The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1879-10-21

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be found. However, Mrs. Scobell became
once more inspired. and suggested that
possibly by advertising in a Brighton
paper that town of equitation might
supply the commodity required. So,
after much confabulation and great
many abortive attempts at terse compo-
sltion, the following advertisement was
inserted in the Brighton Chronicle:
Wanted, respectable young woman
capable of riding and managing horses.
Sine will be expected to occupy the position
Of a domestic servant, but her duties will
be confined to riding out with young lady
residing in secluded part of the county.
A groom will always be in attendance.
Apply, with references, ETC., to -.
For some weeks the advertisement
produced no result. At last, however,
came letter from certain Ann Brice,
stating that she had, as the daughter Of a
riding-master, been accustomed to the
management of horses, and that only in
consequence of domestic calamity had
she been recently obliged to go into SER
vice. She felt perfectly competent, she
said, to perform the duties required, and
would be ready to take the situation as
soon as the young lady wished.
The letter was written and expressed.
References of two job-masters at Brigh-
ton were sent to Mrs. Scobell; and in the
course of fortnight Ann Brice, de-
mure, good-looking young woman of
about fve-and-twenty, supplied with a
fitting hat and habit, was fully installed
in the somewhat novel post assigned to
her.
Two well-traiDed horses were purchased;
and Peters, the groom, mounted on a
sturdy old nag, followed his young mis-
tress and her companion in many an in
vigorating canter across the breezy
Downs and through the winding lanes in
the neighborhood Miss Farley was a
bold and dashing horsewoman, with
plenty of nerve, and she frequently gave
her escort good deal of hard work to
keep up with her; for she soon discovered
that, whatever may have been Ann
Brice's antecedents, the girl was by no
means first rate rider, and Marion
would take delight sometimes in
showing off her superior proves. New.
ertheless, she said nothing of this at
home, fearing lest her aunt, in over-anx.
iety for her safety, might interdict this
one great solace to her hitherto monot.
onous life.
The change which the spirit-stirrine
exercise wrought in her feelings was very
marked, and she looked forward to hel
gallops with intense delight. They
therefore began to compensate for much
that she was undergoing; and, as the
the autumn and winter grew on, she usec
to add to her amusement by attending
as spectator the meets of the Sussex
Fox Hounds or the Brighton Harriers
whenever they took place within mod
crate distance.
The Devils Dyke was a favorite rem
devious for the latter pack, and scarcely
ever did Marion miss when the weathe
was favorable. The field on such occas
ions was composed of q very motley
crowd of horsemen; for, as everybody
knows, all Brighton, from 'prentice-boy
to lords and ladies, now ard then turr
out to join in the easiest kind of hunting
to be found in the three Kingdoms. Only
occasionally is it that the quality of th'
sport induces anything like real cross
country rider to give himself the trouble
Of following the hunt. Sometimes, how
ever you will see two or three vel
mounted, thorough-looking men, capa
BILE of going anywhere, indolently loung
ing about on the crests of the hills
watching the proceedings but seldom
deigning to do more that to take burs
after the dogs in the intervals of thei
cigars.
TTO BE CONTINUED