The Southern herald., 1890-08-01

she would rather be hauled TO the altar
blythe moat dllnpidated donkey that ever
chewed thisa& than BY thaJ lean and
hungry-loolging relic that the afternoon
sun was shining right through. Bat her
word was given, and she would sooner
have died than break her promise.
Besides, she could but feel gratifed
TO think that her ardent lover had tried
so long and hard to please her; and she
had even gone so far as to think of mar
rying him anyway, with or without the
specified horses tail. She got ready at
once, sheepishly took her place in tho
carriage, and of they started.
Old Starvation did succeed in drag
ging them to the church at last, and the
pair were consolidated into one without
delay, when they started for Herman's
home at the crossroads, and to get
there they had to go right through the
main street Of the village. And there
was where the fun began.
Every body knew Jessamine's pride,
and all about her ambition concerning
the gold-headed prince; and also how
her marriage with Herman had been
delayed by the fruitless search for a
long-tailed horse. The news of Her
mans recent purchase, and that the
wedding was at last taking place, had
spread like wild-fire, and they found
the sidewalks lined with people wait
ing to see them go past on their way
home. H
How the crowd cheered and hooted
when they at length appeared; Every
body fairly roared at the sight OF
Jessie's prince, and especially at his
proud steed with the tail that swept
the ground. All those whom she had
looked down upon with contempt as
something beneath her notice were
there, and of course they made some
rather dispaFaging remarks about the
bridal equipage. That horse did look
like the ghost of one Of Pharaohs lean
kline, and no mistake.
The ,unlpcky bride and groom had to-
take all the chaff that the assembled
citizens of Beanville chose to give them,
and that was not a little. The old horse
crept along at the pace of crippled
shall' anu herman coulanI lnouce MN
to go particle faster. The faces OF tho
happy pair looked as il colored with CO.
chlneal, put they were perfectly help-
less ana could only slt stlll ana endure
"FOr Heavens sake, pull that horse in;
nes eloplng Win you? screamed one Dy'
stander
Hail to the Princess| shouted
another .A ..Ek.5eaX
"Bones, OLD pones! plpeo In BOY,
through his nose, IN shrlll treble, IN
imitation OF tne cry OF rag-plcker
Sell me that skeleton Tor hen-coop,"
crled gray-neauea granger 7
Look at the feed oozlng out between
MS rlDs' sang oug announcer A
IL was more than human patlence
could stand herman sprang TO MS ieet
In the wagon ana caught the whip IN
both hands Inc next instant 1t came
down across the steeo 'nacK-oonefwith
all the force OF MS strong young arms
ana was cut IN Two as smoothly as
carViAg-knlte would cut candle
The horse never quickened his pace,
for he copldnt;git wasn't in him. le'
didn' t even have life enough to kick
but he gave that tail frantic switch
that extended to its utmost regions.
And then catastrophe took place that
is unequaled in the annals of history.
The tail flew over the dasher like a
hairy comet, and landed plump in the
bride.slap In atangled and. dfsorganjzed
mass. 1thad belonged to several horses
in its time, and had been tied to the
sub end of this ones backbone with
about half a ball of wrapping twine. He
had no more tail of his own than goat