Richmond daily palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1905-1906, 1906-02-05

the next week Miss Annesley gives her
groom a shock when she orders him TO
drive her for a call on his sister. For.
tunateiy he is not recognized by any or
his relatives.
CHAPTER ,xIII-Four days pass and and
butler; has met Count I<arlon twice and
has not been recognized. Miss Annesley
takes a notion TO ride Pirate who runs
cident with great difficulty by Warbur-
ton.
And Pirate surprised them both.
During the fipst mile he behaved HIM
self in the most genuemanly fashion;
and If he SHE'D once or twice. waltzed
little. 1t 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 reIievedly. Per-
haps, after all, 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
be more humiliations, more bitter pills
for him to swallow. 1t 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. ! am afraid that
she was beginning to feel self-import-
ant Now that her confidence was full
" restored. she never once spoke to
or looked at her groom. Occasionally
from the corner of her eye she could
see the white patch on Dicks nose
James," she said malic.ously and
suddenly. "go back FIVE yards. I wish
to ride alone"
Warburton, his face burning. fell
back. And thus she made her first mis-
take. The second and final mistake
came Immediately after. She touched
Pirate with her heel, and he broke
from a trot into lively gallop. Dick.
without touch of the boot, kept his
distance to foot. Pirate, no longer
seeing Dick at his side, concluded that
he had left his rival behind; and the
suppressed mischief in his black head
began to find an outlet. Steadily he
arched his neck: steadily but surely
he drew down on the reins. The girl
felt the effort and tried to Illustrate
1t. In backing her pull with her right
hand, the end of her crop flashed down
the side of Pirates head--the finish
ing touch. Th>re was a wild leap, q
blur Of dust, and Mr.. Pirate, well
named after his freebooting sires, his
head down where he wanted it, his
feet rolling like snare-drum, Mr.. Pr
rate. ran away, headed for heaven only
knows where.
For q brief moment Warburton lost
his nerve; he was struck with horror.
IL she could not hold her seat, she
would be killed or dreadfully hurt, and
perhaps disfgured. 1t seemed rather
strange, as he recalled it, that Dick,
instead Of himself. should have taken
the initiative. The noble sorrel, for
merly cavalry horse, shot forward
magnifcently. Doubtless his horse
sense took in the situation, or else
he did not like the thought of yonder
proud, supercilious show-horse beating
him In running race. So, q very fast
mile was put to the rear.
The girl, approaching her peril, did
as all good horsewomen would have
done; locked her knee on the horn and
held on. The rush of wind tore the
pins from her hair which, like golden
plume, stretched out behind her (Have
you ever read any thing like this be-
fore? ! dare say. But to Warburton
and the girl. it never occurred that
other persons had gone through like
episodes. 1t was real, and actual, and
single, and tragic to them.)
The distance between the two horses
began slowly to lessen, and Warburton
understood, in a nebulous way, what
the girl had meant when she said that
Dick could outrun Pirate. If Pirate
kept to the road. Dick would bring him
down; but II Pirate took it into his
head to vault a fence! Warburton
shuddered. Faster. faster, over this
roll of earth, Gathering across this
bridge, around this curve and that
angle. Once the sight of a team draw
ing huge grain-wagon sent shivel
to Warburton's heart. But they thun-
dered past with foot to spare. The
old negro on the seat stared after
them. his ebony face drawn with won.
der and the whites of his eyes showing
Foot by foot. yard by yard, the space
lessened, till Dicks nose was within
three feet of Pirates flowing tail
Warburton fairly lifted Dick along
with his knees. only wish | could
describe the race as my jehu told II
to me. The description held me by the
throat. I could see the flashing by OF
trees and houses and fields; the scam.
pering Of piccaninnies across the road
the horses from the meadows dashins
up to the fences and whinnying: the
fine stone and dust which Pirates rat
fling heels threw into my jehu's face
and eyes; the old pain throbbins
anew in his leg. And when he finall,
drew alongside the black brute ant