Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1886-08-03

fau sitt otfhtt' sht sese NV ~
come back. that we did not want . man
the horse had turned round. She di'
no, hear q, first. aud | screamed s,il
louder ,ha, we did no, want man
Nov she heard. and turned. wAlkinI
with grea, slowness and dignity iosn'
me. Something in her Apec, made nj
look about. and | saw aecn,lsmsn with
In . few feet Of me. lie did no, At
temp, TO disguise his msrrimeni. III
said Il did not appear TO be good tim
Tor him TO call. and be would 20 on
lie MAS no, urged TO stay. bu, he was In
viied TO call some other time aud sec ih'
horse that we had taken 70 keep
A. soon as possible We hurried in,
the barn and found Jacob with his hsa'
in the meal barrel. We pulled him ou
aud decided ihs, he eouI no, be lcos
In hi. boz. 80 We tied him TO the man
ger just a, IL he had been in stall. III
WAS all righ, nov. I, being sunset. W
placed hay aud o.,. before him and lei
him.
The nigh, passed qastly. When
ven, TO the barn in the morning s~
plainly that | had no, fed the hor.
enough. lie had eaten everything hs'
given him. all the beddias. sni abou
one.h.lf Of the msnger. which W. made
& Thick pine plank. Also q shsllo-
hole was gnawed on, Ia The partition
| fastened TO give him bis breakfast. an
gave him In my anxiety three times a.
much /. the usual quantity. | told my
sister wha, | had discovered. and 'h'
informed me ,hs, We should have to hav'
our .,abl. aud eating box lined through
ou, with Iine. for !, ~s no, beeaus'
Jacob Was hungry. II WAS because h'
WAS "eribber" ,h., be bad done ,hi'
thing.
She proved to be right. In less thar
. week We had the zinc put on. and
only barely in time then 10 save the walls
and foundation. ! watched the hor''
once saw him take hold Of the ~ood
and pull and grun,. lie .. los, and
bewilderd when he oouh no, do that
| think |, va, for lack Of this occupation
,h. be 20, into trouble the very hr'
nigh, AFTER hi. dwelling was repaired
We we're awakened sbon, midnight by
. noise which a, fr, We ooild no, place,
bu, Of course a. We had h.d no real free.
dom since Jacob had come. We immedi.
a,sly though, be ". the cause OF Il
We dressed huuiedly. ligh,sd the Ian.
tern and wen, on, into the summer night,
which was full Of swee, o,ior. and the
hum Of insects. A ~hippoor~ill was
singing on the grinds,ons under the
cherry tree n we opened the back door
when we reached the stall our hearts
sank. There was the horse 'prawled
out. wi,h yard. and yard. u hind legs
on the door behind him. lie Was not
struggling now. he Was lying perfectly
still. hi. head on hi. side Although We
had never seen horse like this before,
We were sure ,hs, he WAS in = ~.
ran TO our ne.re., nsighbor. ruth.
ls.,ly pounded and called until be came
to the window. when Informed him
that tha, gray bore W. IN = III. and
would be come nigh, up lie said he
would. and ran back, being perfectly
brss,hls- and hslple. when | reached
home.
Gertrude was sitting on a stool behind
the horse. looking q, him. lie lay just
the same.
81 wouldn', run myself 10 DEATH" she
said. III don't know ,hs, !, is required
Of Us ,hl, We give our live' tor this torse.
though hi, family are 10 Europe !
wish they were here with Us. gazing at
their pet"
The man came. lie said the hore
Was no, in ii,. lie MAS well enough
he ~ss only cast.
"Only cas-, :" cried my sister. "Wha,
more would you have Ho" long does a
horse stay cas-, p
"whs, you wan, is 4 good plank.
said our nsishbOr.
We found good plank. lie laid one
end Of il over jacobs hird leg'. and
there MAS ample opportunity 30 to do
then be directed Gertrude and me TO get
on the plank and stand firmly. while he
ven, in the stall. We did no, see what
be did, we were too much occupied with
~h., We were doing, for We obeyed him
Immediately there was a moveme'.
lareh. an upheaval. The legs were
drawn up. and we flew of across The
barn Gertrude. nose began to bleed,
but only sustained general bruises,
which counted nothing. The horse
WAS standing.
III guess he's all rish, now" says oul
friend. "rll hitch him up 80 high he
can't get hi, head down; ef be can't Dc
ths, he can't lie down. guess he tried
to roll. Better put him in q nsuere'
stall. To much room. Horses dom
try to roll in nAner stalls"
When dayligh, came we harne.sed oul
own horse and wen, for carpenter tt
make q nsner stall. Ba, We never u'eC
il after II was made more than half
doren times. We turned Jacob ou, t'
pasture and drove kentucky. lsm'
though she Was. The reason why vi
did this was because to harness Jacob wa
more than we were able to do often.
Az our frt a,temp, he got away from
US six times as we tried to put his bridls
on. The ins,an, we slipped Oft bis head
stall be flung up his head even highe'
than usual. mountain high !, seemed to
us, and went ou, doors II he could. o
back into his stall. One OF US led hin
out. the other stood on . chair with ,h'
bride 10 complete iesdines TO pa, on HI
head. No his teeth were shut hard. an'
his head Was. so far as We were coneened
miles of. Only those who tried II on
ho, summer day know how eIs'peraie'
and how helpless we were. Ba, We di'
succeed. Then We went into the hous'
and rested. When We came out ,h
sight Of the beas, attached to . Low
phaeion made us feel that cur labor va
thrown away. He looked higher thai
ever; he WAS monstrous. He woul,
have looked tall In T-eart or an omni
bus. When We sat down and ! took tn
reins, they came to me from such height