The Rutland daily globe. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1873-1877, 1873-07-17

Grandma bemoaned her cruelty, and
begged to get out but the lads wouldn't
give up 50 with frequent stoppages, some
irrepressible laughter and much persistent
effort, the old lady was safely landed at the
front door. No sooner was she fairly down
than she did what | fancy might have a
good effect on four-legged steeds, if occa-
sionally tried. She Rugged both boys, pat
ted and praised them, helped pull off their
harness, and wiped their hot foleheads.
with her own best Sunday handkerchief,
then led them in and fed them we'll
The lads were in high feather at the sue.
cess of their exploit, and each showed it in
a different way. Charley laughed and
talked about it, offered to trot grandma out
any day, and rejoiced in the strength of his
muscles, and his soundness in wind and
limb. But Ned sat silently eating his din
ner, and when some one asked him if he
remembered the text of the sermon he an
swered in grandma's words, "A mercifu
man is mercful to his beast"
"Well, don't care, that's the only text
| remember, and | got a sermon out of it,
any way" he said, when the rest laughed
at him, and asked what he was thinking
about
81 seem to know how Major feels when
we keep him waiting, when don't blanket
him, and when expect him to pull his
heart out, with no time to get his breath.
I'm going to beg his pardon after dinner,
and tell him all about it,"
Charley stopped laughing when sober
Ned said that, and he saw his father and
mother nod to one another as if well
pleased.
"I'll go too, and tell the old fellow that [
mean to uncheck him going up hill, to
scotch the wheels so he can rest, and be
ever so good to him if he'll only get well. +"
And don't forget to pet him good deal,
my dears, for horses like to be loved and
praised and thanked as well as boys, and
we can't do too much for the noble crea-
lures who are so faithful and useful to us, g"
said Mrs. jerks, quietly, touched by the
new state of feeling.
"lts my opinion that the sickness among
the horses will do a good deal of good by
showing folks the great value of the beasts
they abuse and neglect. Neghbor Stone is
fussing over his old Whitley as if he was
child, and yet I've seen that poor brute I'M
mercifully beaten and kept half starved
| told Stone that if he lost him it would be
because kind treatment came too late and
Stone never got mad, but went and poured
vinegar over a hot brick under Whitey's
nose till he almost sneezed his head off
Stone has got lesson this time, and so have
some other folks
AS the farmer spoke, he glanced at the
boys, who remorsefully recalled the wrongs
poor Major suffered at their hands, not
from cruelty, or thoughtlcncss, and both re-
solved to treat him like a friend forever
more.
"Wcll," said grandma, looking with ten
der pride at the ruddy faces on either side
of her, I'm thankful to say that have
never missed Sunday for twenty years,
and I've been in all sorts of weather, and
in all sorts of ways, even on an ox-sled one
time when the drifts were Deep but Inever
went better than to-day so in this dish of
tea I'm going to drink this toast: Easy
rods light loads, and kind drivers, to
grandma's team. "-LOuisa ". AlcOtt, in
| Youths COmp0niOR.