Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1891-01-24
;loved horse Bahram has gone mad,
-opelessly mad, l fear..'
What! Bahram2 You don't NEAR


it," cried in CONSERVATION. love
horses, and l had been consumed with
envious admiration for that beautiful
animal, dark, blood bay Arab, Of mar
yclous stature.
Yes said the Rajah, she was act.
ing very strangely yesterday, and mis-
groom could haluig manage him. This
morning, as he. was being led out. and
was almost preparing to mount in spite
Of the excitement under which he was
iaboring, he suddenly plunged forward
with horrid yell and selz@d the groom's
neck between lis teeth. He> shook the
man just as in England oncetsaw one of
those small dogs they call terrier shake
rat. Aud the man wassiesmediately
killed. Notwithstanding my great love
for Bahran, ny pity for tnesInfortunate
groom was so exceedingly great that
was on the point of transfxing the horse
through the body with my boar spear.
But as l rushed forward, (my Frightened
attendants, being unarmed, had ran away
precipitately) Bahram dropped his victim,
and seeing the poor wretch was already
dead l thought it unnecessary to slay the
horse, which was so much more valuable,
indeed, than many grooms.
''Instead of attacking me. as / anti
eDated, the infuriated. animal
now whirled about, and darted
back into the paddock which sur
rounds the stables. Leaping superbly
| into the air, ann uttering wild and
| fearful cry (Which | have not the prop.
er English to explain to YOU, he darted
at anotnct Of the grooms. Put in the
| twinkling Of an eve the fellows had all
disappeared within the stables, and had
closed the doors I beckoned one of my
attendants to shut the gate beside which
| was standing But Bahram was now
returning like lightning, and the coward
ly slave was reluctant TO come forward
Therefore l had to close the gate with
my own hand, to keep Bahram impris-
oned; and the slave have had whipped
for cowArdice.'
The Rajah's English was scrupulously
elegant in accent, and he told the Incl
dent with certain dignified eloquence
of gesture that made it intensely inter
esting. We asked il we could get a
glimpse Of the demented Bahram. In
response the ajah led US through long
winding alley Of bIossoming oleanders
and into part of the garden which we
had never before visited. The terrace
at this point overlooked the inclosuce in
which the stables stood and commanded
at the same time d view of one of the
busiest thoroughfares of Masulipatam,
which at one point adjolned the stable
grounds.
Moving restlessly up and down beside
the narrow strip of bamboo fence which
separated him from the street, we saw
the wretehed horse and the Rajah' face
grew even more detected as we watched.
The passers-by seemed awed by the mad
animal, for they kept crowding to the
other side of the street and eyeing sus-
piciously the frail barriers of the bamboo
gate Ever and anon Bahram would toss
his head back convulsively over his
shoulders, as if some insect were sting
ing the base of his brain. Then he
would jump up and down two or three
times and press close against the fence
in his mad hunger to get at the passing
throng. He was never for an instant
still.
SIT is bad case" said the Rajal
sadly, land in all probability incurable
That breed is liable to be affected thus il
our climate. There is a chance of hi
| recovery III ne Is lelL uuOlStuEeO, Ou
that place is not good for him. Th
crowds excite him. and I know not hoy
to remove him alive"
why not lasso him E'suggested Jack
The Rajah did not understand.
81 mean continued Jack, "wh
couldn't some fellows 90 into the pad
dock on elephants, and throw noos
over his head and upset him, and the
throw another over his hind legs, and S
get him oil tangled up SO he'd be help
lessl Then he could be carried Off some
where and kept cool till his senses cam
back to him"
e The Rajah's woebegone face lit up {
/ Jacks proposal.
Certainly, we might try some sue
: scheme" he responded. Then we bel