The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1873-05-09

lister a shower of welI-laid-on blow
? with my riding whip, when we heart
another shot-Brutus and lat whicl
he made one bound, and only one. Al
my endeavors to induce him to go OF
were fruitless. He planted his fee
anew in the sand, and more firmly, i
possible, than at first. began now t.
get out of patience, and, as a conse
quence, to ply my whip; but Brutui
also lost patience, and, instead of sub
mitting tamely the the punishment
inflicted, he reared and pitched anC
kicked in the most furious manner i'm
aginable. But while the battle was al
its height, and / was dealing him heavy
blows with the loaded handle of my
whip, he found time to give me a look,
now and then, full, not only of 1ndig.
nation, but of surprise. 1t was plain
that, while I demanded 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. I was
| ANONYMOUSLY nhorsed-thrown Bru-
| tus, it seemed, came to the conclusion
| that nothing was to be affected by vio-
| lence, and that he must change his
tactics. After moments pause, which
was certainly a moment of reflection,
he stood straight up in the air, not on
his hind, but on his fore-feet, and that,
too, with as much calmness and address
| as a clown walks on his hands. Of
course I slid down over his head into
the sand, which, fortunately, was toler-
ably deep.
1 tried to rise, but one of my legs re
fused to do me service l uttered a cry
of pain, and fell forward fiat into the
sand. [ had ruptured one of the small
er tendrons of my right leg, which, al
though not a very serious matter, caused
me great pain whenever ] attempted to
stir. Nevertheless, succeeded in turn
ing over and sitting up, but at the mo-
ment when / begun to rub my eyes,
which were full of sand, and to wonder
what had become of my dapple-gray, /
saw horses foot descend on my head,
then the foot was placed gently against
my breast, and was stretched out
again on the sand this time on my
back.
was now, and very naturally too, I
think, exceedingly frightened, and more,
I felt that it would be useless to make
ed quietly on my back, asking myself,
once more, what manner of beast this
was that I had bought from Cheri at
awaited death, for expected to be kill
ed. But, instead of receiving my coup
de grace, suddenly heard a strange
stamping in the sand, and, at the same
time, a quantity of dirt and gravel
L 1
my eyes, and 10 there was Brutus, US
ing all four feet with wonderful address,
endeavoring to cover me up in the sand.
He was doing his best, the dear fellow,
and every now and then he would pause
to see what progress he was making
then he would raise his head, give ex-
preston to his self-satisfaction in low
whinny, and resume his work. This
continued four or five minutes, when,
thinking me, doubtless, sufficiently COW
knelt-gOt down on both knees, and
seemed actually to be uttering prayer
while l looked on in wonder and
amazement.
His prayer being finished, Brutus
bowed his head slightly, rose, walked
away a few steps, stopped, looked to-
ward me, and then began to gallop
round the open space in the centre of
which L was lying. This he did some
twenty times-round-ro -round-round-i
until 1 began to be dizzy from watching
him, when I cried out, &c Halt halt p
He obeyed, but seemed embarrassed to
know what he should do next. At this
moment he noticed my hat, which had
fallen off when I was dumped so un-
tremendously into the sand, and lay a
few feet from me. At the sight of it,
Brutus seemed to Be relieved of his
embarrassment. He Immediately went
toward it, picked it up with his teeth,
and started off at a brisk gallop down
one of the six alleys that / have men
toned.
Brutus disappeared, and [ remained
alone. Never was man more puzzled
-confounded. What the strange con-
duct of the horse meant, was more than
I could dinine. / shook off the sand
that partially covered me. and crawled |
on my hands to a little spot of grass at
the corner of one of the alleys. Ar |
rived there, I made myself as comfor- |
table as possible, and then cried out at |
the top of my voice, in the hope of |
making myself heard by some one; /; but |
I got no response. The park, at least |
the park where I was, seemed to be en-
tirely deserted. There was only one
thing to do-tO wait until some one |
came that way.
I had been a full half-hour in this un- |
enviable position, when 1 espied Brutus |
a long distance off, at the end of the |
alley by which he had disappeared, gal |
Looping toward me in big cloud of dust. |
Little by little, as he came nearer, [
discovered a pony-chaise in the cloud /; |
then, in the chaise, woman, who was
driving herself, and behind the lady, a
little groom.
A few minutes after making this well !
come discovery, Brutus, covered with |
foam, stopped before me and let my hat |
all at my feet, saluting me with S SYM
pathetic whinny, which. seemed to say:
&c went for help, sir; and here it is. "
But had no eyes for Brutus, or ears |
for his explanations. My senses were
occupied with the ministering fairy, |
who sprang lightly from her little car
riage and fastened me. She, toward |
too, on her part, looked at me very in
quiringly, and suddenly we cried out |
in one breath, respectively:
Madame de NOriolis p
1" Monsieur de La ROche-Iarge
Now, have an aunt, and for years,
between her and me, there has been a
continued battle.
"Get married p she insisted.
81 don't want to marry!"
"Do you want young girl !? l have |
Mademoiselle. A., Mademoiselle |
B, Mademoiselle G., etc"
CT don't want to marry -
"Do you want a widow? l have
Madame D, Madame E,
Madame r, and so on"
81 don't want to marryp
Madame de Noriolis always figured |
among the first of my aunt's widows,
and I noticed that she never failed to |
dwell at length on all the advantages 1
saw In this union. It was not necessary |
fnr hnr to tall me- that Madama de No |