The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1898-11-22
eHE NEVER BAKED AeAldi
lar uarser Nan Played Flag Game OF
a Contrary Mare.

lar EaFser Nan Played 5 Ela6 Came OF
Contrary Mare.
Speaking 2boas Sally horses and
tie hest way 10 cuse them, said
George Snerry. q can tell yoa CT
Trick that Stephen Leland played enc
tine and II worked like . ckarrn-yoa
feIlers ali know Steve. course yo5 do
be lives down 10 Ear Harhcr. Well
let's see-it was y years ago on the z0th
day CT Jsurary. Eon remember tbs
heavy ssleet szorm-saIHe nigGs LiGnike
was married when ell the trees locked
so pretty after the storm. Yen rsmeIn-
Der Stephen-he Rad a wood lot Ont Eear
the foot Of Green mountain. where he
cut his wood winters Thsss year he
had as handsome a pair &C bay horsesas
ever rein drew ever. The nigh one was
all right IN every particular, bat The Of
one had spells eace II awhile when she
would taka matters IN her own way and
throw uD her head. XJ1 aigbt pus
rocks ia her ears. twist hsr tail, pound.
whip, swear and faEe as much as yo1
liked. bus she would never move till shs
got ready.
"One Cay met I.elard when be was
haaling ont the first l0sd for the day.
he told me how sEs worked, and told
him then aud there that II it was my
horse I'd lust onhisch the nigh che and
leave her hiteded OF 70 tbs load in the
woods. They went into tbs HARDER With
the first load al right, but when the
second load was piled on and under
way things were different. At certain
place IL tho road up goes that hoEss's
head again. It was il Just the same
place where she baked before. Steve
was mad as a halter. Ee took OF ais
coat and has He swore till the trees
around him trembIed. Next be took
sapling birch and whipped and pounded
till ne was all tired out. Then he sat
down and rested Then he thought he'd
coax the critter, SO be get drink Of
water from 3 spring She drank it.
Then he asked her TO go, bat rcs a mus
cls would she move. Stephen fused till
he became exhausted.
''Then, as ne told me afterward, he
took Sperrv's advice-onhitched tie
nigh one, strad6Ied her back and made
for home, leaving the ugly, eonr'y
thing alone in the woods, pitched TO a
sisd Wits q cord and half Of green
wood TO anchor, is. Re never SO much
as looked round nor said aye, yes, or 70,
bat made direct Tor hone, putting CD
his horse and eating his supper. he lad
become SO disguised that he nearly dis
missed the thing from his mind. That
night began with a little fire rain. 1t
was ike cold mist, ard wherever is
struck it froza. Then it showed and
bowed for awhile. then again it turned
to rajn-the queeEest stoEm ever known
on Meant Desert island. There vas not
a minute after 2 O'Clock that evening
till daylight next morning but it snow
ed or rained, and TIE wind was like a
double edged razor long toward morn
ing. Every tree was three times its
proper size, and the ones left standing
looked like the most beaEtiful plUmes
you ever see in your life. lots of trees
were broken to the ground. The tele-
graph wires were nearly an inch and q
half ia diameter, lowered with solid
ice Little limbs Of birch ard maple
were like branches OF coral
''In the morning Steve took oct the
old horse and started back for tie woods.
When he get near the place whers be
left the horse AID load. he was aston
ished. The old nag was there just where
she stood al night. Not tie sign Of a
track did she make. Her legs were the
size CT -four barrels, her body surely tAEee
times its proper size. Her eyes end ears
we're hidden from View by the snow
that had drifted upoa her; the steam from
her ncstrils formed ioi0les that reached
the ground. All IN ali : was the tough
est sight he ever witnessed. Mr.. Leland
st first supposed TIE animal was dead,
bat after awhile be took aa ax and
broke the ice and let tho poor crister
out. She was like a chicken coming cat
OF an egg. The coat came OF Ill large
fakes. When be hitehed the nigh one
on, he only had 70 spezk onee AID he
made lively time over the Icy road that
morning. lie kept that pair till last
year, when they both died.
''They never baked again. Lewis
ton Journal.