The Brookhaven leader., 1884-10-30

always sufficient; for il the lady talked
or laughed, Jenny would actually re-
cognize her voice, and the usual
scene would he forthwith enacted.
Now, the most singular part of this
story is, that this lady was, like all her
family, a genuine lover of all animals,
especially horses. She was very foLd
of. Jenny, and had tried In every way to
make friends with her, and therefore
her dislike to her mistress was all the
more unaccountable, as there was not 8
shadow of cause for it. We can all un-
derstand dislike on the part of any ami.
NAL where there has been any sort OF
ill-usage; but it is wholly inexplicab!e
when nothing but love and kindness has
been invariably practiced towards thai
animal.
Jennie am afraid was a great pet,
and like all pets, was full of fads and
fancies. One of these was certainly pc
culiar. Not far from the doctors resi-
dence there was a peculiar gate opening
into field. AS soon as Jenny came
near this gate, she would commence hei
tantrums, rearng, kicking, plunging,
jibing. and altogether declining to pass
it, and it was not until after the exercise
of great amount of patience and per.
severance, by repeatedly leading her
after much opposition-up to the gate
and making her see it and smell it
thereby proving to her that it would dc
her no harm-that at length she was
brought to pass it quietly and without
notice. What could have occasioned
this strange antipathy to orc particular
gate, it is Impossible to guess, for, until
she came into the doctors possession,
she had never been in that part of the
county, and therefore could have had nc
unpleasant recollcctions of this gate
in any way. 1t is. however, possible
that the gate in question might have
strongly resembled some other gate
elsewhere with which were associated
disagreeable memories; for well re-
member that, some years ago, | often
rode a fine young mare which had only
recently come from Newmarket, where
she had been trained. At first, she could
never be induced to go down Rotten
Row without a great deal of shying,
jibbing, and rearing, and other signs OF
resistance and displeasure. And this
was subsequently, explained by the fac,
that the place where she was trained
and exercised at Newmarket was long
road with range of posts and rails,
closely resembling Rotten Row; and
doubtless the mare was under the i'm
preston that this was either the same
place, or that she was about to be SUBJ
jected to the same severe training which
she had undergone at Newmarket; hence
her determined opposition.
One more trait of Jenny's odd anti
pathies must be mentioned before l con
clude, and that was her fixed aversion
to new of the working peasant class
She would never let such a man hold
her by the bride. or even approach her
without trying to bite him, and jerking
her head away with every sign of snge
and aversion whilst he stood near. Blu
she never exhibited any feelings of dis
like to well-dressed, clean, comfortable
looking persons, who might have done
almost anything with her, and will
whom she would ''shake hands, or kis
in the gentlest possible manner. OF 1
truth. Jenny was certainly unique in he
o6d fancies and peculiar behavior il
every way; a singular mixture of goot
and evil-a spiteful, vindictive tempe
on the one hand, combined with the ut
most affection and docility on the other
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