The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1899-01-13

"i'ttt iit''. StIdi2iil'iit' lHt lpiti'tNS
under The band an | hold lump of
Su rar Oh thr palm nl' his hand.
WAS Alarmed: the band was so
small in contra to that no,h-rlncd
cavern. Dolly looked at the sugar,
then at him. Qsc>tioningiy: looked him
straight in the eve. rs another man or
| 4 timid child mi oht have done
Afraid. per-" he said: lit is yours;
take ii holding the lump tcmptinsly
| between his fingers. rs H. strokcd her
face.
She "b yrl vita keen enjoyment,
and then laid her pretty head against
his shoulder with Il low whinny. That
pleased ,,im. aS confluence always
plcascs n,llc natures.
Yes. he said. turning towards us,
while the daprlrd beauty paved for
further recognition. ''Dolly has not
been Spnarrlr tr'ated: she has little
tricks that prove it. She is afraid.
| Watch how she acts when we start of
She has felt the sting OF the whip.
woul,lnt drive Il horS, that was so
po!iy as to need prolding or had so
little sense that whipping would make
it behave She has been driven with
| L., l. l. -.xl, 4,
nlck.
Then he leaped into the buggy; he
was very active and graceful
The pretty creature shrank till great
wrinkle lines showed in the skin of her
plump launches, drew her tail close,
and then. lifting her forc-fert high in
air, with the straight ack-bending of
knee and upward lift Of tostern posi-
ble to only thoroughbred, archcd her
flowing tail and plunged off, trembling.
Every feature of her bright face cN-
pressed alarm and resentment. His
gentle whoa, Dolly. easy old girl,
come now. arose family above the
beat of her hoois on the cobIIcs
| They Were around the ",rn II and out
Of sight like flash.
Il wish he had not purht her. said
the vile, looking toward where they
had disappeared She will kill him;
that will be the eni of it
The elder daughter l;,u he'd
"Nlll him, she said, no. indeed
She will So,n aslore him. 1t is my
| opinion he will be,.,.n. her living
slave He does love hors :. and she is
Il heauty'
After that saw the two often. driv-
iny through the str cts or standing be-
lore the house. Doll Y still pranciny and
caperiny with tn. eXubrrant vigor of
youth; she was only four years old
| when he purchased her.
She grew to know and love, first the
sound Of his voice, then the tall of his
feet, greeting his approach with 4
whinny Of pleasure. 1t became a Jest
in the household that the correct order
Of ownership was reversed, and that
| the horse owned the man. She would
stand in front of the house waiting for
him to finish his midday meal Her
own haa been enjoyed in her stall near
| the limc-kilns lcfore they started home
He made it 4 point that Dolly must be
promptly tended. She would stand,
| her hitching-strap secured in the ring
| Oh the curling, and hammer away at
| the cohhcs with her restless feet. If
Sic thought him slow in returning. she
| would lift her head and whinny until
tn sound of her clear Young voice
| would reach linn where he sat At
| tina the Younger daughter would say:
"Iour mistress is calling YOU papa"
and they would laugh together. pleased
at the clever ways Of his pet.
When he WIS ready to 30. he would
slip an apple into his pocket, and the
tlr..r would follow him To the pave
mrn, |. he halted ut the door, Dolly
Il am comin", pet; do he patieEtI'
| And she would turn her face toward
him with Il low, glad ripple of sound,
quite diff rent from that she gave who n
| he was not in si1,t.
He WAS learning to understand her
every uttcrancc, and she knew as well
what he said as did the Young dauoh-
ter who often caresscd him. sitting
upon his knees with her dark head
against his breast.
Perhaps he did wrong to humor
! Dolly to such an extent. but he never
! f,ryot the fact that whoever first owned
! Ii + had not treated her squarcly, and
|
le4rr, : he grew to trust her in emer-
! .rncic> Once, but for her care, he
would have been killed outri sht by an
immense icc-wayol drawn 10y two giant
| Ptrch2ro1S.
H. was sitting in the bu ygy. content
| edtv reading the morning paper while
Dolly pranch gay!y along. Her keen
e-cs caught sight of the runaways
! coming at fun speed, AMI the Elutle$s
| instinct. reason, or whatever constitutes
that desirable quality known as horse
! $ nSr, led her to comprehend hat there
WAS ~ cont rolling hand Oh the lines.
The first thing hr knew. the hugyy
WIS forced luchwar over the curb,