The Lamoille news. (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1877-1881, 1878-05-15
A FIERY Sized.


a May worthy Of the many beautiful
songs which have been sung in her praise.
She came dancing along after her sister
April-who had just left in a shower of
tears-with bright smile upon her
lips, and wondrous rainbow halo about
her head.
Along a pleasant, winding, lonely
country road, with splendid great apple
and pear trees standing on either side,
and the spring flowers dotting the green
carpet so thickly that the green is almost
hidden, comes slowly, on this poets
May day, a diminutive, old, odd-looking
white horse, drawing small market
wagon filed with household furniture,
accompanied by an enormous shaggy
Newfoundland dog and as pretty coun-
try maid as ever MIXED COW or made q
pat of golden butter.
The broal brimmed straw hat that
she wears shades her low brow to which
clings babyish rings of hair the color of
the glossy, satin smooth buttercups,
pair Of innocently roguish eyes, cheeks
brown with an underlying tinge of rose,
charming red-lipped mouth, and a
firm, round chin.
Across the brow, however, at this mo-
nent fits the shadow of frown, and a
look of comic perplexity comes into the
sweet young face. The old-looking
horse has stopped in the middle of the
road, and remains perfectly motionless,
'taring directly before him, save when
he bends his head to take a nibble at the
dower-thick grass, as though suddenly
oblivious of every thing under the sun
except the tranquility of the June-like
May afternoon.
"Oh, Charley Charley go on--do
that's dear p coaxes the young girl,
coming to his side and gently patting
his head with her little brown ungloved
hand; but Charley merely whisks a too
familiar fly away with his forlorn old
tail, and makes no furthur sign.
"Charley, good horse, Charley--oh |
why didn't I bring some carrots with
me?-Charley, you bad, bad fellow, if
you don't go on, I'll whip you as sure as
you stand there. Come, be a darling" "
And thus she alternately begs and
threatens, Lion assisting in dog Ian
guage, with an occasional dash at the
heels of his obstinate equine friend +;
but Charley refuses to "be darling, "
plants his feet more firmly than ever,
and never stirs and at last, with an air
Of resignation, she goes back to the
path, seats herself on rude seat formed
by nature of the gnarled roots of mis-
shapen old tree, and waits patiently for
at least ten minutes. At the end of this
time Charley looks about with a just
waked-up expression in his eyes, as who
should say: "Dear dear / quite for
got there was work to be done" and
starts off with quick steps that gradually
become slower and slower.
With sigh OF relief the young girl
arises and follows-Lion, bounding back
from the wood, where he has been MAX
ing hasty explorations, having it in his
mind that his mistress is not to be left
without his protection for more than
two minutes at time, takes his place at
her side-and the perplexed look fades
away into smile that brings to light
two rows OF pearl-white teeth.
But, alas the smile is premature. In
another len minutes, again overcome by
the beauty and peacefulness of the day,
Charley falls into reverie, stops once
more, and once more refuses most de-
idedly to "go on"
And in this manner does that dreadful
horse behave for whole hour, making
short progresses and long pauses, until
finally coming to the conclusion that
there had been quite enough of this sort
Of thing, he deliberately drags the wagon
to the side of the road, takes up his
station beneath wide-spreading oak,
and proceeds to MUNICH the young grass
at his feet, with look in his eyes that
says as plainly as words: "From thit
spot move me if you can."
"Oh, Charley Charley how car
you ?" begins the young girl, loudly and
Indignantly, following him with smal