New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1885-10-11
DOWSE. THE GYPSY.
CHAPTER |.


70 STbirb the latest agraran outrage the next meet
of the county fox hounds. and glowing account of
the last temperance soree troa On one ahosnq[
minor Irish newspapers. was prepared Tor the
mildly rerroachful tone Of her reply:
4 horse John Another horse. Surely yOu
ore not going to sell the black mare. Why. only
Yesterday Won pronounced her perfect" hardened
inv heart dificult process for young husband
oi aWeIl no. NV dear It's not the black mare
think of parting with. but old Dobbin; You see
WOH Dobbnw she interrupted hastily with
flashing eyes-true Irish eyes with world OF TURK
ing fire latent in Their gTay-giHe depths, tnough1
mild enough in general. On, John Not dear old
Dobbln surely! Just think how long You've bad
L,ni And snch n steady, faithful dear old horse !!
Not n snplo fault. JOHN; Eve heard You say so!
And so safe and easy for me to drlveI Her voice
ouiyered with the pathetic tTeulor that well
knew and sorcly dreaded. Nevertheless once NOR
hardened my heart, settled myself more hrinly IN
INV mental attitude and proceeded to JUSTIFY lily
no fault! No, of course; cer tainly not Nothing
that YOU could family call a fault. Int you canh0t
deny, my dear, that ho is almost sIperamiHa' '
and would stand a poor chance al lace WIN ny
fat berkshire. Thou look at hls color. IhtoleiaIe
Light chestnut might pass when we mad tine Pali.
Rnt now that the young black mare mas bccn
promoted from the ploughtail to the carllase-Vco
Thunders defunct-yon must COMES IL real rcal'H
does not look vel VIM s gEe % tbe contrast
and advised me to change. by the way, my dear
This i'm the desperate endeavor to avert the storm
tEat invariably gathered at the mention OF the
rnjIont Contaus nanal,-" by the way arc yol
Snlliccntly well M III comparative anatomy 10
inform me which portion OF the implement IS that
termed in cOntomptuons parlance the 'plouSh-
tlil'.' 1t was in vain 80 49,.
That hateful man" Nora vehenently elacu-
,oted . I might have guessed that that wretch was
nt the bottom of Your wanting to sell dear old
DoLbin John. if yon must hunt wish you would
refuse to have anything to 40 WIN the cOhceiun
vouuu pupDloS that YOU meet there, whose opinions
Won seem to rate so far above yDur own! ms. was
Hnkind but accepted it amiably. and only qnerled
jocoscly: ..,.. ,oor, no,.or ,1I,Io
~ the hounds :" Then seeing wife lO2k honestly
aArontcl. continued: But seriously. nora. don
Won think il is a little unreasonable to set down all
The members of the hunt-and some OF them very
nlrc fellows, too-as young puppies. ana Croult
them with 10 end of influence over your husband,
merely because of them harperS to advise me to
sell one of my horses, and his advice chances to
chime in With my own opinion
That's not all, john, she i'aShcH OUT eagerly
Then suddenly abandoning the position as uhteh-
able she accepted the inevitable with s!sh'
Well John. since You must have horse don !,
,Ic,sc ask Captain Purcell for his invaluable
assistance but take old Charles with you 10 choose
him &c +ro l;rl,o u,os ,,,.
lr,cf rrsnon.r "Old Charles thinks great deal
Zoo mnch of his own knowledge ana lhdShirnt III
tIc matter of horsctlcSh and as much too itic or
mine | shall certainly not constitute my sen the
inughing-stocl of the fair by taHnG with me !;
bnasting laundering idiot llEo oid ,ChalIeS.
IUow-j home 1 knOw-a good animal when see
nno vyhich il more than be does. fancy. But don
feor | shall not consult Purcell either: AS sal.
Gar,ro 7 am not n child in leadng-strngs and |
Halter ES IT., "a any man in Ireland Then feeling
ratIcr ashamed OF my heat, went on more TEN
peTateIy ,.o r,ir is 20 lo the host Of the
roor So my best plan will he To ride old DODhin
over sell him there l! can get ny pitot dHr nIn'
want can stay over the night with yonr brother
Arthur and come hack 10y train the next DAY; hul
ifi succeed in getting the right sort OF thing / sha
,ida him home the same night. And now ! il take
another cup of coffee, II y"1 please. inns was
final and meant that the subject was nor 20 Dc
rria1l t,utr emo %
tLot II n man does not intimate decslNeY that
his say is said, his mind mace up the pest Oh
women will protract subject ~ ha"Feg, an zen
TO one get her own way 10y checr loIt' Oh Io NJ
windedness. But Nora knew my ways aud the
matter rested there 3, r-... l.. .,.o ,o,l, =,
The 18TH: bright, cold, frosty day-the roads III
,,erfect condition dry and hard Is IRON started on
=" hirh spirits. shared by DOhbin. who actually
contivcd to execute SORT OF clumsy G.i'Gt "S "o
accustomed ios-trOt. Old Charles watched us WIN
y saTdOuic grin on hI3 ancient Tisage nc WI>h'u
700 COOL Inck in a tone well calculated to express
liz 7ytreme sccpcism as 10 my powers OF diScriln-
;notinr between a good specimen OF the equine race
nnI M indifferent one As clattcTcd over inc nara
oL I wished inwarAly for the hundrrdth time
ih9t could lind decent preteNt Ior getting I'i o!
the ola fellow He was an old retainer OF my
frther's and could not deny that lie ana MS woik
Ill Ills horses and carriages he turned OUT III
Grst-rote style by the aid OF lnnunerablc under
grooms stable boys helpers eIr. Ny Mic 1o al
,'as huDccss one For the rest 81 ms na'urai ne
old Charles fixture. AS fecoEIhIcu ,hc
,,lalp
Lnt tohooed since my marrIag"-bnfst uhiWaIeS
from nv lips. NOIa's anxiety that my o,'. HCnr
should accompany me had touched "r III d t Trnu'
,njntNn1y il had exaSperated Ide more than l
lhnuia have ca,cd to own. The manner In wh!ch
Old Charles treated me was CALLING II ~ a" :I''''
- ~; ! ;-:s still "YOung Masthtf Jonh' whose
orl;ost ESSAYS in riding and driving had been made
nnner his tuition. lie acted as II hhd no rRhtS
of proprIetorshp over either my horseS or l u.s.
rdCcrcpce 10 my OpiuiOn-without my kn1wlrdGe
cycn Lord-paranount INDOORS in ny own
kennels WAS an intr,I 2 Lorei to Think Snch
statc of things was uuendurabic. captain luIoeH'
felt sure more than suspected the truth. ~ was
absolutely necessary for me % assert my nlIeIch,
Jcnce' So this morning heheld me taxing inc iI9t
decisive step toward attaining my proper lOHlllpl
VI ',orcover giving Old Charles clearer insight
60 10 ,s set forth in the Catechism-griny and
inch bethnInbed from whose pages ne na.y
instructed his grandciildre1 70 otaet tnGn'StI 81,
cnnbim1 steadily along for about an hour: We
cached the foot of steep I'LL ah"nt NILE from
.La tnv'n Inv courtesy of klllnabalc~ Ih'Ic
let tie rcins fall loosely on old DoDhin1 neck ana
niowcd him to choose bis own i'a1o TIC '?h4 ms
head Imply. and subslcd into the very slows Oh
III. Although, to give the old nag Dis dlc, ne
MWnnm15 trot HmhiI and downhll if required, and
cover his ten OF eleven miles within the houi' Wltl
many rasps ana grTnt' rs true Oiit "llhouI nllG
,"ed NJ whip or spur. yet hc was always W!iIhS Il,
avail himself of his riders PERMISSION 70 wall, avg
would crawl a2ns even i e. his ,C ny 5y voice or
r&n Aud herein lay my Chief objection 10 th'
noor old fellow. love to restrain merry HIeeH' hcl
to urgo a dull Onc-tO MAKE uso OF INC C'i' i"'''i
than tbs spur , q.
The ton o. the mornin' TO yer honor an that :
=, iii~ont haste we're Tldin' lhroth, an Jay MS
wricht in gould hc wOr gran IN to <" nan u3Ien
-. Iar - TIc speaker was ragged. EEiaE-llh',
ieIi,w WHO had started up froni the romi'd" IS !
mel H.. now walked beside me- speakICG "'lh
Ia irresistible franknrsS, Just dashed WIN Ulru-
80 II, AZ may aiuusc but can hardly annoy. ne
brown su'burned tace had, IN spitcoi the bead ukr
ryY, and upturned no,e with gaping host.is'
Ai,o,lc guile!css expression tLat laNoI'uIS IN
s.sci me and though snail beer OF my acute
percrptons as a phyoiognomist The look ana t9 ore
D. ,o,I Lun,rcl IaIn-spOkou candOr took NAH t'r
'" y, ,t Of MA words. Nevertheless felt slightly
pomcd that the fellow shonld have seen VITA iaIi
sIimce that poor old bo1b'n had passed. h''