Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1885-01-24
ACCONAC c. H. VA SATURDAY, JANUARY "a 1885,

KIN ut they were civil There
wa 81 party going over to Almont,
COLONEL Parsifal's place, next day.
Would she 90: She aSsented.-
DldHmus SAID to her i'll Il low
voice:
Otis riding party, Miss Scam
per. know the best horse in the
livery stable here, and if you'll per-
NIT me, I'll secure 1t for YOU"
To,which she replied in the same
tone; .sThank you. Mr.. Dodd; you
are very kind, but have one at
command already. Get that for
yourself"
Somewhat rcbnIIed, Didymus
colora.l, but she added, "Mine shall
not disgrace you" which was dis
tinct intimation THAI she expected
him as escort. The spirits Of Didy-
mus lDse from zero TO bl0od-heat.
Thd next morning as the riders
were Npaly to start, Il groom known
to be- y Of Colonel P,lrsifall's rode
up leaEhnsa magnificent bloodcd
bay horse, equipped with Il silla
saddle. As they were admiring the
animal, Miss Scamper, in Il neat
riding habit. made her appearance.
The groom took off his hat. DIdy-
mus, not little aStoniShed, put
forth his hand. aud the lady valltcd
to the back Of the horse with an
easy grace. The cavalcade set our,
Miss Scamper and Didymus to-
gcther and being better mounted
than the others, were soon at the
| head Of the column.
About a mile from the springs
there was q bar in the way. a
lofty tnlip-tree hal been blown
down during the night and had
fallen across the road. the trunk
well up On account of the wide
roots. Some one hadalrcady cleared
IL way by letting down fences on
the road side; but Miss Scam'er did
not go around with the rest. She
faced The trunk, the horse went
over, and then trotted OH. DHly-
mus faced it too. His brute got
over, but llaltStnmbled. DidynnS
WAS country-bred, had ridden
horses to mill bare.backeil, and WAS
Il half centaur when Il boy; SO he
brought his horse up.
Miss Scampersmiled appcovlngly.
Everybody admired the ease and
grace With which Miss Scamper
managed her horse, and DldymIlS
more tlian everybody.
When they arrived ut their deS.
tination. the party dispersed i'll the
house and over The grounds. They
found old Scamper there. He had
gone over before in carry-all.-
AImont WAS the property of Col.
Almont. and w;ls for sale, with its
fine blOoded stock of horses and
cattle, it's furniture, its library, and
everything in the house around it.
The Colonel and his family were in
Europe, and intended to stay there
while he; educated his SONS i'll Hei
i.clils.. 30 liz oiicTost5tii,r whole
ii house that cost Il hundred and
thirty Thousand dollars, with all its
offices of all kinds, stables, palmcry,
grapely and greenhouses, furniture
made to order, AID over twelve
hundred acres Of land in high
state of cultivatlon-''for," as he
said in his letter IA mere Song."-
So it was; but as it WAS set to the
tuns of three hundred thousand
dollars, there were few who coul'l
render the music.
They all admired the place. The
agent who waS there, selze'l on the
ScamperS and DidymuS, TO whom
he showed everything and explain
ed everything. Didymns WAS
amused at this, and whispered to
Miss Scamper, '.lIe has picked ont
the only three who could certainty
not buy it," Miss Scamper, by the
twinkle in her eye, evidently ap
preciatcd the fIln Of the situation.
Then the agent seized old Scamper,
and dragged him off to looIl at tile
blooded horses and imported cattl>,
leaving Didymus and the girl to-
gether.
GLOW do you like the place, Mr..
Dodd" inquired she.
Like it, Miss Scamper! Why,
it is a garden of Eden, that is, it
would be so to me, il | had it with
ali Eve in it,"
The young lady smiled, and said,
lyon like country life, then, Mr..
Dodd~
"NaturaIly," replied Didymns. IL
lived i'll the country until / was
twenty-five. | Wa born AMI bred
there. / should have been there
yet but for the death of both ofmy
parents. | went to the city in
search of fortune. l have done
very we'll for the last seven years,
and have put Il little by; bat to GOV
ct a place like this is like wishing
for the moon."
'0Thc country is the place to live