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

! whcrcupon she tossed her head proud
| lv. and. refusing Tom companiunship,
was escorted tC the stable hv her mas
ter, leaving the men in a high state of
amusement.
1t was not long till they were driving
about as usual, talking and listening
in a most conversational way. D,iIy
grew more settled, haltiug carefully at
the home curb and taking pains not to
switch away the rcins 1t was an old
trick. and she loved to have him scold
her for it in his indulyent way
Then she would look into his face
qnestioningly. and whinny low, as if
there were some desire she longed to
express. some information she wished
to obtain.
''What is it, old girl?' he would say.
laughing, you look at me very know
insly. Anything You want?'
Sometimes he leaned heavily against
! her for a minute or two, because of a
queer stitch in his side. She would
twist around to look a, him. and then
they would carry on a queer conversa-
tion that no one else could have under
stood. When he went up the steps of
the house slowly, she would raise her
head, following him with anxious eyes.
q half uttered whinny distcndling her
nostrilS.
One morning he sent the buggy back
to the carriage-house: he did not be-
lieve he would 90 out. And then he
thought he would let the foreman direct
things for while: he needed rest.
and liked to he with the family 1t
was not rs if he were Il poor man, COM
PEELED to go. There, too, was the baby.
The elder daughter had married, and
the child, though six years old, was
still designated Baby.
He would take her with him to the
stable to see dear, old Dolly and dear
old Dolly would humble the snowy
dress and try to touch the tlimpled
hands; but Baby was afraid and aston
ished, when Grandpa, parting the big
lips, showed the great teeth, telling
how kind it was in Dolly never to bite
people when she was So well equipped.
Then he would sigh, and say:
You will always love Dolly, won
you, darlin.?" and she would reply:
"Always,' huryiny her face in the
snowy name.
There was Il time when for Il whole
week she stood i'm her stall. seeing no
one but Tom and Baby She whnnicd
Il great deal, turning her head cXpcc-
family toward the door, and putting up
he" slender ears to listen; but hr did
not come, and she began to dloop.
One day Tom led her to the house,
without the buggy. Anupper window
was raised, and He sat there, proppcd
with pillows. He WAS weak and la.e,
but he spoke to her:
Dolly, old girl"
She had long search, with her eyes.
up and down the street and to the bal
! corv. before she discovered him. In
L,r 'irli hit and eagerness she rushed
on the pavement, whereat Tom called
her fool.
The master groaned, and said:
"Poor Dolly" and she was led away.
with many backward glanccs and re-
grettul whinnies.
| When she next saw the house, there
was a queer futter of black at the bell
knob, many carriages were coming and
going, and odd, black robed figures
were moving downward. \ strangers
| hand was on her own bridlc,-a hand
whose touch she did not understands =
and she was frctting in wonder, in the
midst of slow procession, that wound
up hill and down over a strange road.
After that, though she turned her
head, whinnying cNpHrtantly at every
opening Of the stablc-door, he did not
come The women of the house came
and wept over her, petting her and
giving her sugar and apples, which she
dropped, half-eaten, to look inquirine ly
into their changed faces
Baby said:
Mamma, Dolly won't eat. She
wants him as badly as | do
They led the child away weeping
only the wife did not weep: her ewes
were dry, and when she looked at
Dolly, the two seemed to understand
each other As they had never doae be
| fore. .e,.
Tom performed his duty faithfully,
| but Dolly was never hungry. She
| drank when he took her t. water, and
| followed without the halter: but she
kept looking up the street and down,
and listening around corners. Tom
pitied her.
'Dolly," he said, you are nothing
but skin and bones this amt goin' to
do. What would He think? There is
something maxim You sick. | guess
I'm givin you too much green tood'
and he changed her diet
1t was in the middle oi the night.
about three IN ,nths after II. had gone.
that Tom, from his bed in the stable
loft, heard Il Sn 1T N II ,lnl.r in one o
tn stalls Al a h 'nvy NOM nl pain