The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1883-03-30
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| Brutus, too, lost patience, and, finding
p ssiye resistance unavailing, defended
himself by rearing, kicking and plung-
ing, and, in the midst OF the battle,
while the horse capered and kicked,
and /, exasperated, was fioGging him
with the loaded butt end of my broken
whip, Brutus, nevertheless, found time
to look at me, not only with impotence
and surprise. but with rage and indig-
nation. While / required of the horse
| the obedience he refused he. on his
| part, was expecting of me something |
did not do.
How did this endP To my shame be
it spoken, was relentlessly and d s.
gracefully unseated. Brutus saw there
W to be nothing gained by violence,
so Judged it necessary to employ mall
ice After a moments pause, evi emily
passed in reflection, the horse put down
his he d and stood upright on his fore
legs with the address and equilibriu of
clown upon his hands. / was, conse-
/ quently. deposited upon the sand,
which. fortunately, happened to berath-
er thick in the place where | fell.
tried to raise myself. but cried out
and fell stretched with my face towards
the ground. felt as if a knife were
sticking in my left leg. The hurt did
not prove serious-the swapping of one
of the small tendons- but not the less
painful. / succeeded, however, in turn
ing myself, and sat down; but while |
was rubbing my eyes, which were filed
with sand, saw the great foot of a
horse descend gently upon my head and
again extend me on my back. | then
felt quite disheartened, and was ruminat-
ing in my mind what this strange horse
could be, when | felt quantity of sand
strike me in the face ! opened my
eyes and saw Brutus throwing up the
dust with both fore and hind feet, try
ing to bury me. This lasted for several
minutes, when, apparently thinking me
sufficiently inferred, Brutus knelt by nv
grave and then galloped around me, de-
scribing perfect circle. | called out
to him to stop. He appeared to be EN-
| barrassed; but seeing my hat, which
had been separated from me in the fall,
he took it between his teeth and galloped
down one of the green paths out OF
sight
| was left alone. / shook off the sand
which covered me. and with my arm and
right leg--my let | could not move
dragged myself to bushy bank, where
| seated myself an shouted with all
my might for assistance. But no an
swer; the wood was perfectly silent and
deserted.
I remained alone in this wretched
condition above half an hour, when l
saw Brutus in the distance, returning
by the same road by which he went,
enveloped in cloud of dust. Gradu-
ally, as it cleared away, l saw little
carriage pproaching-a pony chaise-
and in the pony chaise lady. who
drove it, with small groom in the seat
behind.
A few instants after Brutus arrived
covered with foam. He stopped before
me, let fall my hat at his feet, and adj
dressed me with neigh, as much as to
say; Il have done my duty; have
brought you help" But did not
trouble myself about Brutus and his
explanations; had no thought or looks
save for the beautiful fairy who had
come to my aid, and who, jumping
from her little carriage, tripped lightly
up to me, and suddenly two exclama-
tions were uttered at the same moment.
MADAME de Noriolis!''
monsieur de la Roche Target
have an aunt between whom and
myself my marrying is source of con-
tinual dispute.
Marry" she would say.
g / will not" was my answer.
"Would you have young lady?
There is Miss A, Miss B, Miss CO
'sBut | won marry
''Then take widow; there are Mrs.
d Mrs. E., NJ F., etc.
III 'tBut marry will not
Nine. de Noriols was always in the
first rank among my aunt's widows To
tell me she was rich lively and pretty
was unnecessary, but, liter settin forth
all her attractions. my aunt would take
from her secretarf map Of the district
where she lived and point out how the
estates of Noriolis and La Roche large
joined, AMI she had traced red line
upon the map uniting the two proper
ties, which sheYconstantly obliged me to
'ook at Eight hundred acres within
ring fence! A fine chance fora sports
man. But would shut my. eyes and
repeat as befo e: II will never marry"
Yet, seriously speaking, | was afraid of
Nine. de Noriolis and always saw M
heal encircled with IN aureole Of her
aunt's red line Charming, sensible,
talented and eight hundred acres with
in ring fence! Escape TO your safety
if you will not marry.
AMI | always did csc pc, bat this
time retreat was impossible | lay ex-
tended on the turf, covered with sand
my hair in disorder, my clothes in it.
tiers md my leg stiff. M
"What are we doing here?n inquired
Nine de Noriolis. "What has hap
penedp ts
| mildly confessed | had been
thrown.
But you ave not hurtP''
mo, but have put something out
in my leg nothing serious, | am
sure.
''And where is the horse which has
played you this trick?''
81 pointed out Brutus, who was
quietly grazing upon the shoots of a
broom.
''How! it is him, the good horse!
ne mas amply repalTeq MS wrongs, as
viii relate to you later. But you must
go home Directly
"Hov?. can not move STEP
''But I am going to drive you home
at the risk of compromising you. y
And calling her little groom Bob, she
led me gently by one arm, while Boz
took the other, and made me get into
the carriage. Five minutes afterwards
we were moving in the direction of La
Roche large, she holding tue reins and
driving the pony with a light hand,
looking at her, ,onfused, embarrassed,
stupid, ridiculous. Bob was charged to
lead back Brutus.
extend your leg quite straight, !"
said Nine. de Noriolis, land l will
drive you very gently to avoid jolting. =
When she saw me comfortably installed,
''Tell me-" she said, ''how you were
thrown and will explain how l came
to your assistance"
l began the story, but when I spoke
of the efforts of Brutus to unseat me
after the two shots, II understand it
all" she exclaimed; ''you have bought