The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1881-02-24
Artery Steed.

For once May gave promise of being
May worthy of the many beautiful song
which have been sung in her praise. Sh
came dancing along after her sister April
VINO mad just left IN shower Of tears
with bright smile upon her lips and .
wondrous rainbow halo about her head.
Ihe young NAPLES began to blush il
nappy consciousness of her approach, ant
the delicate pink and white blossoms or
the orchard trees opened their dainty leaves
and shyly flung welcoming fragrance or
the soft, clear air. -,
All through the fields and meadows, tho
wales and woodlands, and over the hills
ran the violets and trailing arbulus and
hlay-buds and daisies and their sister flow.
ers. telling glad tidings of sunny days and
moonlit nights and lovely butterflies and
sparkling rain-drops end busy humming
bces, and birds, swinging on slender green
Doughs, sang III sweet twittcring notes to
each other:
Neighbor, soon we shall see the roses
Along pleasant, winding, lonely coun-
try road, with splendid great apple and pear
trees standing on either side, and the spring
nowers dotting the green carpet 50 thickly
that the green Is almost hidden, comes slow
ly cn this poets May day, diminutive.
OLD, odd-looking white horse, drawing q
small market wagon filled with household
furniture, accompanied by AL enormous
shaggy Newfoundland dog, and as pretty
country maid as ever milked a COW. or
made pot of golden butter.
The broad-brlnlmeu straw hat she wears
shades low brow to which clings Dabyish
rlnglets OF hair the color of glossy, satin
smooth buttercups, pair of innocently
roguish eyes, checks of brown with On un-
derlying tingc of rose, a charming red Tipped
mouth, and firm. rnnnd nh;.--, e..
Across tho brow, however. at this mo-
ment fits the shadow of a frown, and a
look of comic perplexity comes into the
sweet young face. The odd-looking horse
has stopped in the middle of the road and
remains perfectly motionlcss, staring
straight before him, save when he bends
his head to take nibble at the hower-thick
grass, as though suddenly ohlivious of
everything under the sun except the tran
guilty of the June-like May afternoon.
"Oh Charley! Charley go on-do
that's dear y coaxes the girl coming to
his side and gently patting his head with
her little brown unglovcd hand but Char-
ley merely whisks too familiar fly away
with his forlorn old tail and makes no fur
thcr sign.
sOharlcy, good horse, Charlcy-ohl why
didn't bring some carrots with me p
Charley, you bad, bad fellow, if you don't
go on, III whipyou sure as you stand there.
Come, be darling" And thus she alter
nately begs and threatens, Lion assisting in
dog language, with All occasional dash at
the heels of his obstinate equine friend, but
Charley refuses to be "iarlin,' plants his
feet more firmly 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 misshapen old tree, and waits patient.
ly for at least ten minutes. At the end OF
this time Charley looks about with just.
waked-up expression IN his eyes, as who
should say, ''Dear Dear quite forgot
there.was work to be done," and starts oil
with quick step that gradually becomes
slower and slower.
With sigh of relief the young girl arises
and follows-Lion bounding back from tht
wood, where he has been making hasty eX
plorations, having it in his mind that hi
mistress Is not to be left without his pro
lection for more than two minutes at ,
time, takes his place ut her sldc--and thu
peiplcxcd look fades away into a smil'
that brings to light two rows of pearl
teeth.
But alas the smile is premature. II
another ten minutes again overcome b,
the beauty and peaccfulncss of the day
Charley falls into revcrie, stops once more
and once more refuses most decidedly f
ego on"
And in this manner does that dreadful
horse behave Tor whole hour. making shor
progresses and long pauscs, until coming t.
the conclusion that there had been quit
enough of this sort Of thing, he deliberately
drags the wagon to the side of the road, take
up his station beneath q wide-spreading oa
and proceeds to MUNICH the young grass a
his feet, with look in his eyes that cay a
plain as words: "From this spot move m
if you can"
80, Charley Charley how can you 2
begins the young girl, loudly and ndil
nantly following him with her small brow
hands clasped besecchingly. "Oh, yo
wicked, aOickcd Charley !"
''Did you call nc 7" asks masculin
voice, to her great astonishment; and &
with slight start she turns in the dret
tion of the voice, she sees young ma
walking rapidly towards her the sound {
his approaching footsteps having been con
plctcly lost in tho inquiring bow vows {
her canine guardian.
''Did you call me 2" he repeats.
'No, sir" she replies, Gushing prettil,
and looking at him with flank, chiId-lii
eyes. 81 was speaking 70 tle horse. 1
still, Llon."
BEG pardon. thought for IN inste
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have the honor OF being a namcsakc of yol
fiery stc.d. But you are in trouble. VIII
10 the matter9 Can | help you in al