Omaha daily bee., 1889-04-21
COOKED IT WITH HIS BREATH.
Some Good Stories of Men and
Other Animals.
THE PARROT CALLED FOR PAPA
This Scared the Burglar Away-A
Horse Which Chews Tobacco
She Was Ashamed OF
Such n Lover.
The Curions Side of Life.

/ used to stay with q friend in WiltShlre,
says writer in the London Standard, whose
park is separated from the house by lake
which is about one hundred and fifty yards
broad at the narrowest part. became inti-
mate with two delightful dogs Belonging to
my hostess, a large collie, called Jasper, and
a rough skye terrier, Sandie. The pair were
devoted friends, If possible always went out
together, and sad to relate, even poached to-
gether.
One afternoon called them, as usual, to go
for walk, and, making my way to the lake,
determined 10 row across and wander about
in the deer park. Without thinkingof my two
companions. got into the boat and pushed
off. Jasper at once jumped into the water and
gayly followed the boat. Hall way across he
and were both startled by despairing howls,
and, stopping to look back, we saw poor little
Sandie running up and down the bank and
bitterly bewailing the cruelty of his two So
called friends in leaving him behind
Hardening my heart, l sat still in silence
and watched. Jasper was clearly distressed; !;
he swan round the boat and, looking up into
my face, said Enthusiastically with his wise,
brown eyes: "Wny don't you go to the res
cue!" Seeing, however, that l showed no
signs of intelligence he made up his mind to
settle the difficulty himself, so turned and
swan to poor little Sandie There was a
moments pause, l suppose for explanations
and then, to my surprise and amusement,
Jasper stood still, half out and half IN the
water, and Sandie scrambled on to his back,
his front paws resting on Jasper's neck, who
swan across the lake and landed him safely
in the deer park.
Mrs. f.. Musgrove's horse Charlie has for
many years been q well-kpown figure around
Jasper, O. The attachment between him and
mistress was so great that wherever one was
seen it was well known that the other was
not far away. But, sad to relate, he is no
more. He has gone to that equine heaven
where horses always revel IN luxurious pas
turage and no cruel whip ever touches them
is pathetic. Some days ago Mrs. Musgrove
went to Hot Springs for the benefit of her
health, leaving particular instructions be-
hind her for the care of her beloved Charlie.
These instructions were faithfully carried
out, but the animal dropped, refused to eat,
and betrayed such marks of grief at the alb
sence of his mistress that the family be-
came seriously alarmed, and the best veteri-
| narians were called in to attend him. In
vain all their efforts. Charlie refused to be
comforted, and finally yielded up the ghost.
An autopsy showed that he died of broken
heart.
81 will tell you a story said Foster l..
memory and reasoning power possessed by Il
horse on my fathers farm, This horse was
in the habit OF making journeys about the
neighborhood in charge of a certain groom,
who was coarse, ignorant, low and cruel
The horse had been brought up on our farm,
| and was very good tempered and gentle, but
| the groom's roughness and fondness for lay
| ing on the whip confused him so much that
| he was not prompt in obeying orders some
| times, Then the groom beat and bullied
| him The horse never showed
| the slightest sign of resentment until one
| day The groom approached him in the pas
| ture field. The horse was free for the nrst
| time in the presence of his enemy, and he
| CHARGED the groom. A short halter was
| and hung on. The horse tried to strike him
| with his forefeet-tred to bite and kick him.
| The man lodged and shouted for aid.
1.-THE fight was desperate and very excit-
| ing. The horse fairly rOared with rage. The
groom was nearly tagged out, and in an
| other five minute would have been knocked
| down and trampled to death, when my
| father come on the scene. He seized the
| halter and told the groom to run. AS soon
as he was gone the horse subsidized and was
as docile as ever. Now am satisfied that
| the horse deliberately planned to kill the
| groom at the first opportunity. See how
| carefully he chose the time and place of the
| assault. A lonely pasture field where he had
| his enemy all to himself. He had never
| shown the falntest sign of viciousncs before.
| The groom kept away from him after that,
and the horse never afterward was known
| to exhibit rage. If he had killed the groom
| IT would have been murder in the first de-
| gree, for the element of deliberation was
| there. Yes, sir, horses have reason, and
| they have memories also"
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