The World. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1891-1896, 1893-09-04
WATCHED JIMMY RIDE.
A Long wished-For Moment Ar
rived at Last.
He Had Boosted OF His Horsemanship.
hut the Horse Had n Monopoly ON
Feats When lie Attempted TO
Display His SKIN.

There are great many women who
like to ride Not few Of them have
experienced more or less difficulty in
providing themselves with proper es-
cort woman to whom good horse
and pleasant bit Of country road are
an unspeakable Joy. woman, too, who
Is well-known throughout the United
States, tells the following tale Of woe
in which she played an important al
though not the principal part That
was left for the man In the case. II
had heard my lawful liegc, Jimmy,
boast a thousand times Of his horse
manship when a boy, and had OBJ
served his fine critical air whenever
looking upon any equestrian display"
she says. t.As q faithful and loving
spouse should had been deeply Inn
pressed and naturally had a strong de-
sire to see him perform.
My requests In this direction were
always sufficient to set him relating
the legend Of his wonderful feats with
a marvellous Indian pony he once owned
when he was a lad.
I'VE never went to circus that he
did not tell the oft-repented romance Of
his youth, to the envions exclusion OF
most of the clowns perennial jokes.
Through all the vaultings and agile
deeds Of the bareback rider he wore a
superior and ennuied air, and with
shrug Of the shoulders exclaimed: %,
why don't they give us something ncw2
did that years ago when was boy.
with my Indian pony And just then
MY ell r1fH ~ fhlaf frf
below-anything to cut off the tail of
that pony Nevertheless ! really be-
lieved my liege to be an unknown
Stickney delicious and appropriate
name for a bareback rider), and felt
that sawdust genius languished I'M
discovered wasting his daring and agil-
ity In the desert of domesticity With
truly feminine subtlety ! endeavored
to beguile him into giving me ademon-
stration Of his accomplishment by join
Ing me in the exercise.
1, Finally | was successful, and my
indulgent lord left me one bright morn
Ing telling me he would return in the
evening mounted, and that we would
take the long coveted ride together.
How happy i wasl All day long
had visions Of the conjugal ride SO soon
TO be taken. My minds ear could hear
the ordinations OF admiration Law
ished by spectators on my elegant and
dignified escort How superbly he sits
his horser Has the seat of hunterp
Born in the saddler perfect Cen
taurr
.My riding habit was viewed with
extremely critical eyes Even my we'd
ding dress had received less inspection
! felt that ] must not put my escort to-
shame by an inferior appearance. L
blushed with pride as thought Of his
admiring gaze when we would be can
tering side BY side along the green
lanes and through bosky dells This
evenings communing should rekindle
the somewhat cooled fires upon our
conjugal altar Under the steel hoofs
OF our spirited chargers we would put
the hard gradgripd facts that had
forced their way in and displaced the
dear romance OF the past
Nc day Of my childhood spent in
waiting for some promised Joy was ever
longer, Gayly did don my riding
dress when the leisurely hands OF the
clock climbed down to the hour aud
told me must TO horse At length /
was quite ready and stood with my
skirt over my arm tapping it with my
riding whip in seeming impatience, but
in reality with smiling complacency,
awaiting Jimmy's coming.
How tenderly he will lift me to my
saddle. thought giving my foot a wee
bit OF squeeze as he adjusts my skirt.
and will playfully tap him with my
whip for his husbandly impotence, and
then away we will gallop, and for the
drst time
" y was suddenly aroused from these
meditations by fearful noise as OF the
tramping Of herd OF wild cattle. |
heard the whiLzing whip and cracking
profanity People were fleeing to left
and right There was a.
Furry Of dust that travelled fast
Like whirlWind from the sky
Nearer u eomea and nearer, TIL all the gazera
That horse is running with man behind The
saddlebow
Yes, and very close to the saddle.
bow, too ] could scarcely see him,
there was 50 much horse, but could
plainly hear, for he split the air Will
expletives, clutching madly at the
morse, IN whose heels there was both
HE and mattle TO say they spurned
the sod would he drawing II mild III
was, towzie tyke back, grim and
large lie came up the street like
four looted cyclone But he didn't com,
~ a. once lie seemed 70 come In sse