Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-02-10

cd stimuIant that day was because he had been soured and would not try with his wits about him.
 From the time of coming back to Ringwood Allis had ridden him in all his exercise gallops, and had asked Mike personally to supervise his sta- ble education. It had taken all her great patience, all her youthful enthu- siasm and faith, for the chestnut had notions beyond all belief. At first. missing the abuse. he almost seemed to thirst for it.; tried the gentle girl in every way--sulked. and loafed, and took little streaks of trying to cut the course, and made false breaks as though he were going to run with full vigor: even laid hold of the horses with his teeth when opportunity offer ed. These antics did not break the girls faith; she rode him with a gen. tie hand a woman knows and horse soon learns to appreciate, and gave him to understand that he was to have fair treatment
 The first sign of regeneration was the implicit faith that Lauzanne be- gan to place in his young mistress. At AAASS t"A11 Cl1O put uP AdAo Io POI him he would jerk his head away in alright; now he snuggled her should CT, or nibbled her glove in full spirit of comraderie. Then one day in gal Top came strong manifestation, a brief minute of exhiliration, with after hours of thankfulness, and beyond that, alas for the uncertainty of & spoiled temper, an added period of wal lowing in the Slough of Despond.
 It was on a crisp, sparkling morn ing, and with Shandy-it was before his downfall--on Lucretia, another stable lad, Ned Carter, on Game Boy, swung off for working gaAlop of 8 mile or more. Lauzanne was in an inquisitive mood as the other two raced on in front What was his light weighted rider up to anyway? Why did she always leave it to him to do just as he liked? Was she really de- ceiving him? Did she wish him to lie back there behind the others always7 He fell to wondering what she would do If he were to take hold of the bit and spread his big muscles in one rushing gallop, and go on past the oth- CTS and get home to the feed box first. He rattled the snaf1e in his mouth with nervous indecision. He had notion to try 1t. s
 Steady, my boyi" said Allis. as she slipped the reins back through her fin- gers till they stretched tight. A dozen times she had sought in vain to make him think she did not wish him to gallop, but something in the crisp air this morning threw him off his guard. Why should he be forced to lag be- hind? He stretched the arch of his neck straight till the bit held hard in his mouth; the ears pitched forward in eager point; the great frame under the girl quivered and sank closer to the earth; the roar of his beating hoofs came up to her ears, muffied by the drive of the wind that was now a gale as the chestnut raced into it with the speed of an express. How her heart sang! Here was speed, and with such strlde-strong and straight, and trueI Low she crouched, and her call to Lau- zanne was but a joyous whisper. Her small hands were framed in steel, strength to steady the big chestnut as he swung around the course glued to the rail. On Lauzanne sped, and to the rhythm of his big heaving quar- ters the girls soul sang song of de- light. At last, at last was coming her reward. <. s.
 And then just when everything had been achieved, when the great gallop had brought them half up the stretch something came to Lauzanne-perhaps the memory of the whipping finishes; at any rate, he curled up like dog. threw his ears back-Allis could feel the sudden stiff prop of the forelegs i as he set himself against the rush of spsed-and in dozen strides he was Lauzanne again, Lauzanne the De- spised.
 And so it had gone on for weeks, AL lis working out her theory up to the time of the trouble over Diablo. There was something in the girls quiet de- termination that was masterful; per- haps that was why she had always had her own way at home. Now this mas tery was spreading out wonderfully; Lauzanne, and Mike, and her father, and Crane. and Mortimer. all in differ- --~----------