The Lamar register., 1892-08-13

left il to his nephew, Young iooi in
the black dragons, who went the
pace and lost everything at cards.
Il remember" said another; ''rhe
affair made rather n noise, did 1t not3
for the winner took not his house
and lands. but also succeeded to the
affections OF his intended wife,
A roar of laughter followed these
words. | dared not glance at the
figure beside me, but heard an in
tense whisper Of ''Ohl it is not true,
it is not truel
"Who was the lucky mani" asked
the first speaker
Sir Baxby Bracewell," said the
elder speaker, "bnt be paid the debt
OF nature a couple or three years
ago. 1t was said that young lauris-
toms losses would not have heen so
heavy if Bracewell had played more
on the square"
The shuddering sigh from my
nei@hbor was more than l could
stand.
Il beg your pardon, gentlemen,
| said, turning round. Il happen
to know all the circumstances OF the
case YOU arc discussing. Young
Lauriston was an utterly eonceited.
vain young fool, who pitted himself
against man OF twice his science,
hard-headedness and brains. He
continued playing, Notwithstanding
/ the advice OF those who knew, and
the end was obvious. There was no
sharp practice in the matter; and
moreover, de mortuis nil.
As turned from speaking to them
encountered such u look OF graft
( uude and astonished recognition
{ from the dearest gray eyes in the
! world as almost upset my equaniin-
ity.
( We were just rounding ratiser
sharp bead by the park wall: the air
was illed with the sound ot shcep;
Z there was Il great cloud OF DUST the
two new lenders, who had been
hitherto perfectly itreproachahle in
their manners. stopped dead, de-
moraliziug the whcelprs, and despite
all Establishments and coercion com
mcnced wild stampede among the
unfortunate sheep.
Lady Bracewell stood up, with the
intention. believe, OF sprtnging
from her seat
LENA, my darling, for your life,
= sit still" / shouted, above oil the
huSbub of yelling shepherds, ter
riiied sheep, barking dogs and plung
ing horses. Undo this buckle, and
you'll probably save our lives, aud
! ! tossed the ends of the lenders reins
into her lap, for saw that the traces
were broken, and knew that il the
chestnuts got away while the reins
were buckled the brides o! the
wheels would be torn of and n
irightful catastrophe would follow,
Fortunately i kept sufficient con-
troll over the maddened creatures un-
til l saw the reins divided; then let
them slide through the rings, The
chestuuts turned sharp to the LET and
bolted over the hedge, and ! knew
that We were safe. The whcclers,
poor things. were soon subdued, and
then dispatched the guard and some
oil the many bystanders, who had Of
course appeared from no one knows
where, to recapture the rccalcitrant
cbestnuts.
1t was evident now why Phil had
got them so cheaP-a Wild dislike to
sheep was evidently their fault.
However. by the time they were
brought back into the way they
should 90 the flock had passed on,
after many and terrible threats Of iu-
tuTe consequences from theshepherds,
and fresh traces being forthcoming
we proceeded on our way. but not be-
fore the thanks of the passengers had
been showered upon me for the skill
!ul way i'll which averted what might
have been an ugly Incident
Indeed, gentlemen, said, most
of your thanks are due to Lady
Bracewell, who 50 deity unfasteued
tho buckle"
"Oh, Mr. Lauristonr' protested La
dy Braeewell, with a smile and blush
that torcibly recalled the Lem We're
ker OF old days.
The faces OF the men behind were
studies when they realized how they
had committed themselves. But Tor
that we care little. as. the ice once
broken, we began explanations and
condolences that made that drive
the most memorable of nv lie
save, indeed, when n lew weeks later
we, my newly welded wife aud /,
drove from st. Georges, Hanover
squire in the brougham aud pair
of horses given to us by Phil Blake.
and the horses we're our friends the
chestnut who SO wildly performed
the ceremony of introduction.
As we keep them for town work,
and tiocks ofsheep are notfreguenters
OF London streets, they are valun-
ble addition to our stud.-Londoa
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