San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1890-01-04
A. RIVALS SCHEME.
A Little Story About a Mule, "a Blind Trot-
ter and a Mexican Pony.

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ter and Mexican Pony.
once made avisit at a beautiful old coun-
try home near the banks of the Mississippi, a
few miles below New Orleans. The house
stood in the center Of tropical garden in
which fourished all kinds of trees and plants,
including several stately magnolias and a
half dozen century plants. The place had
once been flourishing sugar plantation, but
after the war acre after acre of the broad
fields had been gradually allowed to go to
waste, while the rotting shingles on the cane
shed and the rusting machinery in the sugar
mill gave testimony to the decline of the
sugar planters power. I.
There were three oddly assorted comp
ions in the yard of the house of broad We
das, whose actions gave me great
amusement. Two of them were
the old days of prosperity, one mr'y 40
was said to be over thirty years q
other horse called Dan. Oar inspect
coated, slender ankled amin
and high mettle, but he wat Uyalde is
met with an accident on &
while trotting a race a,,;, Tho cot.
sulky had cost him hi. oilns 'no
mule, after serving her couh'9
years, had been allounity has had
easy in the fine old gs
companion was littleissued from the
who was as tickle anCsads in Texas
child He belonged to m draw bridge
and was pet When thtbe s Alp.
to school the pony, too, wa ~
loose in the garden, and witt
gan a deal of trouble for DAME OF JUST
Dan was by nature and breedeW ones
crat. This fact was well underst
and by the five or six house dognpany
place He knew the walks, the tre,their
and plants so well that he could \
way among them without once touchishe
thing. Whenever he went to the waSt-
trough every one and everything gave
before him. He was most naughty
imperous horse, this Dan, and | have Sc
him walk up TO the trough when Sarah wa
there merely to assert his authority. She
never questioned his right to the trough, but
humble toiler of the fields, meekly stepped
aside when he appeared. The dogs used to
play around Dan with evident delight, but
when he got tired of their antics he would
impatiently strike at one with a forehoof OF
shake his beautiful name savagely: Their
they would at once skulk off until it please
his mightiness to notice them again.
There was one corner of the yard where
there was narrow opening between a tai
ciStern and magnolia tree. Dan at time:
went through this narrow place, but he sci
dom attempted to find his way back. One
beyond it, he created a great disturbance
until some ebony faced boy with shining
ivory teeth rushed in and guided him out
when Dan would walk off with a naughty
air. This is all to show what a tyrant Dan
was.
When the Mexican pony came upon tn,
scene Dan took liking to him at once anC
showed his royal favor by allowing the pom,
to follow him around He was even seen OF
| some occasions to share the watering trough
with the new conner. Sarah, too, became IN
fatuated with the ugly little creature, anC
persstently followed the two at a distance
although she was too respectful openly t,
thwart the imperious Dan. The pony VIZ
tickle from the start, but in the end was wol
over by Sarah. Dan was sadly Landscapes
by his blindness. When the pony was takel
out for exercise Sarah was always the first t
discover his return, and she would start TO
the gate almost at a trot, for her days of
genuine trot had long been past This invari
ably enraged Dan, who would follow he
when he heard her harsh expressions of de
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know that Sarah, to gain her point, was put
ting into practice with the pony the homel.
adage that 1.-THE way to mans heart is hi
stomach" She gave up her share of oat
each day to the greedy little pony until b
was as round as a roll of butter and poor oil
SarahS ribs looked as if they were about b
come through her sunken skim Dan, per
haps, was too proud to resort to such mean
had he known of the facts, but at any rat
Sarah won over the pony completely. Afte
that Dan tco. such dislike to (poth of then
that they were banished from She garden
for Mr.. E., like the dogs and sAeble boys
always allowed the blind aristocrat W hav
his own way.-New York Tribune.