their
falling into the hands of the enemy.
There being no flag, he took what he
could find. And where does he go?n
L" To find the eeirandiev.',-
precisely. He goes to findthe VirGn-
dieTe; and the UirGsediere to-day, if you
please, am |, the Countess of NOriOlis.
He entered my yard ON gall0p. | was
on the steps, putting on my gloves pre-
paFatOry to driving ont. The stable
boys, seeing Ssh0rse approach, saddled
and bridled, q hat in his mouth, and
without a rider, tried to catch him but
he avoids them, and, coming straight to
the steps, he falls on his knees before
me. The men try to catch him, but he
springs to his feet and starts off on q
gaflop. At the gate he stops, looks
back, and calls me-" s..-@
"Calls you ?s s'-~.. .s..
''Yes, assure You, calls me. cry
out to the men to let MIN go, jump into
roIN0 ion 4oI1 h i
not originally intended for carriages {;
but no matter-T arrive. and / fipd YOU. y
| Just as Madame de NOFiolis had fin
ished her narritive, the chaise received
a fearful shock from the rear, and the
next moment we saw Brutus's head tow
eriRg proudly above and behind us. He
and Bob had been following close be-
| hind, when, seeing the groom's seat va
can't, he had aYiled himself of the Op-
| pOrtunity thus offered to make q fur
ther exhibition to his new master Of his
accomplishments. He had reared IN,
and placed his fere feet ON the vacant
seat; and now, with Bob elinging for
dear life TO his name and the POM
mel of the saddle, he was trotting along
on his hind-feet only, with all the
nonchalanee.i in the world.
As for Madame de Noriolis, she was
SO terrified that she dropped the reins
and threw herself into my arms-dear,
adorable Madame de Noriolis !-and
rested her little head against my shoul-
der. With the left hand I caught up
the reins, and with the right support
ed Madame de Noriolis. My leg hurt
me most fearfully; still | bore it with
out mIlrmur, and continued to sup
port my lovely burden. m
Tt was thus that Madame de Noriolis
made her first visit to La Roche large.
When she returned about midnight,
some six weeks afterward, having du-
ring the day become Madame dc La
Roche large, she said to me-: ,s..
"Whatastrange thing life is, nv dear !
Nothing of all this would have been but
| for-the trumpeter's horse" II
EARNEST REL1GroN.-A balonet was
one day examining some works of the
celebrated sculptor, Mr., Bacon, and OBJ
sarvnh a lI1YSf nf Mr. yTI,14nA oItq -, -