The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1897-10-28

beating him with my broken riding
crop, Brutus still found opportunity to
look at me with glances charged no
longer with impatience and surprise,
but with anger and Indignation. While
l was demanding of the horse an obedi-
ence which he refused to me, he GER
tainly was expecting of me something
that | did not do.
How did it end? In my complete dis
comfiture. l was endorsed by an in
comparabIe bound. After a brief mo-
ment, which was certainly a moment
of reflection. the horse suddenly low
cred his head and stood up on his fore
legs. after the manner and with the
perfect equilibrium of a clown walking
on his hands. | was Immediately un-
horsed and fell upon the sand.
| endeavored to rise. l uttered cry
and fell in a ridiculous posture upon
my knees in the sand. At each move
mcnt. no matter how slight, it seemed
as if had a knife wound in my left leg
1t was nothing, only a strain of ten
don. but slight as it was, it was none
the less painful. l succeeded. however,
in turning myself over and seating my
self But when, rubbing the sand out
of my eyes, I began to wonder what had
become of my miserable dapple-gray,
I saw descending upon my head a
horses foot. Then this morse root --7re
transferred to my breast, and with a
certain dizziness l was pushed upon my
hack o Cood +,,C To-
to resist, and remained in this posture.
wondering what this extraordinary
horse that | had purchased at Cheri's
could be, 1 closed my eyes and awaited
death.
Suddenly I heard singular sound
around me. Little pellets struck me in
the face. ! opened my eyes and | saw
Brutus. who, with a most incredible
activity and still more incredible dex-
terity, was endeayoring with his fore
and hind feet to bury me under the
sand. He did his best the poor brute,
and from time to time he stopped and
looked at his work. Then tossing up
his head. he gave a shrilI neigh and
went to work again. This lasted for
three or four minutes. after which
Brutus. no doubt thinking that was
sufficiently buried, placed himself with
much respect ON his knees beside my
tomb. / suppose he was engaged in
prayer,
US prayer done, Brutus bounded up.
withdrew several yards, stopped, then
g'aIIoped about a score of times around
the circle in the middle of which he
had buried me. l followed him with
my eyes, and it caused me a certain
dizziness watching him turning in this
way. so [ shouted: "Whoa!" The
horse stopped and seemed embarrassed.
as if he did not know what to do next.
Suddenly, perceiving my hat. which.
in my fall, had rolled some distance
from me, he made up his mind, went
straight to the hat, seized it between
his teeth, and departed at a brisk gal
Iop by one of the six avenues which led
to my tomb.
l had been there for an hour in this
position when | saw, coming
down the same avenue by which he had |
: oAAN' IL u us lCtdl IIIlS, anu Win IIC |
same long. Looping pace at which he had |
gone. A cloud of dust followed him. |
Little by little in this cloud | discov- |
cred little carriage-a pony cart; then
in this little pony cart a little woman |
who was driving, and behind the lady |
little groom. !
In moment Brutus. covered with !
foam, stopped before me. dropped my |
nat at my feet, and addressed me a |
neigh which certainly meant: u have
lone my duty. Help is at hand" But |
did not bother myself about Brutus |
md the explanation he was giving me.
had eyes only for the good fairy who,
after leaping lightly from her pony
art, came toward me. She looked at |
me curiously, and as she did so, we
both cried at the same instant:
Mime de NorioIis!"
M. de la Roche-Targe.'
Now | will make a parenthesis here
10 say that have an aunt, and between |
ler and me for a number of wears there
mas been a continual battle. "Whv
tOn't you get married2" 81 don't want
% get married" DO you like girls?
There is Mile. A, Nile. b, Mile.
- Il don't want to get married.
DO you like widows? There is Nine.
D, Nine. F.. Nine. F. "Rut
do not want to get married" Nine
lie Noriolis always figured in the first
'ank in the widow series. And | re-
nembered that my aunt always used
o dwell upon the various advantages
which | would find in this marriage.
She had no need to tell me that Nine.
>orolls was very pretty. That was ap-
aren't to the meanest intelligence.
And that she was rich. | knew that
myself. But she explained to me that
VI. de Noriolis was an idiot who had
made his wife most unhappy, and for
hat reason it would be very easy for
second husband to make himself sim
'erely loved. Then when she had
iwelt at length upon the virtues, graces
and merits of Nine. Noriolis, my aunt.
Who was very subtle and knew nv weak
ness. used TO take out of her desk a map
and spread it upon the table.
1t was plan of the country about
very minute and exact
plan, which my aunt had taken the