The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1881-05-31
KITTY RYAN, HORSE TANHR.

Kitty Ryan WAS . bright, pretty
and . good girl She was an ONLY
child, and her mother was Q widow
They came from the old country OF
the death Of Kitty's father, for it va
worse than useless for an old woman
in poor health and . girl of is year
to try to tain living on q email farm
Is miles from Dublin. When they
landed in New York they had JUS
$40 remaining of the little sum they
realized BY the sale Of their COW, pig
and poultry. Their passages hat
cost them nothing, for Kitty's uncle
her fathers brother, had made her &
present of their tickets.
"Now, Kitty. what are We to d.
country"
"Oh! mother. keep up your heart
we'll do first rate. The stswardes'
has told us of q place where We car
get board, and iii take the paper and
look for work. You'll just do moth
ing at all, for didn't l bring you ouI
here to be . lady!"
Kitty read the papers faithfully,
but without getting much encourage
ment from them; the long list Of
Female Help Wanted" IVES chiefly
composed of Inexperienced operators
ladies to solicit orders on new work
and general Homework girls" Kitty
tried them all, one after the other.
The operating she could not get, fol
she had no experience; the boob
canvassing she could make nothing Of
and the general Homework wou!t
separate her from her sick mother
and the $40 a month offered would moi
feed the mother and clothe both, st
that was out of the question.
"Oh, dear! what will I do :" sighet
poor Kitty. "What do know any
thing about ?"
"Well. I'm sure, me dear child, "
know plenty; ye can milk a CIV
most illigant, and I'd like to see the
horse we'd be afraid to mount
"Yes. mother; but what's the good
Of that? No one in New York wants
cows MIXED, and can ride. for hi.
lordship taught me himself, and
used to break the young horses for the
ladies. Oh! l wish we had gone Il
England, for Tom Hunt. the English
groom, often told me that l could
make q living training horses fol
ladies to ride in the park, and may bt
get q place at . riding school to teach
the gentry to leap. Oh! mother
bow lonesome | am for a race across
tho country on Melton, Oh the bay
hunter his lordship let me ride. o.
the elegant breeze, and hunds yelp
ing, and the fences to 60 over, and
think l can see Melton laying bach
bis ears 40 he came to BarrOws brook.
Sure that was the wide leap for him.
and how he took it, the darling beast
Sure, mother, l cried the day l bid
him good-by, and l believe he knew
what was the matter, for he rubbed
his nose all over my face as If he Wal
sorry, too. Do you mind him
motheri What q beautiful animal
glossy a. satin, and an eye full of FIRE
. beautiful red-bronze color, with
white stocking. Sure, mother I'm
ashamed to tell you how often I've
cried when I thought of Melton"
"Well. Kitty, can't ye tache the
American ladies to ride, too? I'm
sure there must be riding-school.
here"
GLOW Kittyis face lit up.
ooh! mother dear, do you think
%
"Of course, my child"
"Well. then, I'll see this very day.
Who will ask about it? l know Mr..
Cover"
Mr.. Cover proved to be the right
person. He not only knew about the
riding school, but offered to accom-
pany Kitty when she went there. Sc
the dearly-beloved riding habit va;
taken out and done up in a parcel,
for Kitty said: "Msybe the gentle.
mrn will want to see me ride before
he engages me, SO I had better be all
ready"
When they had reached the school
the proprietor dashed their hopes to
the ground BY telling them be did moi
require any lady assistant in their
business. Kitty felt the tears we'll up
in her eyes from disappointment, but
Mr.. Cover was not 80 easily dis
couraged.
"Will you allow this lady to take a
ride on any of your horses that are
accustomed to leaping? She has not
ridden since she left home, and would
like to try an American horse.
Certainly; which style of riding
do you prefer! l suppose you like a
pacing horse; they are easy for a
ladyis nse."
mo l like horse that trots and
canters."
Kitty stepped into the dressing
room to put on her habit, and Mr..
Cover followed the proprietor of the
establishment to say word in favor
of his fair friend. When Kitty came
out the gentleman was surprised and
delighted BY the change in her ap-
pearance, her email, perfectly rounded
form being beautifully set off by the
black habit. q present from Lord
Fitxmorris. her fathers landlord, who
had always made pet Of Kitty. Her
face vas pretty enough to stand the
test of the neat high hat she wore.
From under its brim flashed out the
bluse of her large Irish eyes,
'oft and bright As violets glistening
dewdrops. and heavily fringed
With long, silky, black Iashes.
Kittys complexion was clear and
blooming, her hair glossy and abund.