The Indianapolis sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1880-1904, 1885-05-09
THE WHITE PONY.

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81 am Mrs Cheese boros white pony The
pony you admire so. that she drives along
the road when the sunset makes the dust OF
the road all golden. aud you sit at the win.
dow, or on the balcony, looking out and
envyipg her.
ITO dress so. IN be 80 pret,y-ought 1 to
put that frat or not. I'm only pony and
don't know. To be 90 rich that diamonds
flash in her care and on her ingers-that
her home is q palace where she. her fathers
only daughter, is the queen. All that ought
10 make her very happy, ought II not2
"She never had a trouble or care, you
ssy. Much you know. tell you, girls
own pony knows more CT her than any par
lorcaler for, don't you know, he goes out
with her. down long green lanes over rough
reads, along little wood.paths where, be-
cause OF the low branches she must walk
home slowly, aud her touch on his neck, the
tone OF her voice, her way Of riding him. all
tell him how she feels. Then, tso my mis-
tIess bad way Of a'king 10 me. l know
more about Miss CheesDoro than any one.
Yss. indeed. than any one.
Don't remember the day they brought
me home. and she came runnisg down the
stems to see me-
What beauty cFitu she. What
love what a treasnrep
ard the light fell through thu tree
branches on her gold brown hair, aud the
dimples in her cheeks, Dad her little white
hand with all the rings on 1t as she came up
Close TO me az d Datied me on the nose.
What shall name him ? said she.
De bas n name already, miss said the
man who brought me.
What is e? said she.
Mephistophelss, misc eaid he.
oh. what a namei said she. why did
they give him that name2
He's 80 wise, miss said the man
Overly wise. miss somstimes
Then she laughed; but she never changed
nv name.
Papa, shall ride half TIE time, said
she.
AS much as you please, my dear said
lie old gentleman, but not unattended.
One of you-ah, young Harker, you are the
stssdiest You will always be ready to attend
Miss CheeseboroP
land then / saw Ben Harker for the frat
time, as he stepped forward with Very
we'll, sir, He was lively young fellow,
short and stout built, with fine shoulders
and fine limbs, aud cheeks like roses that
Kate Cheeseboro wore in her hair that day
III her hair and on hes bosom.
Naturally, being pony, I'd seen plenty
OF grooms IN my time. / never was hand
somer one, and It's my humble opinion that
there Is not handsomer one to be seen. He
knew how to use pony, too-put the
sldesaddle on comfortably. You may
think there is no difference, but, il you had
bad one put on your own back, you'd know
there was, can tell you. And liked him
yes. liked Ben Harker. So, you see,
was very comfortable, for the rest of the fam
lily did not matter the dick Of whip to me.
You've seen US often, / know, Miss
Cheeseboro riding me far ahead until we
were out of the villsge and then calling her
groom a little nearer and talking to him as
she might to any servan about the pony and
the way they should 60. She always called
him. He was never forward. aud he
fell back soon AZ she stopped talk
ing. But how be looked at herl
could not see her face, OF course, as
she rode me; but without meaning it, he
looked-really, how can pony tell how he
looked?-as did once when q fsllow leased
ne. holding bucket of feed close and pull
ing u away egain; and Ii did not dawn upon
me that be Was In love for long time, for
you see when I've happened to notice grooms
who were Ia love they've always looked red
and sheepish, silly, oh so silly and delighted.
he did not.
But IL daw3ed on me one day. I'll tell
you how: She always wore a flower some
where about her dress. One day one that
she wore in her bosom, tea rose IL was,
dropped to the ground as she rode She did
his horse and bad Ii in his hand, and
was mounted again. She did not look
around, and after be had held IL moment
be hid it in bis bosom. Then / was very an
cry. / saw just ho. he felt in fash. A
pony is one Of the family, you know, and it
seemed to me that L must q D something TO
prevents IL. We learn what social differences
mean in the stable, aud / knew this was not
the proper sort o thing by auy means.
what did / On then2 you ssk. | did all
pony could. turn ed my head toward home
and iairiy ran away rom him with her. We
reachtd home first and hs came flying after,
and there wss the greatest woudermeat.
II was mercy che wssn't thrown they
said. How laughed TO myself at that.
And what could hsve frightened me? Well,
trieo % tell; showed ell the displeasure l
could toward Fen. tossed my head and
tried to shake his hand off when he took me
to the stables. l endsavorsd to show him
that be done wfong: but. bless Won. he never
guessed i had taken notice. Some people
are such donkeys themselves that they think
ponies must be douksys, too Bah, Bat
after lille / sofTsned to him He was
never cross, you know, ana ne didn't mind
that I'd tried TO bite him. He pstted me on
the neck after he'd fed me, and saws he: odd
Meph. you might cut up good deal rougher
to me, and being her pony. wouldn't take
1t i'll; but If ever you throw her, look out,
heph., that's aii. I'd kill anything that
hurt hair of her head
AT that laughed 50 loudly tkat I'm told
they heard me 10 the paror. But was not