Los Angeles herald., 1892-11-13
GETTING EVEN WITH A HEN.

GETTING EVEN WITH A HEN.
going some distance over a heavy road
decided to take the pair Accordingly I
had the pole put in and went out to super
intend Harvesting. Dot was led out first,
evidently well pleased at the prospect of
exercise
When the gray appeared, however, poor
Dots crest fell She actually drew long
sigh, then turned her head away, and from
that moment until our return she never
once glanced at her despised mate. AS soon
as we were ready she started in to travel
Always brisk trotter her feet fairly few
over the ground this time The poor gray
puffed and painted, struggling along, fairly
falling over her own feet in a frantic effort
to keep the pace, and finally settled into a
numbering run, while Dot trotted on wholly
unconscious that there was any other horse
along. was sore put to it to hold her in,
and found the trip arduous as well as
amusing. The gray was nearly used up
on her return, and as both mares were
pretty warm, / had them put in the stable
and rubbed off
An hour cr two later I went out myself
to give them drink, and, thinking to save
time, led them out together. Scarcely were
we out of the barn, however, when the
gray, who, with all her shortcomings, had
always seemed gentle and docile, suddenly
sprang forward, and with her teeth seized
Dot by the throat. There was lively
scrimmage for O moment before / sue
ceeded in separating the belligerents, but
fortunately neither was badly hurt. It
was plain to be seen, however, that the gray
underst ood perfectly the trick Dot had
played upon her AID had planned her exc
cution of vengence. once knew Madame
to avenge herself as deliberately upon q
hen that had long tOrmented her at feed
ing time. The mare had the range of the
yard and was fed hot mashes from an iron
bucket and this hen used to jump on her
back, walk along her neck and eat from
the bucket, despite Madame's shaking and
stamping. Finally, one night the mare,
after finishing her supper, waited her
chance and turned the bucket upside down
I over the hen, who was thus kept nearly
suffocated captive all night, and never
troubled Madame again.
Our nearest neighbor, the owner of this
hen and whole flock of others, which he
allowed to run at large and torment the
whole neighborhood, deeply resented my
allowing the horses to run in the yard, as
Madame used to kill a hen occasionally
when they bothered her too much, and he
used TO throw stones at the animals when
they came within range of his windows.
At the same time he had standing COM
plant against the boys of the neighbor-
hood, who, he declared, used to come into
the yard and throw down the wood from
the pile he used to keep neatly ranged along
the fence l never could see why the boys
should do this, but knew some one must
play the trick, as frequently saw the pile
thrown down, and the old gentleman spent
much time in stacking it up again. Fin
! ally, however, early one morning saw, to
Nmy surprise and amusement my own pony,
Dot, standing by the fence deliberately
taking up THAI stovewood, piece by piece
In her teeth, and dropping it on the ground.
! Why she did this could not imagine.
1T hardly seemed possible that she could
yknow she was able thus to torment her
,enemy, but to save further trouble l kept
them in the barn after that