New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1905-12-03
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he had torn away the whole back skirt OF my gown
As he spoke he turned and gave confederation to
his story by the hanging ruins OF his long trailing
garment
In what shape then did Satan aPPear?' the
Abbot demanded.
"As a great yellow horse holy father-a monster
horse with eyes of fire and the teeth of griffin.
"A yellow horse!" The sacrist glared at the
scared monk. ''You foolish brother how will you
behave when you have indeed to face the King OF
Terrors himself if you can be so frightened by the
sight of yellow horse? 1t is the horse of Franklin
Awkward my father which has been distraincd by
us because he owes the Abbey fifty good sh1lhngs
and can never hope to pay it Such a horse, they
say, is not to be found betwiXt this and the King
stables at Windsor for his sire was a Spanish
destrier and his dam Arab mare of the very breed
which Sa1adn, whose soul now reeks in Hell, kept
for his own USE and it has been said under the
shelter of his own tent. l took him in discharge
of the debt and / ordered the Varlets who had
battered him TO leave him alone in the water
meadow for / have heard that the beast has indeed
a most evil spirit, and has killed more men than
one
1T was an i'll day for Waverley that you brought
such a monster within its bounds said the Abbot
IF the subprior and Brother John be indeed dead,
then it would seem that if the horse be not the
Devil he is at least the Devils instrument.
Horse or Devil holy father, heard him shout
with iov as he trampled upon Brother John and
had YOU seen him tossing the subprior as dog
shakes a rat you would perchance have felt even
as l did"
Come then" cried the Abbot, let with
our own eyes what evil has been done.
And the three monks hurried down the stair which
led to the coisters.
They had no sooner descended, however, than
their more pressing fears set at rest, for at
that very moment. 1imping, dsheveed and mud
stained the two sufferers were being led IN amid
a crowd of sympathzing brethren. Shouts and
cries from outside showed, however, that some
further drama in progress, and both Abbot
and sacrst FASTENED onward as fast as the dignity
of their office would permit until they had passed
the gates and gained the wall of the meadow
Looking over it, a remarkable sight presented itself
to their eyes.
Fetlock deep in the lush grass there stood a
MAGNIFICENT horse such a horse as a sculptor or
soldier might thrill to see. His color was light
chestnut with name and tail of more tawny tint.
Seventeen hands high with barrel and launches
which bespoke tremendous strength, he fined down
to the most delicate lines of dainty breed IN neck
and crest and shoulder He was indeed a glorious
sight as he stood there his beautiful body leaning
back from his widespread and ProPped fore legs,
his head craned high, his erect, his name
bristlng his red nostrils opening and shutting with
wrath and his flashing eyes turning from side to
side in naughty and defiance
Scattered round in a respectful circle, six of the
Abbey lay servants and foresters, each holding a
halter were creeping toward him. Every
plunge the great creature would turn upon one OF
his would-be captors, and with outstretched head,
flying name and flashing teeth, would chase him
screaming the safety of the wall, while the others
would close swiftly in behind and cast their ropes
in the hope of catching neck leg but only IN their
turn to be chased to the nearest refuge.
Had two of these ropes settled upon the horse and