Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1881-11-11
PRETTY KITTY RYAN.

OR TANNING A HORSE AND WINNING A
HUSBAND.
Pretty Kitty Ryan was a bright, pretty
and good girl. She was an only child, and
her mother was widow. They came from
the old country on the death of KittyAs
father, for it was worse than useless for
an old woman IN poor health and girl of
sixteen years to try to gain living on
small farm twenty-five miles from Dublin.
When they landed in New York they had
just twenty dollars remaining of the little
sum they had realized by the sale Of their
cow, pigs ard poultry. Their passage had
cost them nothing, FOR Kitty's uncle, her
fathers brother, had made her a present
of their tickets.
IN IVY, Kitty, what are we to do next.
my child in this strange country"
''Oh! mother, keep up your heart; We'll
do first rate. The stewardess has told me
of place where we can get board, and I'll
take the paper and ok for work. You'll
just do nothing at all for didn't bring
you out here to be ! ady.
Kitty read the pa pers faithfully, but
without getting much encouragement from
them, the long list. of ''Female Help
Wanted" was chiefly composed of ''expe-
rienced operators, lat lies to solicit orders
on a new work and general-house-w
girls" Kitty tried them all, one after
another. The operating she could not get,
for she had no experience; the book can
vassing she could make nothing of, and
the general-t ouse-work would separate her
from her sick mother. and ten dollars q
month offered would not feed the mother
and clothe BOTH so that was out of the
question.
"Oh, dear! what will I do at all at all?''
sighed poor Kitty. "W hat do know any
hing about?"
-'Well, I'm sure, me dear child, ye know
plenty; We can milf a COW most Elegant.
and I'd like to see the horse ye'd be afraid
to mount
Eyes. mother; hut what's the good of
that! No one in New York wants cows
MIXED, and can ride, for his lordship
taught me himself, and l used to break
the young horses for the iadies. Oh!
wish we had gone to England for Tom
Hunt, the English groom, often told me
that could make living uraining horses
for ladies to ride in the park, and may be
get place at riding school to teach the
gentry to leap. Oh! mother, how lone
some am for a race across the country on
Melton. the big bay hunter his iordship
let me ride. Oh! the elegant breeze, and
hounds yelping, and .he fences to 60 over,
and think can see Melton laying back
his ears as he came to the Barrows brook.
Sure that was wide leap for him. and
how he took it, the darling beast. Sure,
mother, I cried the cay bid him good
bye, and l believe he knew what was the
matter, for he rubbed his nose all over my
face as if he was sorry, too. Do you mind
him, mother? What beautiful animal!
glossy as satin, and an eye full OF fire.
beautiful red-bronze color. with one white
stocking. Sure, mother, I'm ashamed to
tell you how often I've cried when |
thought of Melton''
s'Well. Kitty, can't you tache the Amer
lean ladies to ride too? I'm sure there
must he riding schools here.'
! How Kitty's face lit up!
ooh! mother, dear. do you think SOP"
:sOf course. my child.''
"Well, then, I'll see this very day. Who
will ask about it? know Mr.. Cover. )"
| Mr.. Cover proved to be the right person.
wv. II, ot,o rid
bue offered to accompany Kitty when she
Invent there. So the dearly beloved riding
habit was taken out and done up in par
eel, for Kitty said: ''Maybe the gentleman
!. will want to see me ride before he enga-
| ges me. so had better be all ready"
/ When they reached the school the pro-
prietor dashed their hopes to the ground
by telling them he did not requiFs any lady
| assistant in his business. Kitty felt the