The old flag. [volume] (Philippi, W. Va.) 1861-18??, 1869-04-07

much better than your regimentals,' and
suggested thAti don Tho ono and don tho
other. To this asscfted moro readily n
I reflected that Woail4 have te pass ono
night nj leart IN thssEG. With no better
bed than the eh0F Vsder my feet; I had
barely tind - SunltyH before tho cars
clothes 70 ny iiisad Sish tho iniun u ioe
70 pack Shem IN a4SS ffnpk and express
them On 10 me, AID SsRed him my sdleu.
IarfAyod myself Id nlee, cool flannel
and locke ArounA 4he. thoughifulness
OF my. frienh had SAattpAted evory want.
An old caue AestcHfa9h stood In ono cor
mar. ,Tha Hrchh sSket-, WAS large and
yell Supplied. q me- tho oats I found .
sssi 6ssss4sste How cs!Iod
boughttul head -
rs sEftzf W Wefc $lfdfhg. yef wcs With
morning dow. AS sat drenmily ad-
mlring the beauty bef'ro mo, Guluare
came and. resting her head upon
Al I stroked her hne-haired, satin like
nose. recollection quickened and memo
ries OF our companionship in perils
throngcd into my mind. rode again that
midnight ride 10 Knoxville. when Burn
sido lay intrenched, desperately holding
his own. waiting for news from Chatta.
nooga Of which was the bearer, chosen
ton OF my mare. What riding that WAS
We started, ten riders Of US in all, each
with tho same message. I parted company
the FIRST hour out with all sAvo one, an
iron.grAy stallion or Messenger blood.
Jack Murdoch rode him, who learned his
horscmAnship from buffalo and Indian
hunting on the PlAins-nOt q bad school
To graduate from. Ten miles ont Of Knox
villo tho gray. his TANKS dripping with
blood, plunged up abreast OF tho mares
shoulders and foil dad and Gulnare and
passed through tho lines alone. hid
ridden The terrible race teiUOut ,cAip or
spur. With what scenes OF blood and
6ight abe would ever be aasociatedi And
then I thought of home, unvisited for four
long yenrs-thst homo I lsft q stripping,
but to which was returning q bronzed
and brnwny man. I thought OF mother
and Bob-now they would admire her /
OF old Bon. tho family groom, and of that
one who shall he nAmeloss, whose picture
/ had SO oflon shown to Gulnarc as tho
likeness of her future mistress had they
not all heard Of her, my beautiful mare,
she who came to me from the smoke and
whi1lwind. my battle gin! How they
would pat her soft, smooth sides, and tie
her mAno with ribbonr, and feed her
with all sweet things from open and ca
rcssins palm! And then thought Of one
who might come after her TO bear her
name and repeat At least somo portion
ri her beAuty-a horse hOnored and re.
nowned tho country through, because Of
the transmission Of the mothers fame.
About three o'clock In the afternoon
. change came over Gulnare. had
como and awEfened Iar W nnn e a a, nen
OF her nose. Tho moment l started up
saw that something WAS the matter. Her
eyes were dull and heavy. Never before
had ! Recn the light go out OF them. The
rocking OF the car as il went jumping and
vibrating along seemed To irritatc her.
She began TO rub her head aKninet the
aide Of the car. Touching it, found that
The skln over the brain was hot as fire.
Her breathing grew rapidly louder and
louder. Each breath was drawn with a
kind ri Gasping effort. The lids with
their silken fringe dropped wcarily over
the lustroless eyes. The head ,ank lower
and lower, until the nose nlmos. touched
Tho floor. The cars, naturally so lively
and erect. hung limp and widely apart.
The .dy was cold and scnsclcss. A
pinch elected no motion. Even my voice
was at last unhecded. To wor,l and touch
there came, for the first time in all our
intercourse, no response. l knew rs the
symptoms spread what was the matter
The signs bore all one way. She was in
the first stages Of phrenitis, or iDil.mu..
tion of tho brain. In other words. nv
6~Iufi)nt mare tnrS going mud.
=, WAS well yerscd 10 tho anatomy Of
the horse. Loving horses from my very
chilohood, there was li.tio in veterinary
practice with which I was not familiar.
!nBtinctiyciy, rs soon as tho symptoms
bad developed themselves, and i saw un.
der what isightful disorder Gulnare was
taooflng' l put my bard into my pocket
LOT my knife, in order TO open a vein.
There t,as no knife there. Fricnds, l have
met with many surpris.s. Moro than
once In battle and scout have been nigh
death; but never did my blood desert INV
VEINS and settle so around the heart, never
a'u such q slckeniDg sensation possess m c.
hs when, standing in that car with my
beautiful marc before me marked with
nose horrible symptoms, mado that
,n,e my knite, my sword, my pi0.
OF my friend, two hundred miles swsy.
Hastily, and with trembling fingers,
! searched my cloihes tho
lunch basket, my linen; not even a Din
S22la 4sAld, showed open tho Aiding
SaSSfS Aish b'Ssssss ana slfGn,
hoping 70 attract some brakemau's ntteA
n .,M mo train was laundering along Il
iull speed, and mono SOW or heard me. Il
knew her stupor would not last long. A
alight quiveriug of tho lip, sn occasional
spssm running through tho frame, tod mo
100 plainly that tho stage OF frenzy would
soon begin. hy God,' exclaimed in do
spair, as l shut tho door and turned toward
nor, must sec you die, Gulnarc, when
tho opening OF vein would save you!
have yon borno mo. my pot, through all
these years Of peril, the Icy chill Of winter,
tho heat and torment Of summer, and all
the thronglng dangers of hundred bloody
battles, only 10 die torn by fierco ngonics,
when 30 near a peaceful home.'
But little time was glyon mo 10 mourn
My lie was soon to DO la peril. and
must summon up tho utmost power OF ego
and limb to eDcnpo tho violence of my
tfcnziotl mare. Did you ever zee a mad
horse when his madness 10 on him. Take
your stand with me in tina, car, and you
shall see what suffering \ dumb creature
can endure before 1t dic7. In nn m ,iuly
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