The herald., 1897-11-14

tie an kind an Speedy-but she he'd to
be give good hard lickin' ev'ry spring
reglar, en- she'd be that ornery nobody
couldn't do nothin' with her nohow. Let
me tell yeh, they's hull lot o. foolish
ness in this yer preventin' cruelty to
animals-an' at the same time a hull
lot O. good sense. Many hoss s spoilt
because he amt allowed to be licked till
he is licked. Wall, they's some wimmin
same as that mare-they got to have a
good dressin' down bout once in so
often, er they'll be no good to 'emselves
nor nobody else-an' men, too, you bet.
Some folks go round with their head
down and some with their head
up. Some has to be checked up, an
some it wouldn't do no good t. check 'em
up. Some men is checked up by their
pride an some by their ambition, an
some by love fer their family; some by
fear, an some by honor; eff they wasn't
checked up good and stiff they'd be
stumblin all the time. An some, they
jest hold up their heads all the time,
check or no check. An some it jest
amt in 'em t. hold up an all the checkin'
yeh en- do won't make em look like
anythin' ner keep en- straight.
"An' then theys people like. hosses,
ats up an comin-allers on the go
haft to hole em in all tn time"
Here Araminta broke in. She had
come in and sat down beside me in
quiet, purring mood laying her hand on
mine with an honest caress, which is
more inspiring to me than a sermon or
a glass of wine. Yes, and there's as
much difference in hens as there is in
people. My old black Spanish hen, she's
up and hustling all the time. The other
hens have all quit laying and are eating
their heads off. but she lays an egg
nearly every day, for all she just weaned
her brood. She won't let her chicks
come near her, ether-makes them
scratch for themselves. She's the kind
for me-" Then she took her hand away
and looked meaningly at me, and
glanced from my threadbare suit to her
own extremely inexpensive but very be-
coming wrapper. Now, don't go to
preaching hard times and a contented
mnd-Ive heard that old story too
often" She rose with sigh and went
inside. "Supper's most ready" she said,
and there was encouragement in her
voice; but the caress sweetened all the
rest of it.
Aaron, when l was young feller I
genally callated t. hev team at c'u'd
go, an when / did never took the dust
from nobody. They was a feller back in
Clay county, long fifty years ago, at
he'd a team at he jest lowed c'u'd pass
anything on the road. he'd little team
o. brown mares at went like lightnin'
| fer me, an the other feller-Doc Will
| liams-he hedn't never run up agin me
with them mares. We was out to a pic
mic one time, an me an my girl he'd
passed ev'rything we come to, an It
| last we come up b'hind Doc an his girl
adrivin' his speedy hoss. Doc he poked
along alfred slow, jest to be aggravat-
| long. So pretty soon 1 says to my gir).
| Lucy 1 says, I'm goin' t go by EN-
| All right she says. So 1 pulled out
| left han side, where was good piece O.
road, an l reached for'ard an took
| good holt on the lines, givin' 'em a turn
| 'roun' m wrists, an give good pull.
Them little mares fairly lifted the buggy
off'n the ground. Doc he was alookn'
fer us, an he was right on time, an
away we went. Iknowed he'd mighty
good team t. beat, an Doc he wasn't a
feller t. give in easy. He KEEP bout half
a len'th head Of us fer quite a piece.
Then I see we was acomin' to a turn
where he had the inside, an there the