The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1899-01-04
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Kreuser, resuming his walk and his
ordinary tone of voice, call very fine,
Goldylocks. Let me, however, assure
you that until you can sit your horse
properly you will not go beyond walk
If am to be your master"
| "Of course, you are to be MASTER"
said Irene, recovering her spirits, and
fastening her steps. "Only let us go
little faster, or we shall have mamma
at home before I have even learnt to
get into a saddle"
Half an hour later Irene, dressed in
| plain, dark skirt and jacket, her hair
shining like a nimbus, round and un-
der a close-fitting cloth cap, her eyes
dancing with pleasure, was standing
| on the step of the house door.
II found whip" she cried tri-
umphantly. Just look at the handle:
Isn't it pretty?" A little boy was at
the horses heads, holding the reins
and grinning. You, Paul? Where's
| your father?" she added, as her glance
fell on the child.
| Johann has gone to Feldafing," said
Herr Won Kreuser, "but Paul knew
where the saddles and brides were
kept. So did l, for the matter of that,
and we have managed very well be-
tween us. Now, Paul, stand just ID
front of Braun-that's right-don't
you let him stir, or you shall not have
something l have in my pocket for you.
And now, Goldylocks- nice YOU
| LOOKOUT your hand on the saddle
so-now the other on my shoulder, and
let me put my hand under your foot.
| When | say three you must spring
| up. You understand? y y One
two-three! that's it. Capital. Why,
you're as light as a feather! Is the
stirrup right? No? I can alter it in .
second. THERE'S that comforta BILE %
"Oh, PERFECTLY" said the girl, in a
voice trembling with excitement.
"Take the reins like this-you see :?
The whip you will hardly want, but it
makes an effect. Now, wait till I am
up, and then-No! Wait, Goldylocks!
Pull in the reins!-Irene!-Sto the
horse!-Irene!-G heavens! Shell.
be off,
The horse, perhaps touched by the
|
| into a canter.
"Ah! How NIGEL" cried Irene, look-
ing back.
stop, I tell you! Draw up the
reins!" Herr Won Kreuser was running
as fast as he could after her. stop,
Irene!" The horse was going at az
easy canter, but Irene's seat grew less
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Kreuser's horror she seemed unabls
even to attempt to check the animal
"Irene!-Ah!-"
"Who are those misera ble-l looking
people in deep mourning?" said u
young man to his companion. "They
| could not look more wretched if they
| had lost all the relatives they pos.
| sessed."
''The Kreusers. You know them,
don't your"
mo. Do I? Oh, yes, they had some
thing to do with the tragedy at tha
| Leyden's."
Everything to do with it, seeing
| that but for him poor Irene would now
be alive and still probably defying hel
mother"
81 never heard exactly what hap
pened,' said the first speaker. ST was
/ away from home at the time. He was
great friend of Irene's, wasn't he ?"
eyes. Both the Kreusers made a
good deal of her, and she cert ainly was
extremely pretty. Baroness Leyder
never was at all nice with her-some
| people said she was jealous of her
beauty, but that would have been to1
unnatural"
| "Yet one has heard of such cases"
| However that may have been, she
could not understand that Irene was
no longer baby, and was always fret
ting her by forbidding her this and
| that. Then she went to the Kreusers
for sympathy, and they spoilt her. As
to the last affair, Baroness Leyden a b.
solutely forbade Irene to mount a
horse, and she had set her heart on il
with the usual result. Baroness Ley.
| den happaned to be in Munich one day
down came Kreuser, of course en-.
, tirely by chance-grand opportunity
| not to be lost. Irene did the forbidden
| thing and mounted a horse, which for
] some reason started off before Kreuser
| intended. The animal doesn't seem to
have gone beyond canter. but Irene
! could neither stop it nor keep her seat:
and after swaying backward and for
| ward few moments she fell heavily to
the ground. I suppose she dislocated
her neck. When Kreuser reached her
she was lying fat on her back, both
arms stretched out, quite dead. Oh, it
was terrible thing!"
who broke the news to Baroness
Leyden?" said the other, after a
pause.