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%k Wfa$m\i ??? San?jjrmt W?DIv??SDAY, DEC. 27,1893. OLD ACE. Can any pleasure in life compare With a charming drive ia the balmy air? ' A buggy light with shimmering wheel ; Springs whose resistance you barely feel ; A spirited horse of royal breed, ? With jost a little more style and speed Than any you meet, and i t ma tters not If his gait he pace or a swinging trot. The tassel sways on the graceful whip ; You grasp the reins with a tighter grip ; Tour horse is off for a splendid dash, And neeeds.no touch of the urging lash. Yon feel the puff of the startled air ; It floats his mane and it lifts your hair ! The hoof marks ?me io its measured beat, For the swelling nostril that scorns defeat 1 Ooe glorious day in the balmy spring John Dorr wai out with his new horse, King. Though both were rich, it was his design To buy him a faster horse than mine. By his side tba se?eecest:giri io tova, < Of handsome features and eyes so -brown That galing in where the lashes curled Was {ikara Tie w of another world, Where the angel lires and the angel sings, And she was oae that had dropped her wings And come to earth jost to let men see How sweet the angels in. heaven may be ! I envied the breeze its constant bliss Of passing ber cheek to stetl a kiss?' 9 I loved the giri when we both' were yoong; Bat getting older Fd lost my tongue. I learned in college Latin and Greek, Bot Cupid's language I could not speak, While Jack was perfect in Cnpid's art, The only lange age be knew by heart. I envied John in his ride that day, And jogged ole Spot in a leisure way, That two-mile drive to the sulphur spring, To test the speed of his new horse, King. John took the lead and it touched bis pride ; For the fastest horse and the fairest bride Had been bis boast 1 O?d I pass bim by ? M j heart, I reckon, could answer why I'm almost certain I lest the race By laggiog behind to look at Grace ! Jack seemed more proud of his horse that day Than he was of Grace, which made me say ; "Be sure of your game before you boast; From dead defeat there may rise a ghost ! Til race joe back to the town/1 said I. . "For Gracie's glove !" Bot he made reply : "What use to you is the senseless glove From the soft white hand of the girl I love? Suppose you win," he langbed in my face, "You get the mitten and Iget Grace!" Said I : "No trophy I would so prize - " And I caughra look from her soft brown eyes That drove the rest of .it out of my head i don't remember jost what I said ! John laughed away till bis eyes were wet. "Increase the wager; I'll take the bet !" "My glove," said Grace, "and *tbe band within, Shall berthe prize of the one to win !" I looked at Jobo, but be didn't chaff! He didn't saufe and be didn't laugh 1 . "Must I, rfc?n, raceyou for such a bride,'* Said John, "aod carry the load beside?" ' ; ( j "I'll carry," said I, . the precious load !" j Her bright eye flashed and her fair cheek | glowed ! She took ber stat with little ado ; I tucked the robe and my heart in, too ! Said I ! "Old Spot !" as I stroked bis neck, j And rubbed bis nose aud loosened his check, ! . 1 "?be's Bob's own Grace if you do your best !" j He pricked bb ears just as if he guessed ; The time bad come when bis master's need j Had staked all happiness on his speed. I When all was ready Grace shouted "Go !" j A word both horses seemed to know. You heard the hoof with its measured sway ; Pacing along the great highway. You saw the swell of the panting side, The pink that glows in the nostril wide. I knew old Spot, if he kept that pace, Would win my choice of the human race. No word was spoken between us two ; The tongue ts silent when hope is new. A mile, a mile and a half we sped, And still old spot was a neck, ahead. Jack touched bis horse with the tasseled whip; * Then Gracie, pursing ber rosy lip, Uttered a sound like a lover's kiss-pss-ss! pss-pss ! The world is ruled by a sound like this ! To urge a horse a capital plan, And often used to encourage mao ; But. she never dreamed she had let me in To ber heart's fond wish that I should win. ! ? Jfe- Wi- I i 1 The only time in the race she spoke Was when, over-urged, Jack's trotter broke i He's running bis horse and that's not fair!" ! And blushing up lo her auburn bair, She grabbed the whip from roy willing hand, | A move that John seemed to understand- \ For she raised it high as much as to say, Well, running's a game that two eau play ! j So he brought bim down to an honest trot, But couldn't keep up with dear old Spot, Who forged ahead when he saw the whip And passed the stake with never a skip. On through the village he kept his speed, For I was too happy to mind the steed ; He would not stop when the race was done, But si KT ted home with the prize he'd won ! Nor stopped till he reached the farm-house ; gate, Where good old mother was sure to wait. I know the horse is a trifle old, Bot you can't buy him with all your gold ! My Gracie loves him and pats bis neck, And says he's the best card in the deck : And robs his nose till be kisses her face. She changed bis name to dear old Ace, And smiling, says : "It's the proper thing, j For it takes the Ace to beat the King !" As she purses her lips for the well-known j smack, I'm glad the Queen didn't take the Jack !" j -FRID EMERSON BROOKS. WHAT A MOUSE DID. A Batty Community Found Time to Go to a Great Deal of Trouble. It was a sweet June day in town. The hour was on the stroke of 10. The peo? ple of Amsterdam avenue had break? fasted and were gazing from the win? dows of the six story flats upon the steam drill, the shovelers, the blasters, the masons, the roofers, the hod carriers, the iron workers and the other similar characteristics of that booming neigh? borhood. The distant hum of the.great business city seemed to come purring among the solid rows of brownstone palaces lifce the sounds from ia sleeping kitten, anon rising 'above the nearer sounds of the builder. Nature appeared to smile upon busy man and to gracious? ly approve of his industry. The sun shone upon not a single visible idler. - Upon this scene a little, innocent, li inch mouse obtruded. He had come from some debris of the morning and fright? ened by^his own, temerity or calculating on the general <x!cupation to pass unno? ticed hurriedly sought to cross the road. A grocer's boy forgot his lazy gait, crackly dropped his basket and dashed after the terror of elephants and women. | A driver stopped hi?; cart and jumped down -and headed tho fleeing animal off. He struck wildly at aim wit&.his.whip, and the grocer's boy yelled with pain. Pour men at work on a new excavation joined in the chase, and two shovels were smashed to fragments on the stones. Work on all the adjacent buildings ceased, and people came out from the stores and markets and took a hand in the scrimmage. They hutted against one another and stamped on each other's ti ?es in attempting to put an end to his fright? ened mo?sesnip. In the meantime the latter, so everlast? ingly scared that it ltad no wit left, ran about in a circle and this way and that, untouched, from the sheer multiplicity of its pursuers. Getting nearer the op? posite curb it finally discovered the friend? ly grocer boy's basket; and made a break for it. So did the now frantic mob. In two seconds the walk was strewn with green peas, tomatoes, cucumbers and other garden truck. One man who had no part in any of this stepped on a to? mato and fell with force enough to break every bone in his body, but only spoiled a snit of clothes. The grocer himself ran out and kicked the boy for setting down the basket. The whole neighborhood was excited and demoralized. The mouse got away. Evading the kicks and blows of a dozen men and *0 boys, it dashed into a cellar head first. It had found the worla\pretty busy, but not too busy to knock off and give a mouse a little exercise.-New York Herald. Buckleu's Arr lea Salve* The Best Salve to the world for Cots, Bruise: Sores. Ulcers, Salt Rheum. Fever Sores, Tetter, Chapped Hands Chilblains, Corns* and all Skin Emptions, and positively cores Files, or no pay required- It is guaranteed to give ter. feet satisfaction, or money refunded, ''rice 25 cents per box. For sa'e by Dr J. F. W De Lonne Por Over Fifty Years. Mas. 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