Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1885-07-11
A LAKESIDE MUsING.
aGood day, sir,

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"Good day, sir"
A Young lady stood before the
horse reporters desk. 81 came up
here,' she said, because / often
read in your paper-papa takes it
about people that you give infor-
nation to. Papa says l can have a
horse, and one of those sweet little
village. carts. Won't it be just love.
Typ
The horse reporter subscribed, by
an inclination OF his head, to the en-.
trancing nature Of the prospect al
luded to.
"And / want to find out,p she
continued, inst what sort of a
horse I ought to hny, because papa
doesn't know anything at all abont
such matters, and Pye got to do the
whole thing"
"I.suppOse that you want horse
that you can drive yourselfp
eyes. And it must have ITS tail
square like those at the race.
Weren't those lovely little horseys
that ran last tuesday, The cute
things! won a box Of candy on
the delicious little Wanda. Isn't
she splendid Doyou think I could
get Wandafn
"You don't want a race hOrse,n
said the horse reporter; "you want
one you can drive. You can get a
bay FLY with her tail banged, though,
and that will answer the description
of Wanda pretty WE'LL"
"Get a what 7"
ga bay fly"
What's fillyf lit new kind
of horse, and is it fashion
able I"
"a fly" replied the horse report
er. ais girl horse"
"Oh," said the young lady, blush.
ing violently. "And do you think
I'd better get a FLY 7"
at win do as well as any. l sup
pose you want gentle one ~
ooh, yes. l want a sweet little
horsey that won't kick, or run away,
or anything like that. That would
be perfectly terrible. Why, Belle
Jonea had perfectly charminglittle
donkey last summer, and the nasty
little thing went right into the flow
er beds at Central park with her, and
ate up lot of begonias and things,
and q horrid policeman said she
oughs % get married andpractice on
her husband year or two before
trying to drive a real donkey. Wasn't
he mean ~
The scholarly forehead of the horse
reporter was again inclined in an
affirmative manner.
"And So" continued the young
lady, Il want a nice horse-one
that will do just whatever / want him
to as soon as he finds it out. And it
must be bay horse with a square
tail, and have white harness."
"They are not growing harnesses
with horses this year," said the horse
reporter. "They used to do it, but
it is cheaper to let the horses grow
up and then have the harness made"
"Why, of course p exclaimed the
young lady. ~ ought to have known
better than that. Why, General
Grant was hafnessmaker, wasn't
he 7 And that's how he came to be
president. / remember papa saying
that no matter how humble station
man got on at he might attain any
honor in this country
/" General Grant was not a harness
MAKER" said the horse reporter,
!" and your papa didn't say anything
about man getting on at station.
Prosperity isn't a railroad train.n
"Well, perhaps he didn't but
anyhow l want a white HARNESS. and
a blue ribbon on~the whip. 1t will
be just too lovely"-and the young
lady sat back in the chair and for a
moment silently contemplated the
ecstatic vision thus conjured up
I" What shall 1 call my horse ~
Have you decided to get a FLY fn
"Yes.n
Well, there are plenty of good
names. How does Beatrice strike
you ~
80, that would be elegantly. And
then l could call her Trixy,' for
short, couldn't IL 1t will be simply
ravishing to have that dear, darling
little horse, and cunning cart with
yellow wheels, and / think you'e
awfully good to tell me all about it.
And win there an item in next Sun
days paper that Miss Lillian Smith