Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1878-01-16

coed to extremities, and administer to
him . good thrashing, when another
shot was fired.
The horse then made one bound.
thought had gained my point, and
again tried to start him, but in vain.
He stopped short, and planted himself
more resolutely than ever. l then got
into rage, and my riding-whip entered
INTO play; / took it into both hands,
and struck the horse right and left. But
Brutus, too, lost patience, and, finding
passive resistance unavailing, defended
himself by rearing, kicking, and plung-
ing; and in the midst of the battle,
while the horse capered and kicked,
and |, exasperated, was fiogging him
with the loaded butt-end of my broken
whip, Brutus nevertheless found time
to look at me, not only with impotence
and surprise, but with rage and indigna-
ton. While required of the horse
the obedience he refused, he, on his
part, was expecting of me something l
did not do.
How did this end? 70 my shame be
it spoken, was relentlessly and dis
gracefully unseated Brutus saw there
was to be nothing gained by violence,
so judged it necessary to employ
malice. After a moments pause, evil
IDENTITY passed in reflection, the horse
put down his head and stood upright
on his fore-legs, with the address and
equilibrium of clown upon his hands.
l was consequently deposited upon the
sand, which fortunately happened to
be rather thick in the place where
fell.
tried to raise myself, but I cried out
and fell stretched with my face towards
the ground. l felt as if knife were
sticking in my left leg. The hurt did
not prove serious-the swapping of one
of the small tendous-but not the less
painful. l succeeded, however in turn
ing myself, and sat down; but while
was rubbing my eyes, which were filled
with sand, l saw the great foot of a
horse descend gently on my head,
again extend me upon my back.
then felt quite disheartened, and was
Illuminating in my mind what this
strange horse could do, when felt
quantity of sand strike me in the face.
opened my eyes, and saw Brutus
throwing up the dust with both fore
and hind feet, trying to bury me. This
lasted for several minutes, when, appa-
rently thinking me sufficiently inferred,
Brutus knelt by my grave, and then
galloped round me, describing q per-
feet circle. l called out to him to stop.
He appeared to be embarrassed; but
seeing my hat, which had been separat-
ed from ME in my fall, he took it be-
tween his teeth, and galloped down
one of the green paths out of my sight
was left alone. l shook off the
sand which covered me, and with my
arm and right leg-my left could not
move-dragged myself to a bushy
bank, whore Iseated myself and shout
ed with all my might for assistance
But no answer; the wood was perfectly
silent and deserted.
remained alone in this wretched con-
dition above half an hour, when saw
Brutus in the distance. returning by
the same road by which he went, en-
veloped in cloud of dust. Gradually
as it cleared away, saw a little carriage
approaching-a pony-chaise-and in
the pony-chaise lady, who drove it,
with small groom in the seat behind.
A few instants after, Brutus arrived
covered with foam. He stopped before
me, let fall my hat at his feet, and adj
dressed me with neigh, as much as to
say: haved done my duty, have
brought you help" But l did not
trouble myself about Brutus and his
explanations; l had no thought or
looks save for the beautiful fairy who
had come to my aid, and who, jumping
from her little carriage, tripped lightly
up to me, and suddenly two exclama-
tons were uttered at the same moment.
Madame de Noriolis -
Monsieur de la Roche large"
have an aunt, between whom and
myself marrying is a source of continu-
al dispute.
Marry" she would say.
al will not" was my answer.
Would you have young lady :?
There are Miss A, Miss B, Miss C."
But won't marry"
"Then take a widow; there are
Mrs. d, Mrs. E, Mrs. F." etc.
But marry will not"
Madame de Noriolis was ALWAYS in
the first rank among my aunt's widows.
10 tell me see was rich, lively, and
pretty was unnecessary; but after set
ting forth all her attractions, my aunt
would take from her secretary map
of the district were she lived, and point
out how the estates of Noriolis and La
Roche large joined and she had traced
red line upon the map uniting the
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