St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1883-04-07

lnere IS MISS A, MISS Is. MISS u.
sBut won't marry
Then take widow; there are Mrs.
D, Mrs. E., M s F., etc.
.sBut marry will not.
Nine. de Noriolis was a'wavs in the
first rank among my aunt's widows. To
tell me she was rich. lively and pretty
was unnecessary, but, after settin forth
;ll 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 red line
upon the map uniting the two proper
ties, which she constantly obliged me to
ook 1T. Eight hundred acres within
ring fence! A fine chance fora sports
man. But / would shut my eyes and
repent as befose: II will never marry
Yet, seriously speaking, was afraid of
Mime. de Noriolis, and always saw my
heal encirclea with : n aureole of her
aunt's red line. Charming, sensible,
talented and eight hundred acres with
in a RING fence! Escape 10. your safety
if you will not marry
/ And I always did escape, but this
time retreat was impossible. I lay ex-
tended on the turf, covered with sand,
my hair in disorder, my clothes in TT
tiers end my leg stiff.
..What are we doing here?" inquired
Nine de Noriolis. s.What has hap
pened? Sos
mildly confessed / had beer
| thrown. 49,
..But you a.e not hurtP'' s '..4i
ssNo, but have put something out
in my leg nothing serious, am
sure. p iii
..And where is the horse which has
played you this trick?''
| 81 pointed out Brntus, who was
quietly grazing upon the shoots of a
| broom.
"How! it is him, the good horse!
He has amply repaired his wrongs. as
will relate to you later. But you must
go home directly"
s.HoWa / can not move steph
'.But I am going to drive you home,
at the risk of compromising you. -
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 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,e, ..and | will
drive you very gently to avoid jolting.n
When she saw me comfortably installed,
Tell me- she said, '.how you were
| thrown, and I will explain how came
| to your assistance
began the story, but when spoke
| of the efforts of Brutus to unseat me
after the two shots, II understand it
ALL she exclaimed; s.you have bought
the trumpeter S horse
1.-The trumpeter's horsep''
= Yes, that explains italL You have
seen many scenes in the Cirque de
lpImperatrice, the performance OF the
trumpeter shorse. A Chasseurd d Antique
enters the arena upon a gray horse;
then comes the Arabs. who fire upon
him, and he is wounded 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 nextp'' IA
related the little attempt of Brutus
to bury me. ss
Exactly like the trumpeter's horse.
/ He sees his master wounded; but the
Arabs may return and kill him, so what
does the horse doa He buries him and
gallops oil, carrying away the co.ors
| that they may not fall into the hands OF
the Arabs. =,
THAT is my hat which Brutus carried
off,
| Precisely He goes to fetch the
viVandiere the vivandiere to-day being
| your humble servant, the Countess de
Noriolis. Your great gray horse gal
loped into my courtyard. where ! was
| standing on the doorsteps putting on
my gloves and ready to get into my
carriage. My grooms, seeing horse
saddled and bridled with a hat in his
mouth and W thout a rider, tried to
catch him, but he escaped their pursuit,
goes straight up the steps and kneels
before me. The men aga n try to capt
ure him, but he gallops off, stops at the
gate, turns rouna and looks at me; SO !
| jumped into my. carriage and set II.
| The horse darts through roads not al
WAYS adapted for carriages. but follow
him and arrive where / lind you
At the moment Nine de No-iols had
finished these words the csrriage re-
ceived a fearful jolt and we saw in the
air the head of Er t Is. who W stand
| ing ect on his hind legs beh nd Us.
Seeing the little back seat of the car
rage ntenant d. he had taken he OPP
portunity of giving Us ano her speci--
me- of his talents, BY executing the most
brilliant of all his circus perfor.a an aes.
He had placed his fore feet upon the
| ack seat OF the little carriage, and was
TRANQUILITY continuing his route, trot-
| ting upon his hind legs alone, Bob