Daily public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1892-191?, 1894-03-24

he seemed To get some comfort out of
that sort of misery just INDUCED him
in IT,
However. about that same time
Easter was getting close at hand, and
bought llulda an Easter bonnet. or
hat, whatever they call it. The bit of
stuff was cate too. A. little as II
might have been expected of me.
had taste in that way. knew what
would suit lIulda'> style of beauty, and
| knew n great deal about the other
"iNin's' she was getting for spring
wear. 50 aStoni~hcd everybody inter-
cstcd 10y my selection, made one day
at Los Angeles. 1t must be confessed,
however, that ! told the young sales
woman from whom purchased the af-
fair all about Ilulda. except her Chris
tian name. some women are blooming
fools about names, and | suspected
that this o2e didn't have enough every
day common sense to know that llulda
was wholesome, sensible name that
fitted my donce much better than
any garment or bit of millinery she
had in stock, not excepting kid gloves
even showed the young woman a
photograph of lIulda, and so Well,
the Easter hat was a .ucccSS.
Easter Sunday came. and as promis-
ing a day as ever dawncd in the citrous
/ belt. | rode horseback with llulda
over to Riverside that morning to
church, and was as proud of her as if
had been n cavalier of the oldcn time
and she the ladylovc | had won in the
tourney. oh, how she could ride. She
was a Kentucky girl and sat her be-
loved FLY as if she belonged there and
didn't depend upon the cinch of her
saddle for her life. as do so many
would-bc hOrScwomen | see now and
then that make me Shuddcr. They
ride for a fad. and don't know enough
about horse and his trappings TO
even bc careful.
My ffty-fvc years had not affected
my Workmanship. But we won't speak
of that further than to say was raised
on horse; yet ! was never raised on u
bucking broncho. They are not horses.
They are only poor limitations. and |
never mounted one-nevcr shall while
the walking is good.
We went to church at Riverside, adj
mittcd ourselves publicly to be 'miser-
able sinners several times, heard the
sermon and-IIulda's hat simply
eclipsed the aggregation. Then we
started home.
How Ilulda's filly got into that
qucksand in crossing the creek is
something | have never entirely set
tied in my mind, but she went clear
out of sight for minute, IL seemed,
and lIulda with her, but made a grab
at r-liulda, ! mean-and got the
Easter hat frst That was not what |
mostly wanted, however. | wanted
Hulda; so threw away the hat, and
somehow we landed on the bank, all
there, except the Easter hat, That
floated off down the stream like any
other wreck. The flly came out, too,
and stood dripping and trembling on
the shore.
IIulda first looked decidedly fright
cned, and puckcrcd up her mouth 10
cry, but thought better of il when
she saw had mud in my whiskers and
was ridiculously dishcvelcd one way or
another, and more or less disposed Ia
say lnlHBN Nildl N'plliAl llllt NlEtil
the miserable sinners" confession,
But did you ever notice how quickly
woman can shake herself out and
look prcsentablc? Well, that was what
Ilulda did She had been with that
flly in the quicksand and water and
was as wet rs drowned rat. Iut
blest il She didn't give herself "a few
touches some way, and in five minutes
looked as pretty rs before, only little
older and somewhat more graceful and
dignihed.
Femininity seems To partake of this
characteristic all the way through
The iilly had given herself few
shuddcring shakes and fixed her toilet
nearly right. | gathered ouuche'
OF eucalyptus leaves and wiped the
side-saddle some. spread big ban
} danna handkerchief over the seat, and
: In twenty minutes from the time III,
: accident began fulda and were can
: tcring over tho mesa. within twenty
) minutes ride Of GEORGE Deans house