The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1891-11-14

aud exercise him | should ] laughed
10 myself to think how I would trounce
aim around the yard didn't laugh
again that afternoon ! got him un.
lilched and then wondered how WIS
10 get him out of estall without carry
Iuy MIN out, pushed but he wouldn't
budge J stood looking at him In the
lace, thinking Of something 20 say, when
he suddenly solved the difficulty by veer-
ng about and pluuging for the door
followed, a. a matter Of course, because
had q tight hold on the rope, and hit
about every partition stud worth speak
ng Of on that side Of the barn. Mrs.
Perkins was st the window and saw Us
,ome out Of the door She subsequently,
remarked that We came out skipping
like two innocent children The skip
ping was entirely unintentionsl on my
part felt m if / stood on the verge of
eternity Ny legs may have skipped
but my mind was filed with awe
/ took that animal out to oexercise him.
He exercised me before | got through
with it, He went around q few times
In ciIclei then he stopped suddenly,
spread out his forelegs and looked at me.
Then hs leaned forward a little and
hOiGted both hind legs and threw about
two coal hods Of mud over a line full Of
clothes Mrs. Perkins had just hung out
That excellent lady had taken a posi-
tion At the window, and whenever the
evolutions Of the awful beast permitted
! caught a glance ut her features She
appeared 10 be very much interested in
the proceedings, but the instant that the
mud few she disappeared from the win
dow, and moment later she appeared
on the stoop with long poker in her
hand and fire enough in her eye to heat
it red hot.
just then Stiver's horse stood up on
his hind legs and tried to hug me with
the others. This scared me- A. horse
never shows his strength to such advan-
/ tage as when he is coming down on you
like a frantic pile driver. instantly
lodged, and the cold sweat fairly boiled
out Of me.
1t suddenly came over me that | had
once figured in a similar position years
| ago. My grandfather owned a little
white horse that would get up from a
meal at Delmonico's to kick the presi-
dent Of the United States He sent me
to the lot one day, and unhappily eug-
| gested that / often went after that horse
and suffered all kinds Of defeat in get
/ ting him out Of the pasture, but ! had
never tried to ride him. Heaven knows
never thought of it. | had my usual
trouble with him that day He tried to
jump over me and push me down in a
mud hole. and finally got up on his hind
legs and came waltzing after me with
! facilities enough TO convert me into
hash, but ] turned and made for that
fence with all the agony q prospect Of
instant death could crowd into me. II
our candidate for the presidency had
run one-half as well there would be sew
enty five postmasters in Danbury today
instead of one
got him out finally, and when he was
quiet enough took him up alongside
the fence and got on him. He stopped
an instant, one brief instant and theI
tore off down the road at o frightfu
speed. laid down on him and clasped
my hands tightly around his neck Rn(
thought of my home. When we got Il
the stable was confident he would stop
but he didn't. He drove straight at tn,
door. 1t was low door, just higi
enough to permit him to go In at light
ming speed, but there waa no room fo
me. | saw if | struck that stable tn
struggle would be a very brief one.
thought this all over in an instant, anC
then spreading out my arms and leg
emitted a scream, and the next momen
| was bounding about in the fifth Of tina
stable yard All this passed through IN,
mind as Stiver's horse went up IN the air
1t frightened Mrs. Perkins dreadfully.
"Why, you old fool" she saidi "wh.
don't you get rid Of him?'
"How can ET' said in desperation.
"Why, there are a thousand ways,
said she.
This is just like woman. Eow dill
ferent a statesman would have answered
But could think Of only two ways t
dispose Of the beast could either swa
low him where he stood and then 81
down on him, or | could crawl inside c
him and kick him TO death.
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