The Placer herald., 1873-04-19
MIX. SIIvEK'S HORSE.

we live, had been called away and wantec
% know if would see to lis horse through.
the day.
because ! occasionally saw him drive it out
OF the yard. and saw the stable every day
tut what kind of horse it was | didn'
know. never went into the stable for tw,
reasons: in the first place had no desire to
md secondly, didn't know as the hors,
cared particularly for company.
never took care or a horse in my life,
md had been of less hopeful nature, the
charge Mr.. Silver had left with me might
have had very depressing effect, but
told Mrs. Perkins would do it.
a" You know how to take care of horse,
don't your" she said.
gave her reassuring wink In fact, !
knew so little about it, that didn't think il,
safe to converse more huently than by
winks
After breakfast seized toothpick and
walked ont to the stable. There was nothin.
particular to do, as Silver h,d given him
his breakfast, and found him e1tng it, So
| looked around. The horse looked around
too; and stared pretty hard at me- There
was bnt little said on either side | hunted
up The loc' ton of the feed and then sal
down on peck measure, and fell TO study
ing The beast. There is wide difference IL
horses. Some of them will kick you over
md never look around to see what becomes
If you. don't like disposition like that
N horse, aud wondered if Stivers horse
was ole of them
" hen | c,me home at morn | went
Straight to the stable. The animal war
here all right. Silver hadn't told me what
to give him Fl r dinner and | had not give,.
'he subject amy thought; but went to the
oat box and filed the peck measure ana
sailed up to the manger.
" hen lie saw the oats he almost smiled
this pleased and amused him. emplied
llem into the trough ana left him above me-
to admire the way parted my hair behind
just got my head up in time to save the
whole of H.. lie had his ears back, his
mouth open, and looked as if he was on the
point of committing murder. Invent out and
hled the measure again, and climbed up the
ide Of HE stall and emptied it on top of hm.
He brought his head up so suddenly at ,hls
rhat Immediately got down, letting 90 OF
everything to do 1t. | struck on the sharp
edge of barrel and rolled over couple OF
times, and then disappeared under ha,
cutler. The peck measure went down on
lhe other side aud got mysteriously tangled
up i'll that animals heels, and he went II"
york ut it, and then ensued the most fearful
noise ever heard in all my lie, and hay,
b en- arred eighteen years.
1t did seem AS if never would get on
rom that hay cutter, and all the while
VAS struggling and w'renching myself and The
cutter apart, that awful beast was kickin,
round III that stall, and making the mos
appalling sounds imaginable.
" hen got out, found Mrs Perkins at
he door. She had heard the racket and
iad sped out 10 the stable, she only lhough'
OF me and three stove lids which she had
,nder her arm, one of which she was aboul
t, fire at the beast.
This made me mad.
"Go away, you unfortunate IDIOT" !
shouted, "do you want to knock my brains
out?' For remembered seeing Mrs. Per
<lns sling missile once before, and that !
nearly lost the use Of an eye by The opera
lion, although standing on the opposite side
of the house at the time.
She retired at once And a, the same
ine the animal quieted down but there wa,
nothing left Of that peck measure not even
the makers name.
followed Mrs. Perkins into the house
md bad her do me up, then sat down on =
chair and fell into profound tr in OF medi-
tntion After while felt bet er end wen
ont to the stable again. The horse was
leaning against the side of the stall, will,
Eyes partly closed, and appeared to be very
much engrossed in thought.
"Siep off to the left, said, rubbing m,
back.
He didn't step. got the pitchfork and
punched him in the leg with The handle. ii,
Immediately raised up both hind legs al
once, and that fork flew out of my hands and
went rattling W against the tmbers above,
md came down in an instant and The end o
he indie raped me with such force on
he top of the head that l sat right down o.
tn, floor, under the impression that | wa'
standing in front of drug store in thu
evening | went back into the house, anC
got some more stuff on me. But the Per
>ins grit was up in me and couldn't ke-l
way from that stable. | went out tier
gain The thought struck me that wha'
the animal wanted WAS exercise. If thar
thought had been an empty glycerine can i
would have saved "A w;ndiai Of luck for me.
But exercise would tone him down, anc
exercise him should. laughed at mysel
o think how | would trounce him aroun'
he yard didn't Iangh again that after
noon got him unhitthed, and then won
| Tered how ! WAS to get hin out Of the stall
without carving hun out. pushed, bu'
he wonldn budge. stood looking at him
n the face. thinking Of something appropriate
TO say, when lie suddenly solved the d'tfl
Guilty by veering. about and plunging for tn
loor. followed as matter Of course, be
cause had a tight hold ot the rope, and h'
bout very par ifon stud worth speaking
nf on HAT aide of the barn. Mrs. perkin