New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1888-12-02

neoro whom I knew At my request he cut mo .
whip from sourwood which was growing near
aYo' amt bought Miss Csse's hoss, hab yo'i' he
asked anxiousIy. Don't go 70 an do dat' yon
'pent De Ionges' day 20 pb,' he said with extreme
emphasis.
when asked what was the matter with the horse.
he said he didn't know. ON IT. knees wor wrong
and be added that II "'peared lic Miss Case wor so
plous dat 'twa'n't safe tradIn' wiz her.
This was the first time had ever heard OF pIety
standing in the way OF an honest trade Jake went
his way and mine. / thought II would be foolish
in ne II let the advice Of an ignorant negro Affect
my Judgment. wasn't looking for a fine animal
or willlrc to pay for such one. Mr. Ayers horses
were worked constantly that Amstcl and could
not hear from the post Office as regularly as We wished
We he'd asked each other why We should not invest
moderately in something which would be al our COM
mand at any time. Here seemed to be the opp'r'
tunity.
found the sourwood whip a very poor weapon
Tho MORO struck with II the Yallcrtsil would
rot move from a walk II might be that the horse
had conscientious scrupes about being urged ~ a
piece Of s0urwOod, and, the switch being entirely
in shreds now, thought 1t advisable to tr- another
kind OF arbOreOus weapon. ! rode under low-gio"-
ing oak tree and pulled OF the first branch which
came to hand and with this branch beat Yser-tail:
he responded by breaking into the mnutcst Kind OF
a rocking gait II did not seem as II he covered
ground as fast as when he walked but he put on ali
the airs OF going at great rate, 50 that was almost
deceived myself This kind Of motion lasted pos
slbly a minute and half and then ialler'tal
appeared TO slump, and then to walk again
said to myself that one could not expect much
for little money, and that we ought to be satisfied
with anything that would carry Time was moth
ing to us; and II would probably be beneficial to
remain LONG time In this delicious air: aud then tho
opportunities to gaze at tho mountains. to hear tao
rushing Of the branches" one might do an unlimited
amount OF landscape gazing while riding on failcr.
tail from Mr. Ayers to Busbee post Office there would
be time enough knew from my short acquaintance
with this horse and also knew that there was
scenery enough.
At this point In my meditatious It occurred to mo
that did not vet know what SUN Mrs. Case wouid
mention as her price. I turned the animal oacK
toward Mrs. Ayers and again beat IT with my OAK
branch. I kept on beating so that might emerge
into the view of my friends riding at the full speed
OF the rocking gait I succeeded saw Anaoel
half way down the path. She waved her hand az me
and waved my branch. In doing this necessarily
did not for the moment. strike the horse with It,
and SO he began TO walk
Amabel met me and for short time VIC were
alone.
DO you call him spirited =" she asked with great
solcitude.
In response I inquired what she thought. she
replied that though Yaler-tail himself d!d NOT seem
spirited he appeared to be the cause Of spirit In me-
for she had never seen me lOOh Hloir man
es I come riding forward welding my oak branch
She said she supposed could get to the post Office
on him and back again, and that was about all We
expected. OF the journey. OF three miles and
rturn would TAX, al the daylight hours, bur It was
good for the health be out Of doors. sAmabel eon
Guided that II Mrs Case did not ask more than five
dollars we should not lose very much II we bought
tho horse.
But wish knew what IS the matter with Mary
she sad referring Mrs. Aver, she has been max
ing up faces behind Mrs. Cases back. and gesturng
and going on so generally that am bewildered'
Does she mean for us TO buy the horse or not"
We agreed that the most cautious plan for us 10
follow would be TO ask that the horse be LEFT with
us for a day or two, and then would decide.
We couldn't ride a fast horse up and down theso
mountains, you know ! said ,.,,.
Amabcl assened And then she asked II thought
there were oak enough. and sourwoods enough,
the half hour you've been riding"
To our amaZement Mrs. Case said her price was
sixty-nve dollars but that her old man MAJ SAID sne
Gu zht to get seventy five for IT,
never did like that kind Of front legs In horse
sa,d Amab,l tried 10 call IN sufficient elfrontery
but could only say defcrcnally that we hoped she
would be Willing leave Yaller tell for acoup!e OK
days, when we would see her and tell our decision
Sic demured. said Mr. Case wor SO kinder sot
ontcr this he neyed part with hit eff twant
fur payn' BilPs doctor.' ,.,
The twins came yelling down from firih her up the
mountain and Joined the group not SAVING anything.
but starin: 1t one face and then at another.