The herald., 1897-09-19

treats q woman like this yere Mis-
hat's-her-name-fer all the world it
puts me in. mind O. jes sech doins, the
way the papers an folks gen'ally Is
talkin' about her-a-g GRIMM an a-nod-
din heads an a-crackin' mean-speritcd
jokes-jes' same as the hui herd O. bawl-
wanted suthin' at was beyond her reach
an got herself fast tryin' to git it.
"Es I remarked tn other evenin',
woman Is mighty like hoss-shes got
to be guided, er she's li'ble to git on the
wrong road, er git mixed up with other
rigs an street cars an sich. They's all
kinds O. hosses, an all kinds of wom-
en,and then agin, they's all kinds O. men.
You see lots O. men drivin' boss, an
they hold loose line an don't pay no
'tention p'rtic'lar where they're gittin',
an the anim'l jogs along all right fer
awhile till suthin' hap'ns at the driver
wasn't lookin' fer, an he up an yanks
the hoss's head back an yells What's
the matter with ye-ain't ye got no
sence?'-an' then he lams the beast
three times too much an all fer his own
dod-bamed fool way O. drivin'. feel
s'mtimes like I'd like to go over an boot
the backsides off'n some O. them fellers.
"Some hosses take a tight line, an
some don't. Some hosses, though. they
can't be nuthin' done with. But es a
gen'l thing, If man knows how to
han'le a hoss-if hoss's got good stuff
in him, If he's han'led right he's all
right"
A wagon came up at this juncture con-
tanning a pen of three or four goats. The
cid mare took a violent dislike to the
goats, and SHE'D and pranced and backed
or started to, but Uncle Aaron seized
the whip and, using it effectively, shout
ed, "Git along there, you consarned ole
beast! I'll let yer know they's somebody
behind yer! I don't low no hoss to act
up that away with me, you bet" The
mare seemed to realize rather suddenly
that she had both master and protector.
and was driven UP to the wagon and
stood with her nose to the goat pen until
told to go. 1.-The idee O. gitten' scairt at
a couple O. goats! I'll take them sort O.
tricks out O. yer mighty quick"
After we got our gait again, uncle
went on: "All brute critters pears to be
that way-if a wolf gifts wounded, jes'
soon g the pack smells the blood they
lights in an eats him most b'fore he's
got time to die let alone git well.
"Some men think they know all about
hosses, an come to find out they don't
know 80 much es they think fer. I've
bought lots O. hosses at the men at
owned 'em was afeared on-got 'em
cheap cause them at owned 'em was
afeared to han'le 'em. One time was
ridin' long horseback bout hundred
mile f'om home, an stop't at stable
where they was a almighty fine lookin'
boss. I see fore very long at he hadn't
ben out O. the stall fer long time, an
I struck the feller fer trade. He come
an looked over my hoss, an he says,
Wall, how do yeh want to trader 'W'll
SIR; I'll give yeh my hoss an hundred
an fifty dollars. an I won't give cent
more Feller he jis' laughed at me. He
says, wy, that hoss is wuth nohow
four hundred an fifty dollars, an your'n
aint wuth a cent over two hundred All
right 1 says an I started to put my
saddle an bride on my hoss. I put on
my saddle an bride, AN got on an
started down the road. I hedn't gone
more'n rod tell the other feller he says,
'Hop on, thar What's the matter?'
Come back heyer an lemme look at
that hoss agin-don't be in sech a
blamed hurry Wall. be in hurry
I got long ways to go yit t'day. Ifyou
want, to take a hundred an fifty dollars
say So an If yeh don't I'm a-goin' to git
along home He come an looked over
my boss agin-looked in his mouth an
lifted up his feet-an' he says Blamed
If don't do it,
"I went back an took off my saddle an
bride an give him my hoss an hundred
and fifty dollars. He says, How you
so'n' to git your hoss home?' I'm go'n' to
ride him. 1 says. If you ride that hoss
you're a mighty good man. he says.
They amt ever nobody ben on that
hoss's back, ner even saddle an bride
they amt ben nobody in her stall fer
a month; he mighty nigh killed me last
time | un'ertook to han'le him. III ride
that boss outen this barn this afternoon,
I says, f I don't I'll trade back even.'
"They was big high corral outside o
the barn, an he'd 'em take all the hosses
an critters outen it, an tied long rope
to the hoss's halter an open his stall an
out he went, jest tearin'. follered him
an stood in the door watchin' him. He
was scairt O. the rope, but / see at he
couldn't do hisself no harm, an I let
him tear aroun' tell he got wore out a
little. an then I'd pick up the end o the
rope an throw it at him, an off he'd go
agin. After I'd done that three er four
times I th'owed the rope over his back.
I'd talk to him some, too quiet like, an
inside O. two hours could take the end
O. the rope an her foller me roun' the
corral, an by dinner time he'd bride
on him an blanket an circingle. At
ter dinner went at him agin, an by
o'clock I was on his back an a-ridin'
home. The stable fellers was mighty
'sprised when they see it, too. Wall.
theys ev'rything in KNOWN jes how to
han'le hoss. 1 KEEP that hoss fer long
time an made. lot O. money outen him,
but they was never nobody at could go
near him but me. Father he tried it
once, but he said he knowed when he
had enough"
What Uncle Aaron said about the big
scandal found an echo in my breast.
II haven't read or heard a single good
word for the woman or for her husband,