The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1883-04-07

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| so judged 1t necessary to employ malice.
After moments pause, evidently passed
in reflection, the horse put down his
head and stood upright on his fore feet
with the address and equilibrium Of a
clown upon his hands. / was, eOnse-
| quently, deposited upon the sand, which
fortunately happened to be thick in the
place where fell.
tried to raise myself, but cried out
and ell'stretched my face towards
the ground. L 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 filled
with sand, saw the great foot of horse
descend gently upon my head and again
extend me on my back, felt then quite
| disheartbned, and was ruminating in
my mind what this strange horse could
be, when felt quantity of sand strike
| me in the face. L opened my eyes and
saw Brutus throwing up the dust with
both fore and hind feet, trying to bury
me. This lasted several minutes, when
apparently thinking me sufficiently in
TERED, Brutus knelt by my grave and
then gallOped around me, describing a
perfect circle. L called out to him to
stop. He appeared to be embarrassed; I;
but seeing my hat, which had been sep
aTated from me in the fall, he took it be-
tween his teeth and gallOped down one
of the green paths out of sight.
l was left alone. IshOOk off the sand
which covered me, and with my arm and
right leg-my left could not move
dragged myself to bushy bank, where
seated myself and shouted with all my
might for help. But no answer; the
wood was perfectly silent and deserted.
remained alone in this wretched
condition above half an hour, when l
saw Brutus in the distance, returning
by the same road he went, enVelOped in
cloud Of dust. Gradually, as it clear
ed away L saw little carriage appr0a-
ching-a pony chaise-and in the chaise
q lady, who drove 1t, 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 ad-
dressed me with neigh, as much as to
say: 81 have done my duty; l have
| brought you help" But did not trou-
BILE myself about Brutus and his eXpia-
nations; had no thought or looks save
for the beautiful fairy who had come to
my aid, and who, jumping from her lit
tie carriage, tripped lightly up to me,
and suddenly two exclamatiOns were
uttered at the same moment: madame
de NOriOlisp -rl-.-g
Monsieur de la Roche larger -I
have an aunt between whom and
myself my marrying is a source of con-
tinual dispute. r-. 10 g...-
Marry" she would say.
81 will not" was my answer.
Would you have a young ladyP There
is Miss A., Miss B., Miss c." ...
But won't marry"
Then take a widow; there is Mrs. D.,
Mrs. E., sc. .%aAs
MARRY will not"
Nine. de NOriOlis was always in the
| first rank among my aunt's widows. To
| tell me she was rich, lively, and pretty
was unnecessary, but after setting forth
all her attractions, my aunt would take
| from her secretary map of the district
| where she lived, and point out how the
estates Of NOriolis and La Roche large
| Joined, and she had traced a red line on
the map, uniting the two properties,
which she constantly obliged me to look
| at. Eight hundred acres within ring
fencel A fine chance for a sportsman"
But | would shut my eyes and repeat as
before: II will never marry" Yet ser
iOusly speaking, / was afraid of Nine.
de NOriOlis, and always saw my head
| encircled with an aureOie of her aunt's
red line. Charming, sensible, talented,
and eight hundred acres within ring
feneel Escape for your safety if you
will not marry.
And / always did escape, but this
| time retreat was impossible. | lay ex-
tended on the turf, covered with sand,
my hair in disorder, my clothes in tat
teFs and my leg stiff.
Mime. de NOriOlis. what has hap
penedP"
1 candidly confessed had been
| thrown.
"But you are not hurtP'
"NO, but have put something out in
my leg-nOthing serious, am sure"
"And where is the horse which has
played you this trickT'-
81 pointed out Brutus," who was
quietly grazing upon the shoots of a
broom.
"HOw it is him, the good hOrseI He
has amply repaired his wrongs, as Will
relate to you later. But you must go
home directly" iIl
"How can not move a STEP"
But am going to drive you home,
at the risk of compromising yOn."
And calling her little groom, Bob, she
led me gently by one arm, while Bob
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 the reins and.
driving the pony with light hand, 1
| looking at her, confused, embarrassed,
stupid, ridiculous. Bob was charged to
| to lead back Brutus.
Extend your leg quite straight, said
Mime. de NOriOlis, "and will drive you
very gently to avoid jOlting." When
she saw me comfortably installed, Tell
ms," she said, chow you were thrown,
and will explain how l came to your
! assistance"
began the story, but when spoke of
the efforts of Brutus to unseat me after
the two shots, 81 understand 1t all, F" she
exclaimed; you have bought the trum-
peters horse"
"The trumpeter's hOrse?"
"Yes that explains it all. You have
seen many scenes in the Cirque de TIm7
peratrice, the performance of the trum-
peters horse. A Chasseur d'AfriQue
enters the arena upon gray horse; then
comes the Arabs, who fire upon him,
and he isWOunded and falls; and as you
did not fall, the horse, indignant at
your not performing your part in the
piece. threw you down. What did he do
nextT'
Irelated the little attempt of Brutus
to bury me.