The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-06-03

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ring for the midday meal in a few min
utes"
What lovely little garden this is"
Will said cheerfully, for he saw that the
girl was nervous and embarrassed. You
would not see anything like this in the
East, even under glass"
The girl was silent for a few moments
and then broke out: -
II hope you do not think me ungrate-
full, senior, that I have said nothing to
thank you for what you did for my broth
er, but 1t was not that. 1t was because
I felt that if I were to say a word
should break out crying. We love each
other dearly, Juan and l, and 1t was so
awful to think that might never have
seen him alive again." and she stopped
with her eyes full of tears.
Il quite understand. senorita,'' he said,
"and indeed have been very much more
than sufficiently thanked by your father
and mother. AS for my share in the mat
ter, it was really not worth talking about.
I am a sailor, you know, and am sorry
to say that sailors when in port are often
in the habit of getting into rows, and I
have half-a-dozen times at least when
in foreign ports taken part in scrimmage
when saw drunken sailors engaged in a
brol with others, and have had to fight
very much harder than 1 did at San
Diego, where, in point of fact,
so far as 1 was concerned, there was
really no fighting at all. 1 do not
say that your brother might not have
come off very badly If 1 had not hap
pened 60 come along, but there was real
~ no shadow of risk to myself. A cou-
pie of blows and it was all over; and
do hope that no one will say any more
in the way of thanking me.
At this moment Senior Sarasta, his wife.
and Juan all came out together.
We'll, Juan, how do you feel now?"
VIII asked, well pleased at their arrival.
81 feel different man altogether" the
young Mexicon replied. "A warm bath
first and then the padres salves have
done wonders for me, and in, a week /
shall have forgotten an about it,
The rest Of the day was spent in saun-
tering or sitting in the gardens round the
house, the gardens being of the Spanish
fashion ana containing but few flowers
except those borne by the fruit trees
and resembling strawberries and orchards
rather than gardens, shade being the
principal object aimed at. During the
afternoon viii told his friend of his de-
sire TO become a good horseman.
II will put you in charge of Antonia
we have no better rider on the ranch
He will put you through course, be-
ginning with comparatively well-brallen
buckers on the plains, but you must not
mind a few heavy falls at first
81 shall not mind that bit Juan
Sailors have the knack of falling light
ly." n
'Ah, well, he will choose a spot where
the grass is long and the ground soft
for your lessons. and / can tell you il
makes good deal of difference whether
you come Oft on ground like that or on
a spot where there is next to no grass
and the ground is as hard as brick
l have no doubt that In the course of
two or three weeks you will, IL you stick
20 it, be able to ride almost anything"
you need not be afraid of my not
sticking 10 II, Juan. ] certainly should
not like to look like a fool to your va
queros, still less before your mother and
sister, A
Accordingly next morning Wits lessons
began in a meadow close to the stream
and half mile away from the house. At
first he was thrown an innumerable num-
Der of times. for he had told Antonio
to bring with him some fairly FESTIVE
horses.
ut is of no use my spending my time
on quiet animals" he said. II have lust
had a weeks riding on one of them.
may as well begin with fairly bad one
al once; IL only means few more throws.
I have got to learn TO hold on, and the
SOOHeT De9ln tDat LHe DETER.
with beginners we sometimes nut a
strap for them to hold on by5 senior"
Will shook his head. II don't want any
thing of that Sort he said. II want to be
able TO stick on by my knees"
''It is more by properly balancing your
self than by holding on the man said
eff you always keep your balance Won
will come straight down again into the
saddle. no matter how high he throws
you, and there is no doubt that the tighter
you hold on by your knees the more heavy
are the throws that you will get"
II can understand that Antonio Now I
am ready TO begin"
Will had expected to find 1t difficult, but
he was fairly astounded by the rapldity
and variety Of the tricks by which he was
again and again thrown off. After a tire
Antonio urged him TO give IL UP for the
day, but he insisted on continuing until he
was 80 absolutely exhausted that he could
do no more.
''Well, senior" the man said, "you have
done wonderfully well for a beginner, and
/ will guarantee that in another week you
will be able to ride any ordinary horse,
and in a month you will be able TO mount
fearlessly any animal that you may come
across, except. of course, a few brutes
that scarcely a vaquero on the ranch
would care to back" rr
Antonio's opinion was justified. II was
ten days before Juan was abe 10 ride
again and by that time william HarIan1
was so far accustomed to the saddle that
ne was able TO accompany him and his
father on their excursions to visit the herds
and see that all was going on we'll He
did not, however, give UP his lessons with
Antonio devoung three or four hours a
day 10 the work. and at the end OF ths
month he was able to sit any ordinary
bucker without difficulty. After that he
practiced for an hour a day on vicious
animals and at the end Of three months
Antonio said; NOW, senior. can do no
more for you; that brute that you have
been riding the last week is the terror
OF the ranch, and after sitting him as you
have done for the last three days. without
his being able to get rid Of you once, you
can ride anything without fear"
To be continued, =