The morning call., 1893-08-13
THE MAZE,
Market, Taylor and Golden Gate Avenue.
FIVE DAYS IN A TRANCE.
A Maryland Farmers Story About
His Old Bay Mare BeSs. -.


Felix Hubbard is Iier OF the SOIL The ir.
tie patch OF mother earth he calls his own IS To-
Gated In the east Of Baltimore, about one mile
beyond Bayview asylum and half mile north
of Eastern avenue. Year In and year out
Farmer Hubbard mas worked away and sown
his seed. The earth has yielded him COM
Portable income. His only assistant in his hon
est occupation has been a faithful old mare.
Bess by name. For over fifteen years the AMI
NAL has been In possession of Farmer Hubbard,
and even when he pui chased her she was not
SO young as she used To be. However. the in
vestmeDt was good one, and when Farmer
Hubbard went to the stable the other sunday
morning and found old Bess was about to
"climb the golden stairs" or make her entree
to The place where all dead horses go. he re-
marked that, though her piowing days were
over, she never kicked at work aud had earned
her long resi-
In telling about it Hubbard said the old mare
was in a bad way. 1T was only after great
difficulty til It the beast got upon her feet, and
when once upright had 10 be JACKIE up with
ropes. Thinking little exercise would do her
good Mr. Hubbard led the falterng mare out
INTO the barnyard, but no sooner had 'he got
out into the Ouen air than Bess fell over II
recouciled to the inevitable. Shortly after. 3
o'clock in The afternoon old Bess kicked the
BUCKET. The body of the faithful mare lay in
the yard all night and the next morning Mr..
Hubbard borrowed a mule from a relative
nam d Cromwell. and making last rome 10 the
hind legs Of tile horse the dead body was
dragged over field and deposited alongside
small stream about an eighth OF fnie from
the barn The next Gay (Tuesday) Mr.. Hub
bard gathered a lot OF brush and covered the
dead animal entirely.
Friday afternoon the farmer Doticed horse
grazing iu the vicinity OF the stream. and with
ont DELAY went over TO investigate how lbe
beast of burden got into his place, and 10 see
whose morse It W S. There was something IA
miliar about the animal. He wondered where
he had seen IL before. When he got alongside
the beast he was nearly paralyzed III was old
Bess-alive. Slightly dishgured she was, 10 be
sure but alive, vely much alive. When the
farmer recovered from his surprise and reas-
sured himself that the animal was not spirit
from horse heaven, he secured the red mare by
the forelock She walked meekly with him 10
the stable. Mr. Hubbard called his sister 10
the stable so that she might identity the maze
and convince him that ne was NOT dreaming.
Leaving the sable the bewildefed farmer
trotted of 10 pay visit 10 -he last resting
place" OF his tai hful rquine. Old Bess was not
there. ! he brush which had been heaped upon
the body was strewn about. Then he felt con-
vine tha BeSs had surely risen from the dead.
Mr.. Hubbard on returning 10 the barn found
the mare standing as Of old In her stall. Since
her reiutn TO life the mare has given no symp-
toms OF leaving 1t in the near future. IL Is SUP
posed the m IRE was In alrauc for fve days 10
all appearances Bess Is as SOU as gold dol
lar, but Is as hOmely as the general run OF aged
horses. She Is dark bay with white lore
head an white locks al her hind heels.