Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1906-10-02

remarks, DuI Sne WAS d "Oiiidh, oh'
she had never read Somerville.
I dressed myself, walked out, walked
my servant. and ordered my horse
Truly 1t was a lovely morning for TIT
season of the year; December neve
ushered in one more lovely. Like
sheet Of snow the frost overspread th'
earth. Not breath was stirring. Th'
coming huntsman had sounded hi
horn upon a distant hill, and its unre'
peated notes had died away. A cloud
less sky o'erspread the earth, as rici
in beauty as ever won the gaze o.
mortal Upon the western verge, In al
his martial glory, stood Orion. his burn
ished epaulets and spangled sash witt
unusual brightness glowing. Capells
gIittered brighter still, and Castor
Procyon, and Arcturus rivalled her II
lustre. But Sirius reigned the monarch
of the starry host; and countless myr.
lads of lesser lights glowed, ant
sparkled, and twinkled DER all the
widespread canopy.
"Oh!" exclaimed /, how rich, how
beautiful, how glorious the armament!
See yonder is Bootes in the chase!
His Chara and Asterion drive on the
lusty Bear! Who shall condemn the
chase, when its pleasures are written
in characters of deathless fire upon the
face Of the heavens?"
was lost In admiration CT the splen-
dors which surrounded me, when an
other sound of the majors horn in
formed me that he was upon the con-
fines of the village; and at the same
instant my servant announced that my
horse was in waiting. AS I approach
ed him for the purpose Of mounting.
Z Master" said he. you gwine fox
huntin' on da hoss?"
YES" said !. promptly; why"
"Eh-eh," rejoined he, with litter.
why, what is 1t amuses you so
Isaac?"
"B'ess de Lord Smooth-tooth want
never made for fox-huntin', know
He too lazy, b'ess de Lord. Time de
houn' give one squall, dey dore left
Smooth-tooth clean outen sight an
hearin'."
"Oh, l presume not, Isaac" said 4
81 shall not attempt to keep up with
the hounds. I shall just keep in full
hearing Of them by cutting across and
heading them"
"Eh-eh! Fox run twice round a field
fore Smooth-tooth cut across him,
know; b'ess de Lord"
One would suppose that Isaacs hint
would have reminded me to take g
whip or spur. or both, along with me;
but 1t did not.
Crocket's horn was answered by
several from the neighboring hills; and
before 1 had proceeded the eighth Of
a mile towards the point Of rendez-
vous, a loud chorus of horns and bea.
giles announced that all were assem-
bled but myself. I raised my rams
horn and blew a more propitious bias
than my first, in token that I was or
my way. My horse, as the reader ha!
perhaps conjectured from the colloquy
just repeated, was not Somerville':
clean, generous steed"; but he was {
horse Of uncommon gravity and cir
cumspection. I gave him the name o
Smooth tooth simply because, wher
he became my property, the faces o
his teeth were generally worn smooth
Though he was kind and accomodat
ing enough in all matters of business
he had an utter aversion te every
thing like levity, and to all ramble
which seemed to have no definite OBJ
ject Age had done much, doubtless
in SOLDERING Smooth -tooth's temper
but infirmity had conspired with ag'
to produce this effect, for he was mos
lamentably deaf; so that the common
remark Of our state in relation to aget
horses, "he has heard 1t thunder to'
often" would by no means have ap
piled to Smooth-tooth; for, to my Ger
tain knowledge, he had not heard l
thunder for five years at least.
/ bent my course towards the village
and as Smooth tooth was wholly un
conscious Of the uproar there, he Sc
out, as usual, upon gentle pace. B.
diligent application of heels, sig
nified to him that I looked for some
thing more sprightly upon this occa
sion. Smooth tooth took the hint, ant
mended his pace; but I informed him
as before, that this would not do. H
then paced brisker still; but this di
not abate my rigor. He then pace
to the top of his speed, and findini
me still unsatisfed, he struck, mos
reluctantly, into a lazy canter. Thi
reduced my beats from triple to com
mon time, but did not bring them t
full pause. At the end Of five long
Iawkward, reluctant lopes, Smooth
tooth stopped with a demi-semiquave
rest, and wheeled at the same instan
to go home, in utter disgust; for h
seemed now to have satisfied himsel
that l had taken leave of my senses
and that it was high time for him t
throw himself upon his reserve
rights" AS l always entertained
high respect for these, l accommodate
ed myself to his views, after havin
discovered that he was not to be force
out of them. There was, however
some policy mixed with my clemency
for, slowly as Smooth-tooth moved l
his master effort, he walked up an ar
tificial breeze, which seemed to scare
the very cavities of my bones, an
which already produced some unac
knowledge yearnings for the comforta
BILE bed which l had deserted.
When l reached the village l foun
all the huntsmen collected; and afte
a little delay, occasioned by dog
fight, or rather, a fight Of one do
against all the rest for hounds, lik
the willy politicians Of the present da!
all jump on the undermost), we move
forward to the hunting ground. Thi