Los Cerrillos rustler., 1891-07-03

Of harms way; but alas for his inn
maculatc coat. faultlcss linen and
supercilious airs Like one of the com
mon herd, only hatless and partly shoe
less, ne was forced 10 stand and view
the country militia, matchmaking the
beast upon which Dannic now rode,
and at loss to know how he himself
should manage 10 reach home without
her
"I1l not trust myself upon her back
again. he soliloquized, after receiving
/ from the hands of two grinning urch-
/ ins his lost shoe and hat. And 50. be-
ing dcsirous of immediately quitting
/ the scene OF his discontinue, there was
nothing left for him but to foot it back
10 the farm.
In the dusk of the evening, to the
merry tune Of "rhe Girl Left Behind
Me- marched home Dannie and his
lads old BesS tagging behind, spirit
less, and altogether indifferent to the
fact that two small urchins bestrodc
her back.
"Wall there" exclaimed Uncle Lie,
when the history of the afternoon was
told, "hosses seem 10 hcy n touch o
human natur' as we'll "a deal o com
mon sense; they do, fer fac" and,
laughing heartily Mt the manner in
which Edwin had put the old horse to
her PAGES, he proceeded to the stable,
In order to look after her wants him
self.
But, Bcss, not unlike creatures OF
reason, already felt the strain of reac-
tion, and turned from her oats with a
whinny of distress. Her poor old legs
achcd from their unwonted excrtion;
her nerves were unstrung, and great
drops of perspiration trickled down her
forehead. Like belle Illuminating
over the past, she stood, with dropping
head and lusterless eye. All the pride
and gayety of those days when the call
Of duty was so inspiring the burden SC
light, came before her, when to mar
tial music she pranced and danced
every day in the week, when her great.
est hardship was the prick of the gold
en- spur in her glossy sides.
Could she, bearing such recollections
ever again permit herself to be yoked
TO the clumsy plow. ever again plod tC
market with a load of hay, or worse
still, cabbages?
Illuminating thus. the sultry night
through, old Bess fell asleep upon hei
bed of straw-fell asleep, never tC
awake again. Never more would tn,
call TO duty arouse her-that call tC
| ,.shf VNla ha .hnn ft.ll Ia
responded; that call which, when no
to her taste, she had learned so Gun
ningly to shirk.
I'm glad of it," snapped Edwin, III,
next morning, forgetting his usua
drawl, rs he packed his valise for de
parture. "rhe wretched old beast!
shall hate the Fourth of July as Ions
as live, after yesterdays proceedings
Death has saved her good lashing
you may well believe"
"Then you'd "a he'd good cause iei
hatin' the fifth of July, too, my boy,
dryly said Uncle Lie, who felt yer,
sore over the loss of his favorite. He,
you struck Bess one lick this day, I'd
I'd "a -"
You'd a. what?" sneered Edwin, q
the old man paused for moment
I'D felt called on to do my duty, sir
ies' as Bcss felt called to do her'n yes
terday," was the emphatic reply, ant
by the way Uncle Lie flourished tn
cane in his hand and gazed into tn
boys eyes without one suspicion of
squint, Edwin fully understood wha
that duty would have been without tn
further addition Of ''nevvy, or no new
vy."-Mrs. Nora Marble, in Goldel
|, Rule.