The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1900-01-13
ANIMALS N MUSIC.
A Horse That Liked to Listen t" n Lively
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There was u beautiful horse Con my
fathers farln). the pride and delight OF
lis all; hui. like many others, lie had an
unconGnerab.e dislike TO he caught.
My father had SO trained him to obcai-
cncc That me gave ycry little trouble; a
whistle and Il wa@ahe hand and
Robert would come 10 be sadlicl. Bat
II left to M old gardener, Willy, he
would lend hin, a chase, generally end
ing in defeat. Oac very hot summer
day | was sitting ut work in the gar
den, when WHY appeared, streaming
with perspira:ion.
What is the matter. WHIP
Matter enough. miss. There's that
Robert, the uncanny beast; he won't
he caught. uil / can do or say. I've
given him corn and one of the best
pears off the tree. 5at he's too deep for
me; he snatched The pear, kicked up his
heels aud of lie is, laughing at ,ne at
the bottom Of the meadow"
| vas very. sorry for the cid man, bnt
did not clearly see how 10 catci the
delinquent. | could well believe he
was laughing at our old friend. for he
was II curious animal.
"lNc.l. Willy, what will I do? He
won't let nc catch him, you know"
"Ay, but, miss, if you will only go in
and begin toon on the pcanner. cook
/, says ho viii come up to tho fence aud
hcarkcn to you.for lie is always adding
that; and maybe l can slip behind and
cotch him."
l went in ut once, not expecting my
stratngem TO succeed. But in Il few
minutes the sa,cv creature was stand
! ing quietly listening while played
scots VIVA Haze WI Wallace Bled."
The halter was soon around his neck.
and he went away to be harnesscd,
= quite happy and contented.
There was a great popularity about
his taste for music. He would never
stay to listen 10 u plaintivc song. l
soon observed this. If l played Scots
Ii l changed the measure and express
sion, playing the same air piaintively.
& rs. for instance. in the Land o. the
Lcal,n he would toss his head and walk
away, rs ii to say, That's no sort OF
music" Changing to something mar
liaN. he wou.l return and listen To Inc.
III this respect be entirely differed
from Il wonderful csw we had. She
had an awful temper. Old Willy used
TO say: "Shc is the most contrariest
beast under the SUM-" Ii she were in
one Of her ill-humors it was with the
greatest difficulty she could be MIXED.
She never would go With the other
COWS at milking time. Nancy be
MIXED with them! That WAS 4 thing
not to he thought of. She liked the
cook, aud when not too busy cook
would mana9gMiss Nancy. Bat if she
were not sasfy careful, up would 70
Miss Nancy's foot. and over would go
the milk pail aud its precious contents.
When the cook MIXED her it was al-
ways c,osc to the fence, near the draw
iug.room. If were playing she would
stand perfectly still, yielding her milk
without any trouble. aud would remain
until | ceased. As long as l Played
Ep,aintivc music-"The Land O the
Leaf" "llame, Sweet Home" "Rol,in
Aaair." amy sweet. tender air, she
seemed cntrancel. | have tried her.
aud changed 10 martial music, where.
upon she Invariably walked away.
| WAS sitting in the drawing-roon
que evening. singing to mamma. 1t
was Il double room, NTH folding doors.
She was in one where there was Il lamp.
In my room, which was unlightch, the
window was open, aud close to the
winiow WIS y stand Tor music. When
l. ceased playing | heard a peculiar
sound, and was conscious there was
something in the room. called for u
fight. There. sitting on the stand, was
i large white owl. He looked far less
surprised than VIC did. Iii Il minute or
two he stepped quietly out Of the win
dow and flew away. After that VIC did
not leave the. lower Sass, open: bit the
owl still came aud sat upon the stone
outside listening, -tarnl5ef's journal.