The Douglas independent. [volume] (Roseburg, Or.) 187?-1885, 1880-09-25
VOL 5.
Have Girls Got Any Soulsl

We do not know as there is any law to
compel girls to act differently about
horseback riding, but sometimes it seems
as though they took advantage of their
young male escorts. It is q well known
fact that girl will not ride on horse
back In public unless she has become an
accomplished horsewoman. She goes on
the back streets until she has learned to
sit horse beautifully, and has got nerve
enough to snatch the under jaw off .
horse that tries to do what she don't
want him to. And when she has got un-
limited confidence in herself, then she
will ride anywhere, and don't care who
sees her, and she looks so independent
and wide awake, and jolly, that you can
not help admiring her, though you are
half blind. On the contrary, the aver
age young man thinks he is horse
man, whether he has been on q horse
since he rode old doll" to plow corn
when he was ten years old or not. And
the girls, bless them, often accept the
escort of these boys who think they
can fStle, seemingly just to see the starch
taken'out of. them A few weeks ago .
party was riding UP the Whitewish bay
road on horseback at y good round gal
lop. There was girl and young man.
The girl sat ON her horse like queen.
and she seemed to let her charger out
just enough to keep neck ahead of the
young man. And he was bound to keep
up if it killed him. He sat on his
horse like O clothespin, and the horse
was hard rider. The poor young man
looked as though he wished he was dead.
Every time his horses forefeet came
down on the ground it did seem as
though the young mans legs were
longer, and that he would have to let out
his stirrup straps. He held the reins in
his right hand, held on to the pommel of
the saddle with his left hand, to keep
from breaking in two, his trowsers
worked up to his knees, leaving his
drawer tied around his ankles with
strings, and his low shoes almost
dropped off. The strings of one draw
ers leg came united and the bare leg
began to show, and he looked implor-
ingly IN the ear of the girl ahead of him
as much as to say, I" For heavens
sake, hold up q little" But she
was just enjoying herself, and did not
seem to realize that she was wearing out
young man that would be an ornament
| to society anywhere except on hard
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young man perspired ike water cooler,
while she was cool as zinc, and appar-
entity as unconscious of the torture she
was inficting on her escort as possible,
though the twinkle in her eye said as
plainly as could be, "This young man
has been telling me for over o year that
he was splendid horseman, and am
going to make him take it back if have
to carry him home in market basketr'
His necktie comes united, his watch
| jumps out of his pocket and hangs dang
ling on the saddle, his eyes become
"sot, and fearing that his clothes will
all be shook off, he gasps, Elizabeth
! for Gods e-hold-on-andl let-me-
| take-up-a collection - of-myself!' u
She pulls up her charger with her little
finger, and looks ut her escort as though
he was interfering with her enjoyment by
stopping, and he smiles as though he
was sea sick and says it is ''such fun
riding horse" while he tries surrep'
titiously to get his trewsers to go down
by his sshoes.-Peck's San.