Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1873-04-25
ROCKVILLE MARYLAND, FRIDAY MORNING.. APRIL o. 1873

L cannot receive ms WISH to-day, sac
the consort of Sir Hugo, for my lore
is absent. Give this as my excuse tC
the reverend father, and beg of him tc
return Tomorrow" With all due re.
spect Father Nicholas,' continued she
when left to herself, "he shall not spo
my pleasant ride Now, if my pony
were but here. He must have an easy
gait, and his teeth | do not fear; he i,
as quiet as lamb. Oh! how shall
delight in this two-fold pleasure of show.
ing the surly old fellow that | car,
neither for him nor his orders, and o
trying q pastime that is at least move
one p Through every corner of the
house resounded now her cry of " Sui
tan" J." Here, boy Sultan Sultan :"
The immense but docile animal spraug
from bone upon which he was feasting
and was at her side in an instant. Caress-
ing him till she got him into room, the
door of which she shut:
CHOW friend Sultan" cried his fair
mistress, mo growl, no bite, and all is
safe" With her snow-whitc hand she
continued stroking and patting his huge
back for some moments, and them in the
hope that, if only through gratitude, he
would comply with her fancy, she noun
ted her new stecd. He showed his teeth
Il little, in some doubt what all that
meant, but she soothcd him again into q
good humor and patient endurance ofth
novel burthen but he thought this quite
enough, and did not stir from the spot
Angelica was naturally not much pleas
ed with being thus stationary she there
fore gently goaded him with her leg, but
no trot would Sultan condescend he re-
manned motionlcss us before while some
thing very much like a growl escaped
from his immense and fear-inspiring
jaws. Out of all patience, she now ex-
claimed
You shall feel the spur, then, you
lazy brute, and drove her heel into his
side. He now growled audibly, but stir
red not an inch she repeated her blow.
This was too much for canine patience;
he made a spring, and as she fell full
length upon the floor, he turned and bit
her hand. The dismounted rider bcdew-
cd the floor with few tears, and then
sprang up to turn out Of the room the
uncourteous brute who had thus rudcly
shown how little he understood play.
Towards evening Sir Hugo returned
and inquired with suspicious haste if Fa
! Their Nicholas had been there
"Oh, yes, he was here" answered
Angelica, "but | vcntured to refuse hi
admittance.
The knight cast a triumphant glance
at his squire, and whispered him, ''Nov
old Wisdom do you see the use of my or
ders 2"
Conradc, who, as may be supposed
had said nothing of the alteration he
made in the substance Of his embassy
shrugged his shoulders with smile I'm.
| perceived by his master, who had turned
again to his consort, and first perceived
that she wore bandage upon her soft
hand. lie Immediately inquired the
cause
Sultan bit me" said Angelica, "and
it is all your fault, Sir Hugo" added
She. sobbing.
"My fault p cried the knight
Yes, your fault, and uobody's but
yours, rctorted his spouse. IF you had
not sent inc word by Courade not to ride
the nasty, nischievous brute, such a mad
trick would never have entered my head
In mute astonshmcnt the knight hur-
ricd to seek an explanation from his
squire, who had slipped away when An
gclica began her complaint "What mes
sage did you bring your lady = cnquircd
he
Conrade now confessed the truth.
"'Were these the orders | gave you,
you scoundrel p said the cnragcd Sir
Hugo.
Certainly not" replied the squire
''but You viii own that have made my
point good. You may now see how it
would have been had given your order
about the young priest My noble lady
is a model for her sex, and almost an an
gel, but still she is daughter Of Eve,
who meant to have bequcathed to all her
lineal female descendants her own spirit
Of pcrvcrscncss. And we have only to
remember the Lady Angelica's pleasant
ride upon Sultan to be convinced that it
had lost none Of its yigor in the descent