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Budge shouted, "I want a horsie, too!" and seated himself upon my chest. "This is the way the horsie goes," explained he, as he slowly rocked himself backward and forward. I began to realize how my brother-in-law, who had once been a fine gymnast, had become so flat-chested.
"Na, Grannie," answered Cosmo, "he never tellt me what ye hae tellt me noo. He did tell me 'at there was sic a man, an' the ill en' he cam til; an' I think he was jist gaein' on to tell me mair, whan Grizzie cam to say the denner was ready. That was only yesterday or the day afore, I'm thinkin', by this time. But what think ye could hae been in's held wi' yon jingle aboot the horsie?"
I hae often been i' the gran' drawin' room, when ye wad be lattin' the yoong laird, or somebody or anither ye wantit to be special til, see the bonny things ye hae sic a fouth o' i' the caibnets again the wa's; an' I hae aye h'ard ye say o' ane o' them yon bonny little horsie, ye ken,'at they say the auld captain,'at 's no laid yet, gied to yer gran'father I hae aye h'ard ye say o' that,'at hoo it was solid silver 'SAID TO BE, ye wad aye tack to the tail o' 't."
"Horsie, horsie, widie!" he cried, in the most beseeching, irresistible manner, just as he must have been accustomed to ask the men of the camp for a ride whenever they appeared with a horse. In an instant the Colonel was on the ground and had the little fellow in his arms. As no clew to the child's parents or relatives was ever found, the Colonel adopted him, giving him his own name.
Faster and faster went Gup through the dark woods his hoofs going "tat-a-tat-too," and he didn't bump into a tree or a bush, and he did not jar off Buddy or Dr. Possum, and pretty soon there they were safe at Dr. Pigg's house, and Dr. Possum gave Buddy's papa some medicine that soon made him better. Then Gup, the kind horsie, took Dr.
But, finding that the horse was very gentle and did not try to reach back and bite his legs, Freddie began rather to like it. "Go 'long, nice horsie! Go 'long!" called Freddie, and he clapped his heels against the sides of the animal. The horse went along all right fairly out on to the race track, and just as the race was starting! "Here! Where you going?" "Come back with that horse!" "Look out!
He bent his head. "Yes, little sweetheart," he answered, in shaking tone, "very ill. God grant you may never know how ill." "But you're most well, now, aren't you daddy?" she asked, brightly. "I hope so," he replied. "Ah, how I hope so." Lips and voice both quivered, now. "And we can play horsie?" she asked. "Yes," he assented.
Then rapidly to cover up his ignorance he pointed confidently to a somewhat similar fowl and said sagely, "And there's another!" The curious moth-eaten and shabby appearance that captive camels always exhibit was accurately recorded in his addressing one of them as "poor old horsie." And after watching the llamas in silence, when he saw them nibble at some grass he was satisfied.
Perched on his shoulder was Baby May, her tiny hands grasping his thick, wavy hair, and her tiny feet kicking, as she squealed in glee. "Misser Bill my horsie," she announced. "Me go ridy-by." "IS there something on my shoulder?" asked Bill, seemingly unconscious of his burden. "I thought a piece of thistledown lighted there, but it may have blown off."
Perhaps he thought the ringing of the bell meant for him to start. So away he ran, going faster and faster with poor Freddie bobbing up and down, but still clinging to the animal's neck. It was all Freddie could do, as there was no saddle horn to grasp. "Whoa! Whoa!" begged the little chap. "Nice horsie! Whoa now!" It was not so much fun as Freddie had at first thought to take a ride in this way.
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