. Zigzag journeys in the White city. With visits to the neighboring metropolis . THE FOLK-LORE SOCIETYS QUEER STORIES. 63 BLINGO, THE BLACKSMITH. Tommy Topp sat sunning himself in the wide open door of Blingos black-smith shop, when a cloud of oust appeared in the highway; a chariot presentlybroke into view from the dusty cloud, and four black horses stopped underthe golden elms that shaded a rustic watering-trough near the rural smithy. This was a strange event. People did not ride in chariots in Massachu-setts during the last century, as a rule, and never in a chariot like MACMONNIES
. Zigzag journeys in the White city. With visits to the neighboring metropolis . THE FOLK-LORE SOCIETYS QUEER STORIES. 63 BLINGO, THE BLACKSMITH. Tommy Topp sat sunning himself in the wide open door of Blingos black-smith shop, when a cloud of oust appeared in the highway; a chariot presentlybroke into view from the dusty cloud, and four black horses stopped underthe golden elms that shaded a rustic watering-trough near the rural smithy. This was a strange event. People did not ride in chariots in Massachu-setts during the last century, as a rule, and never in a chariot like MACMONNIES (COLUMBIAN) FOUNTAIN. The vehicle was not of the classic Roman pattern, such as swept underthe triumphal arches in the purple days of the emperors; nor, indeed, a statecoach like the disjointed affairs of the days of good Queen Anne. But it wasas lively and picturesque in color as a band carriage of to-day, and it was 64 ZIGZAG JOURNEYS IN THE WHITE CITY. ornamented with a very curious coat-of-arms, the design of which was myste-rious, and probably was intended to be so. Tommy Topp started up with eyes wide with wonder. Blingo dropped aniron whiffle-tree that he was making, and ran to the door, shading his eyes withhis sooty hand.
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