The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1883-09-14

her size on horseback, out when you sit
next her in a drawing ro"" OF are priv
legged to admire her uL.A~-.nted in the
~dishabille of q lady Godlre costume, her
charms do certainly impress an ordin-
airy mortal as slightly overpowering.
Miss. forester was proceeding to in
1urm me that she had been offered an
engagement by q New York manager,
then an indignant matron requested me
mot to keep the people waiting n
longer and had TO retire.
But there was plenty of fun down
stairs in the courtyard. st. George
mounted on q ste ed borrowed from the
nelghborlng green grocer's. was gloom
lily cursing a refractory visor which had
fallen over his Lose. Ear! Leofric, who
seemed i'll at ease in his pnrple velvet,
VAS ~anxiously ~stroking down the head
Of q Gothic" Rosipate that Was -i"ino
for oats. Bluff King Hal, with frowning
vermlltlon eyebrows, was anachromo-
tically touching his cap to u burly po-
liceman. When all the rabble Of the
cortege had been ut length clad and
marshaled the gates of the court were
thrown open to admit the gallant gray
which was to bear Godiva. He looked
IL vicious beast, although pretty enough
with his gay %trappings of crimson and
yellow and the nodding white plume
which tickled the top Of his forehead.
had been sticking pins into him, and
no sooner did the ''lady" who had the
saddle come down, try to hitch herself
on to the saddle, when he began TO paw
the ground and sidle away to the
sharp corners, in Consequence OF which
antics a stirrup broke and Godiva had
70 wait till it was mended.
All things have an end however, and
at last her ladyship was seated. The
muslin drapery had done much for pro-
priety, but she vas SO like real life "un
,dorned," and 30 adorned the most
hat she would scarcely have dared to
'enture on a Jtage, either in London OF
II Paris, withoutadding to her costume
we viewed her esthetically, happily,
and did not waste time in vain fault
finding. So regarded, she more than
answered popular expectation. She is
a singularly fine woman, OF rather pro-
nonced character, and sat her horse with
consulnmate elegance which showed she
had not thrown away the experience
gained III the circus. Then the bands
of music scattered at different points of
the procession struck up their loudest
and the bells rang out from the Coven-
try ~steeples. A mounted policeman
and a gentleman in scarlet hunting cos
tune were sent on ahead to clear the
way. The kings and queens clapped
their tinsel crowns on their leads and
clutched their horses names more
firmly, and, rs the clock struck II in st.
Micheai's tower, the cortege rode
forward, cheercd at every step by a
seethiIlg populace.
First came the city guards in the an
cient arInor belonging TO the city. Next
Rugby town band and some tiny Swear
princes and princesses, on horseback
Then came St. George, glitteriny in
scale armor, with a painted dragon on
his chest and his visor quite in order.
Next an ornamental car with II lot Of
white rohed Druids inside it, and then
more bands, more guards in armor,-
with their corduroy pants" visible un-
derneath-and tiny children on horse
back. And Don after we saw Robin
Hood and Maid Marian, clad all in
woodland green and followed by Stout
Friar Tuck and Little John. The Kings
and Queens with their escorts came,
next-Richards and Henrys, Maries and
Margarets and Virgin Bess, till at last
we beheld a grinning jester, and i'm
mediately behind him Lady Godiva,
lOllOWtu ny L1oiTlC dllu y lOilS array VI
trade Populations.
The procession wound slowly up one
odd, old street and down another, the
people still cheering, su1g:ng and hust-
ling as they struggled to get a good
view. "Ain't she a ]stunner?" wa the
avorite exclamation as the "Lady'
passed. There goes the chap wot puts
the alum into our bread" said some
body when the bakers deputation drew
e / fancied there WAS still 4 care
worn expression on the face of Leofric
He seemed wholly intent on his ros,
%inante, and did not dare TO so much as
glance at his v%irtuous partner. In Il few
more minutes, however, the pageant
had turned a corner, and the gentle.
mar of the press" who had a hard
morning of it, withdrew to their cigars
and steaks and bitter beer and their
hotals