The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1894-05-31

Raiboskeles,n said Phillippos Chortopha-
gos (that was the CentIuI's name, excusable
in a Greek J, "tlfis won't dot l can't stand
it any longer Shall we hurl ourselves from
yonder pinnacle, you seated on my back, to
fahemless doom, and end it?"
"No, my lord!" said the boy, "Tm
scratched for that event any way; and what's
more, you won't go to the post either if l can
stop il! Think, my lord-what would your
stab!e-companions, now passed away, have
said about fixture like that?n And the
boys eyes filled with tears as he mechan-
ically took from his pocket small curry
comb and drew it caressingly over the silky
hide, while low continuous Kissing sound
from between his lips testified to the depth
of his sorrow.
He was good lad, tinged with the archaic
sabie-slang of Thessaly, fostered by con-
slant reading of the Rhod0cIrooa Hen, the
ancient spor,ing-paper of the Centaurs.
For few moments Chortophagos gazed
fixedly ont to sea; then he said:
" Raiboskeles, | cannot stay here. / shall
90 mad in this solitude. Let us leave this
island and go among men. / know what
you are about to say-they will not believe
in my existence. l shall be forced to suffer
the affront of being looked upon as a fig
ment of superstition, of having my impos-
sibility cast in my teeth-I wager that is
what is on your tongue?"
"No takers!" said the boy, emphatically
Nevertheless, / prefer even that to the
loneliness Of this place. Besides, I might
perhaps manage to conceal the difference in
my form from those of men,"
The stable-valet shook his head doubt
fully. "Too much handicapped !" he mur-
INJURED.
81 might adopt false name !" cried the
Centaur, with sudden inspiration.
The idea took the stable-yalet unawares.
"Ah there's something in that tip!" he
said, half persuaded.
81 will-Til find one at once; and that1l
break the neck of the whole difficulty
have it'll call myself Hay-Andrew P.
Hay. See?-Hay retains enough of my
ancestral name; the Philip I'll retain as
reminder of my duty toward my race while
the Andrew will assert the manhood of part
of mech ?"
"Ye-es," said Raiboskeles, rejecting, 81
think I'll befriend that dodge at command
ing prices" This RhodocAr0on Hen phrase
olOgy was oppressive at times; but his heart
was in The right place.
Let US hail steamer somehow" cried
the Centaur lwhom we will henceforth call
the Andrew p. ,Hay),
The valet stood for moment plunged in
thought, smacking his bare leg with an olive
twig; then he said:
you'll have to travel as gee. Half
sec!"
With incredible dexterity he plated reeds
from an adjacent stream into the form of q
horses head -apd-neck cover; then respect
fully slipped it over the human head and
torso of his master, The part where the
horses nose should have been he had packed
with grass the head of Andrew Z. HAY filled
mp the crown; while his human body made
a fair show, beneath the covering, of being a
horses neck. The breadth where the mans
shoulders came the valet subsequently ex-
planned by stating that he had placed a COL
lar of osiers there to keep off the rub of the
covering. There seemed an indignity about
it which Mr.. Hay found it hard to bear
but he got over it.
Then the valet made great fire of dry
wood and grasses on q pinnacle; and the
great column of smoke attracted the atten-
ton of passing coaster, which bore down
on the island to find out the reason of it.
Bowes THAT being the new name which Mr..
Hay had found for his stable valet) stood on
the shore holding his charge with a halter of
twisted grasses The Captain was surprised,
but agreed to take them aboard, provided
the horse could swim to the vessel, which
could not get in so MIR. Hay, with Bowes
on his back, promptly took TO the water,
and was hOisted aboard in sling from the
davits.
That's very remarkable animal!n said
the Greek Captain to Bowes. His dialect