The Orangeburg news. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1867-1875, 1871-09-23

II.
You may haze him says the man
as quick as fash, but you'll repent oI
your bargain in q week,
Why, what ails thcIborsc p says faith
er.
'Ails him? He's got old Nick in
him, that's what ails him. says he, III
he has a will to so, he'll go; but if he
takes a notion to stop. NIL creation can.
start him. I've stool aud beat that
horse till the sweat runoff me in streams.
I've fired a gun off close to his ears
I've burnt slavings nndor him. j
might have beat him to death and roast-
ed him alive before he'd bulge an inch.
'I'll take the horse says father.
whats his name 2
George says the man
Il shall call him George said faith
We'll, father broughtshim home, and
we boys were nighty pleased, aud we
fixed Il place for him ID the barn, and
curried him down aud fed him WELL and
father said talk to him, boys, and let
him know you feel friendly.' SO we
coaxed and pettcd hiaa and the next
morning father harnessed him and got
into the wagon to g, But George
wouldn't stir Il step. Father got out aud
patted him, aud we boys brought hu,
apples and clover tops,sand once in a
while father would say Sect up Gcor-
gia,' hut be didn't strike blow. BY
and-by he says: This is going to take
him. Well, George, weswill see, which
has got the most patience, you or L. So
he sat in the wagon aud took out the
skc et0ns---'
'skcl' tons?' said Pcppet, inquiringly
'Of sermons, yon kuow. Ministers al
ways carry round little book To pu,
down things they think Of when they
are walking or riding Father say, he :
planned ont many scriiln whur he WAS
h"cing iii Z Sartlep.
- I-saw him wr,,tiing eohe eown si tn.
un IL potatoe hill, said Levi.
We'll, don't be intcrruprilg me or |
shall never get through. Father SIT full
1, LII 81,
start but when he did, there was no
more trouble for that d Y. The next
muimimS it was the same thing over
again, only Georyic gave in Il little soon
er. All the while it seemed as If lnthu,
cunldn't 10 enough for The horse. lie
vas around the stable, feeding and fuss
Ing over him, and talking to him il his
pleasant, gentle way (!nlks say father
can quiet old cgazy David Downing
across the street, any timc, by jus,
spanking to him) aud the third morning
when he had fed, and curlc.l and h;.r.
nossrd him with his own lanlS. there
WAS diffsrcnt look in The horses eyes.
But when father WIS ready to 20
Gcorgie put his feet together and laid
his ears back, and wouldn't stir. Well
Dove was playing about the yard, she
brought her stool, and climbyd up to the
horses head. Dove tell Pop what you
said to Georgia that morning
Il gave him an awful talking to- said
the little girl. Il told him it was per-
tcctly 'cdiculous for him to act So that
he'd come 10 !. real good place to live
where everybody helped everybody
that he WAS IL minister's horse, and OH ght
to set a good example to all other horses
That's what | told him. Then | kissed
him on the nose.
'And what di George do?
wv" l., -.,..,. ~.v., ..o.y. said, and
when got through he felt 50 'shamed
of himself he coudn' / hold up his head;
50 he just dropped it, till it III ,st touched
the ground, and he looked us shcepish
as if he had been stealing hundred
sheep
Yes, said Reuben, 'aud when father
told him to so he was off like shot
He has mover made any trouble since
That's the way father cured balky
horse. And that night, when he was
Embarrassed, lie rubbed his head against
fathers shoulder, aud told him as plain
as horse could speak, that he was sor.
ny. He's tried to make up with fi,hel
ever since for the trouble he made him.
We boys have great times catching him