Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1910-07-08

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could not subdue high-spirited
horse by force.
Mrs. Shane had seen the horse
start and feared the result. An eloya-
ton in the road had cut off her view.
after the horse had passed the road
few rods, and she knew nothing
of the result. She called Mike ana
Tom from the barn and told them
what had occurred.
OH that's all right. mother. !
guess father can manage him. AS
lame as he is" said Tom. Gle won't
run very far before he will get tired. "
'Begorra, I'm not so sure of that. "
said Mike; it's fiery temper the
horse has. an whin his blood's III
he's hard to manage"
I would rather you would 80 af-
ter him and see If anything has hap
pened," said Mrs. Shane.
"Why, how useless that would be-
mother, there amt a horse on the
farm we couldn't drive, an we
couldn't catch him on foot"
II shall not rest until / know d
said Mrs, Shane.
Don't worry about that. Father
knows too much about horses to let
Dick get away from him that way"
said Tom. Come, Mike, let's %
back to work"
Shane still lay beside the road un-
conscious He had tried to manage
the horse by brute force, and here
was the result-tho horse prancing
over the field, exulting in his free
DOM and the man lying unconscious
beside the road The horse had not
expended 1.-THE of his strength. ana
the man was as helpless as the dead.
At the time of the accident Edith
was visiting Cora Tracy. and in the
afternoon MIR Tracy had occasion
to hitch up his wagon and drive down
the road on an crrand to another
farm, and as he was going by the
Shane farm he told Edith she could
ride with him. She gladly accepted
his invitation, for it would save her
a long walk.
Il always like to ride behind your
horses" said Edith, as they drove
along; they look so happy and con
tented"
That's the way l want them to
be said Mr. Tracy. THEY deserve
to be happy just as much as ! do, or
any of my family"
DO you think animals know any
thing about happiness or unharpi-
ness?' said Edith; that is, l mean
DO they know when we love them,
and can they love us in rcturn?"
"That is a hard question to an
swer, " said Tracy; but | think their
actions indicate that they appreciate
love and kindness MS much as a HUI
man being does; but whether they
understand such things as we do or
not. | cannot tell. | have always male
it a rule to treat them as though they
did. This is especially the case with
horses and dogs. | find that | can
get much better service out of them
by treating them kindly; and then
| feel better myself when I nave
treated all the brute creation fairly.
and have dealt justly by them.
q wish papa would look at things
as you do, and would take more in
terest in the welfare of his dumb
animals" said Edith.
81 should think a good little teach
CT like you could teach him some
thing about such things" said
Tracy.
"He won't listen to me" Said
Edith. "IIo says I am too young to
know much about such things"
why how is this?" exclaimed
Tracy, as they passed along the road
in the vicinity of the wreck, and
saw Dick over in the field. Here is
horse running loose with bride
on and part of the harness. Why, it
looks like he paused in his re-
mark, for he recognized the horse
as Mr.. Shane's
ct looks like Dick" said Edith,