Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1886-03-05

in front of drug store in the evening.
| went back to the house and got more
stuff on me. But couldn't keep away
from that stable. | went out there again.
The thought struck me that what the
horse wanted was exercise. If that
thought had been an empty glycerine
can. ii would have saved Il wind-fall of
luck for me.
But exercise would tone him down, and
exercise him | should. laughed to my
self to think how | would trounce him
round the yard. didn't laugh again
that afternoon. | got him unhtched and
then wondered how was to get him out
of the stable without carrying him out.
| pushed, but he wouldn't bulge. | stood
looking him in the face, thinking of
something to say, when he suddenly
solved the difficulty by rearing and
plunging for the door. followed as Il
matter of course, because | had tight
hold on the rope, and hit about every
partition stud worth speaking of on that
side of the barn. Mrs. Perkins was at
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the window and saw us come out of the
door. She subsequently remarked that
we came out skipping like two innocent
children. The skipping was entirely un-
intentional on my part. | felt as if
stood on the verge of eternity. My legs
may have skipped, but my mind was
filled with awe.
took that animal out to exercise him.
He exercised me before | got through
with it. He went around few times in
a circle; then he stopped suddenly,
spread out his fore-legs and looked at
me. Then he leaned forward a little
and hoisted both hind legs, and threw
about two coal-hods of mud over line
full of clothes Mrs. Perkins had Just hung
out.
That excellent lady had taken posi-.
ton at the window, and whenever the
evolutions of the awful beast permitted,
caught glimpse of her features. She
appeared to be very much interested il
the proceedings, but the instant that the
mud flew she disappeared from the win
dow, and moment later she appeared
on the stoop with long poker in he
hand, and fire enough in her eye to hea
it red-hot.
Just then Stiver's horse stood up OF
his hind legs, and tried to hug me will
the others. This scared me. \ hors
, never shows his strength to such advan
tage as when he is coming down on YOU
like frantic pile-driver. | Instant,
lodged, and the cold sweat fairly boilc,
out of me.
1t suddenly come over me that | hat
once figured in similar position year
ago. My grandfather owned IA littl
: white horse that would get up from
, meal at Delmonico's to kick the Prcsiden
, of the United States. He sent me to tn
lot one day, and unhappily suggeste
t that | often went after chat horse, an
: suffered all kinds of defeat in gettin
= him out of the pasture, but | had neve
| tried to ride him. Heaven knows | neN
er thought of it. ! had my usual trOu
9 bic with him that day. He tried to jun
over me and push me into a mud-hol
and finally got up on his hind legs an
a; came waltZing after me with facilitie
= enough to convert me into hash, but
1 turned and Just made for that fence wit
: all the agony prospect of instant deaf
/ could crowd into me. If our candidat
: for the presidency had run one-half a
; well, there would be Seventy-tive post
: masters in Danbury to-day, instead c
= one.
e got him out finally and then he wa
e quiet enough, and took him up along
: side the fence and got on him. II
D stopped an instant, one brief instant, an
e then tore off down the road at frightfl
! speed. laid down on him and claspc
r my hands tightly around his neck, an
t thought of my home. When we got t
i the stable | was confident that he woul
5 stop, but he didn't. lie drove straigl
l. at the door. 1t was low door, Just hig
d enough to permit him to go in at ligh
s ming speed, but there was no room f,
me. saw if ! struck that stable Il
1t struggle would be a very brief one.
&c thought this all over in an instan
z and then spreading out my arms al
II legs, emitted a scream, and the next IN
l. ment was bounding about in the fill
"a of that stable yard. All this pass,
through my mind as Stiver's horse we
Is up into the air. 1t frightened Mrs. Pc
l. kins dreadfully.
y "Why, you old fool" she said, 'wl
Is don't YOU get rid of him
Ne GLOW can 2" said in desperation.
he "Why, there are thousand ways
said she.
l This is just like Il woman. How diflt
~ ent statesman would have answered.
X But could only think of two wa
I'd to dispose of the beast. / could eth
IN swallow him where he stood and tn
OF sit down on him, or could crawl insi
- IL. l.; l. l. a. Dat