The Morning herald., 1877-05-11
[ss putnal1'S Colt.

!. , nretty creature; q delicate, red
low color, deepening to jet bIacl
i,oo hoofs and ears, while the long
% flowing tail and waving, abundan
we're nS delicately shaded, catching
,ber her lights in their highest curves
erv hair toned down to soberes
d at the ends.
lad / large, soft eyes; fine, slender
and graceful, arching neck; ane
M knew its good points better than it
Miss Irene Putnam.
WAS a stauuch, straightforward, New
,d spinister, as proper and Puritanit
name. and a very brief acquaint.
rouId show any one that she had
vn ideas of life's proprieties, as
nd changeless as the claws Of the
and Persians."
dainty colt was a part Of the farm
and so was counted in AMONG Miss
MA possessions, without any especial
ion, for the farm had been left her
father, and she had carried it on as
kcuIly as he had ever done.
Doctor Walden, living mile away
oked with longing eyes upon the colt;
IN horse was growing old and dull,
! that il would be like q glimpse Of
i(e to hold the reins over that glossy
to watch the set of those fine ears,
ching of the graceful neck.
bou shalt not covet," he said to him.
md had laughed at the schoolboyish
bf; but all the came he wanted the
last he gathered up his courage, and
I'D, one warm summer night at the
lard barn, just as Miss Putnam was
g out with five or six shining tin
pals on her arms, 10 milk the COWS
he would not trust to any other hand.
bod evening, Miss Putnam" said
bctor.
E woman turned, not swift or slow
with 4 firm, decided motion, and
ng the speaker full in the face, said
anybody sick down to Hiram's~
10, oh no; in fact the village is remark
healthy this season, and there are very
beople sick anywhere"
am glad to hear it. You spoke SO
en, you started me;;" and as though
bettled the matter, she moved on.
(e doctor coughed, whistled few
!, and then said:
Hiss Putnamp'
e rose with the milking stool in her
J; and fixed her clear, questioning eyes
i'm, but did not speak.
was a-thinking-that is, / don't sup
its any sort of use to say anything
t it, but | was a.wondering if you had
thought Of selling that sorrel colt Of
="
keen, salirical light shot into the gray
and with almost a laugh, she answered
don't know as there's any law agains,
n buying horse if he wants to. You
ut stammer SO over it."
hen you will sell him"
did not say so"
ut yo!! mean it-you implied itw
o." The word was prompt and de-
e, and the tone had a dash of bitter
IN it. "That colt was born and brought
! this f,rm-same as was, and here
Ill DO his work, and live and die-.Le
as / SHALL"
e sat down again as she said this, and
doctor, still leaning on the bars,
hear the soft cheeI, cheel, cheel.
'heel, as the milk streamed into the
forced by the strong grasp of Miss
ANS gentle fingers.
thought how invaluable such a
active, self-possessed woman would
'ong sick people, especially children,
mothers were generally panic strick-
"a utterly useless.
knew her house was neat as wax
her farm we'll cared for but seldom
Dice of eth or kin was held there,
ever ,i a little child played around her
Musing thus he did not notice that
all was full until the straight, 1.-THE
stood before him; then recovering
'nlsclousness, he said:
,Oetg your pardon, Miss Putnam, ! |
! nave not offended you?"
o. she answered, "I do not take |
easily; but" and her voice grew |
oi!ter than before, II am not in the
o. raising stock to sell, and / hardly |
IL would pay at this time Of life, to |
p the business of a horse jockey"
ms time she had taken another pail
herself by another COW, and was
on with her work.
el,weel, cheel-weel, went the milk, /
sharp ring against the bottom Of the
'na 10 this tune the doctor walked
thinking.
y next day, calling to see a sick child
'a 1t down with scarlet fever, and
me week was out a dozen more
mad annoor,J IT. l i