Waterbury evening Democrat., 1906-01-30


 with you. I did not wholly subjugate him the other day. He. pulls till my arms ache"
 Miss Annesley shrugged and patted Pirate on the nose and offered him a lump of sugar. The thirst for freedom and a wild run down the wind lurked in Pirates far-off gazing eyes. and he ignored the sign of conciliation which his mistress made him.
 'I am not afraid of him. Besides, Dick, can outrun and outjump him."
 This did not reassure Warburton, ROT did he know what this compari- son meant, being an ordinary mortal.
 With all respect to you, Miss An nesley, I am sorry that you are deter mined to ride him. He is most em- phatically not a lady's horse, and you have never ridden him. Your skirts will irritate him. and if he sees your crop. he'll bolt"
 She did not reply, but merely sig nified her desire to mount. No sooner was she mp. however, than she secretly regretted her caprice: but not for a hundred worlds would she have per- mitted this groom to knows But Pi- rate. with that rare instinct of the horse. knew that his mistress was not sure of him He showed the whites of his eyes and began paving the gravel. The girl glanced covertly at her groom small muscular Jumps appeared at the corners of her jaws. She would ride Pirate. and nothing should stop her; nothing. nothing. Womanlike. know ing herself to be in the wrong, she was furious.
 And Pirate surprised them both. During the first mile he behaved him self in the most sentlemanly fashion: and if he shied once or twice, waltzed a little. fl was only because he was full of life and spirit They trotted, they cantered. ran and walked. War burton. hitherto holding himself in readiness for whatever might happen, relaxed the tension of his muscles. and his shoulders sank relievedly. Per haps. after al. his alarm had been needless. The trouble with Pirate might be the infrequency with which he had been saddled and ridden. But he knew that the girl would not soon forget his interference. There would he more humiliaiions. more bitter pills for him to swallow It pleased him. however. tO note the ease with which Dick kept pace with Pirate
 As for the most beautiful person in all the great world I am afraid that she was beginning 70 feel self-import- ant Now that her confidence was fuI- ly restored, she never once spoke 10 or looked at her groom. Occasionally from the corner of her eye she could see the white patch on Dicks nose.
 James she said maIiciously and suddenly go hack five yards. wish 10 ride alone
 warbgrtOn. his face burning, fell back. And thus she made her first mis- take. The secOnd and final mistake rame immediately sfter She t0uched Pirate with her heel. and hr broke from a trO' into lively gall0p. Dick, withou, a fOurh of the hot. kept his distance 10 a foot Pirate. no longer seeing Dick al his side. concluded that he had Ieft his rival hahind: and the suppressed mis- hief in his black head began to find an outlet. Steadily he arched his ueck- steadily bus surely he drew down on fhe reins. The girl felt the effort and tried to fryEstTsts it In barking her pail Vith her right hand. the end os her crop flashed 6oun the side 0f Pirates hesd-the finish ing t0Bch. TheTs was a wild leap a blur 0f dus5. and Mr. Pirate. vel named sfter his frsebosting sires. his head S0wn wkere he wanted E. his fees rolling like 2 snzrs-drur- Mr Pi- rate raa away. headed fer heaven o1Iy kn0Er ukere
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