The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1906-05-26

Like their mistress" was Warbur-
IONS mental supplementary.
Father hasn't ridden for years
however. The groom ! discharged this
morning Was capable enough on the
Don. bnt he was worse than useless to
NE in my mornin" rides ride from
nine I'll! eleven. even sundays some
times. Remain here till return"
As she disappeared Warburlon drew
i'll an exceedingly long breath and re
leased j, slowly. Heavens. wha, an
orccal. lie drew the back OF his hand
across his forehead and found it moist
MOI word about the fine; he mus,
breach II and thank her. All, 10 ride
with her every morning, to adius, her
Stlrrup. to obey every command to
which she might give voice. 10 feel
her small boot replse his palm as
she mounted: Heaven could hold moth,
ing greater Than this. And how easily ii
woman may be imposed upon, De
rided'y, Mr. Robert was violently in
love
When she returned there was Il sun
''hIN' VII I'l iltdu. ana SNP llau PM
ned the peoples ON her breast. (Why?
couldn't tell YOU. unless when all
Is said and done, be he king or valet
man is always a man; and if per-
chance he is blessed with good looks
llttl" more than man. You will
understand that in this instance ! am
trying Io view things through Il wonl~
ans "y"Sl With nod she hadc him
precr'lc her and they went ont toward
the stables. She noted the fla, back
the square shoulders the easy, graceful
swing of the legs
Have yuu been a soldicr?" she
asked suddenly.
lie wheeled. His establishment could
not he disguised quickly enough to
ESCAPE her virilant eyes. Once more
he had recourse to the truth.
Yes. Madam. |, was as 1roolc.
that learned Craftsmanship"
What wsiment?"''
j prefer not to say. '--Quietly.
Il do not like mysteries, "-briefly.
Madam. YOU have only to dismiss
me, to permit me to thank YOU for pay
ine my fine and to reimburse you at the
earliest opportunity"
She closed her lips tightly. No one
hut herself knew what had been on the
verge of passing across them
Let MS proceed to the stables" was
all sll" said, IF You prove Yourself
Il capable l!orscman, that is all | de.
sire"
The stahle-hoy slid back the door
an1 The two entered Warburton
glanced quickly about, all was neat
ness There was light and ventilation
TOO. and III" b"N-stalls We're roomy
The Girl stopped before a handsome
bay mare which whnnied when il saw
her. Sh" laid her cheek against tn"
animals nos" and talked that soft Jar
:'Gn so embarrassing to man and SO in
irlIlSible 10 babies and pet animals.
Lucky horse! he Thought! hut his
fac" expressed nothing.
This is lane, my own horse, and
there are few living things love so
well. Rrnnmln'l thiS She is Il thorough
bred. first class hunter: and | have,
done more than fv" feet on her at
nome"
she moved ON. WarhurtOn folluwin.
sohrrly and lhunnhtiully There was Il
GOOD deal to think of Just now. The
more he saw nf this girl. the less he
understood her pllrpos" in hiring him.
She couldn't possibly know anything
.Ir. Ia,
his beard gone he dctic,l her to recOg-
nize in him the man who Travelled
across the Atlantic with her A high
bred woman. such as she was. would
scarcely harbor any kind of feelings
toward a man WHO had acted as lie
Nancy the way he had kissed her, he
would have broken every bone in his
body or hired some one 10 do il. And
she had paid his fine at the polirc-sta-
ton and had hired him on probation,
Truly he was in the woods and there
wasn't a sign of blaZed trail ct
will he seen that my hero hadn't had
much experience with women. She
knew nothing of him whatever She
was simply curious and brave enough
TO attempt to bav" this curiosity graft
fled. or course. do not venture to say
mat. had he been coarse in appear
ance, she would have haa anything to
do with him.D.
"'rhiS is Dick, my fathers horse, 49,
noddnE toward sorrcl, large and
well set M, j, will ne yuur mount
'fhe animal in the next stall is Pirate"
Pirate WAS the handsnmrst black
%cllinS WarhnrtOn had ever laid eyes
on.
What a beauty be exclaimed en-
thusstaically. forgetting that groums
should he utterly without enthusiasm.
He reached ont his hand to pat the
black nose, when warning cry re-
strained him. Pirates ears lay Nat.
Take care! He is bad-tcmmred
animal. No one rides him and we
keep him only to exhibit at the shows
Only half dozen have ridden him
with any success. He won't take a
curb in his mouth and he always runs
away. II takes a very strong man 10
hold him in. | really don't believe
that he's vicious, only terribly mis-
chievons, like bullying boy"
II should like to ride him.
The girl looked at her new groom in
a manner which expressed frank as
tOnishmenl. Was he in earnest, or
was it mere braVadO? An idea came