Lamoille newsdealer. [volume] (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1860-1877, 1873-05-07

"Are you ready, MadenOiselle Mn,
cite ? asked. my voice trembling against
my will.
READY Yhyr she inquired, With
slow contempt.
"Allow me. o, pray allow me, Ma.
demOiselle,' exclaimed the stranger, start,
ing forward. And Ninette. smiling, pu,
her foot into his hand.
Seating herself in the saddle with the
utmost ease, she carelessly, as it seemed,
backed Black Hawk against me. "signOr
Ricardo" she said haughily, sis this the
spot where the gentlemen of our company
usually rest between their exercises in the
ring 2 An ironical answer rose to my
lips, but withheld the words.
Stand back, if you please, SiguOr.
Must you always follow mo Always
haunt me ? Stand back"
With quick change of voice, and a
bright shy smile, she bent to take her lit
tie gilded whip as the officer handed it to
her.
"Thanks, Monsieur lie Captaine." And
whilst she bent gracefully and seemed on.
ly to be stroking the neck of the splendid
black horse, she refined him in, skilfully
and imperceptibly, until he touched my
shoulder.
"Gently gently, my hawk" she
said, fcigning utter unconciousness of my
presence, would you fly to soon? ?" Then,
with most demure little face, she can
tered through the opening in the canvass
"A most proud and bcwitchng little
equestrian queen, said the young officer,
appearing much amused by my discOmGt
ure, "but like old Rome, suppose you
can well bear the pride of her of whom
yourself are proud
turned away without answering and
for the first time Ninette performed with
out my eyes following her graceful motions.
The shange gentleman moved to the open
ing into the tent, but when she rode back
flushed and triumphant after her success,
he came forward again eagerly. She
drew up her lissome little figure with a
dash Of odd pride, and turning Black
Hawk rapidly aside, sprang to tie ground
unassisted. Her part was played for that
night, and, while the loud cappiug within
was continued, she walked slowly out into
the darkness ; her long crimson habit over
her arm, her little cap pushed frcm her
bright excited face, and her eyes raised
to the young officer who walked beside
her.
Thus l watched them going together
under the awning out into the night, and
then | went back to complete the wonder
inspiring evolutiods' which the crowd
waited for while my heart seemed break.
ing in its jealousy.
After that, all is a burning confusion in
my brain until one evening when l awoke
to consciousness in the hospital for while
| had been performing, and heard the
physicians (who had seen me fall, and had
attended pityingly upon me ever since)
whisper that all would be we'll in time.
Ricardo, dear fellow, said Monsieur,
coming forward softly, and bending TO
whisper to me, Thank God all will be
well. The worst is over
| hardly know when the knowledge
dawned upon me, or how but as | lay
there-my old companions clustered
around mel knew | had performed
among them for the last time. ] knew
that life had been most wonderfully and
mercifully beer spared me but that l
should never walk again. do not re-
that the knowledge came with
any sharp or bitter pain ; | think it was
a quiet. hopeless, conviction from the
first. They bad given me small room
in the hospital to myself partly to spare
to others the sight of my suffering part
Iy, perhaps, Monsieur said, because had
hurt myself in their cause.
So the days and nights passed on and
slowly, slowly brought mela little ease at
last. N
One morning Monsieur, entered my
room with a brighter face than usual,
.oid me Nlnette had come to see me. |
et the blood rush into my wan face as |
ook her little warm hand in both my own.
'Oh you are so much better, Ricardo.
he said, her small lips trembling little
is she looked at me. We shall soon
laye you back in your place among US
shook my bead slowly. Never
gain, Ninettc.'
'WhyP she asked, in feigued aston
shment.
4 shall never walk again anywhere.
hnk, Ninette certainly not on the vi (
'rating wire. know must be abe
ame all my life and I'm trying, as | lie
lere, to get accustomed to the thought,
md to feel prepared