The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1875-02-25
10 a face. We'll, that's natural p'r'aps,

TO a face. Well, that's natural p'r'aps,
but didn't, for I took q fancy to my
wife's way OF doing the scarf trick on
horseback. ] dare say you know what
mean-when they make n bit OF mus
lin float over them, and oil that sort OF
thing. Well, il struck me one day as
tho girl, who was 80 clever al that and
was always quiet at rehearsing, and
never stood any chatting, could be clever
at other things and ] said TO myself,
"That's n settler il she'll have me III
have gbe.' And tho very next night,
when wo were goin through tho Flying
Indians-a piece on two horses. you
know, that we'd done dozens OF times
before in n quiet business way--rd got
TO gallop after her horse, while she was
pretending to fee from me, and me, Of
course, done mp in style with feathers
and 30 on. Then when her horse wOs
30 swift | could not ketch her, | makes
a lot Of dumb motions, and SHES my
%tomnhawk Mt her horse, which begins to
halt and then limp, when / close up and
pass my arm around her and bring her
onto my horse, she pretending TO resist,
and as she stands going around back
wards, she hangs away as / hold her.
Well, being n very pretty thing, il it
is we'll done, people was ali very alton
tive that night-th one that came after
IA made up roy mind-and we'd got TO
tho part where I'd killed her horse, and
it was lying in the middle Of the ring,
whom, the music playing 30 that no one
could hear what / said, / says:
"Mary dear"-lIor name on the bill
was Mademoigelle Marioni-"Mary
dear, says, "make it real"
What p says she.
'Let's make ii roal, says; and then,
out loud, con, horse I"
Don't talk nonsense" she says.
"Put your arm II little moro round my
waist I'm slipping"
81 was just going to, darling" /
says. You shan't slip, III support
yOu.'
All this time Of course she was hang.
ing away from me, NJ if 10 n rage OF
fear but when | said, "Ill support
| yon," she laughed, and said
You wouldn't like 10 l cat 80
much"
"Try me-" / Baid "Tm in e%arnest,
and | mean it.. Mind your balance"
Don't, pleafe," she says, then, and
! quite started to hear how pitiiully she
spoke.
well, won't, doar," / says, "only
let'B make il reul."
Well" she says saucily, "I will
mako it real"
And she hung away from mo liercer
than over, just like n wild Indian maid,
while the people clapped again. And
she did make it real, for | found the
tongne to say 70 much that the piece
was acted real right through, and when,
at last, it came 10 her coming round
and resting her arms on my shoulder, |
and mo with my urm round her waist,
holding hoe right up, and oil tho time
l%ourishing my bow IN the other, while
tho horse went nv hard aB no could, /
felt 80 happy and 20 satisfied with one
word that had never been said to me
before, that ! finished the piece oil with
what j mean to say was u real touch of
nature. ! drew her n little closer to
me and kissed hor, regularly bringing
Wv" 'no no"so'
n' We "enG on mere was mary
'atp'r' VINO oiu u sWoru-trlck ana Inc
rings Fo-to-Li.no was his name in tho
bill, booaunc he was IA Chinese in tho
profession, though we always called
him by his proper name, Bodgor Dodd.
Well-thorc was Mary's father waiting
WIN a shawl n her gaIoShos, and he
S'ys TO mo very ierco:
You're nation fast. Tom French. |
never 500 that last hit in the Flying
Indians afore.'
mo 10 didn't |, old man." | sayr,
sIaPpIng. hin on the shoulder; "but
were gong to make IL real
INC old inan and had'it over that
nlBht oven some oysters and Mary was
looking az Dlushing and as sweet
's II Blri could look and II month after,
Sir, We nltd9 IL rehll, very much to our
managers disgust, for l wouldn't let (
Wary INTO the ring any more after put
ing her hngor INTO tho little one | {
bought her, We were very happy for I
VIZ years, al the time that l could be {
u nome and then, arter a months trip, l
got back II day to find her father :
mere, Tor shed joined another troupe, !
ma mo 0lu ohap had got the nowa be-
orc ! ana, ana he shook hands with
ma then broke down crying like n
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