Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1910-12-09

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Don is SO superlauyely eood, q"
laughed Mrs. Gardner chat he adj
mits OF no comparison"
Don is good as good as gold
don't doubt said Mrs. Harmon,
but there ism much style to him. ."
Now look at that horse-Lady
is that what you call her?-she is
really quite a snowy affair"
Yes. she is, admitted the doc
tor.
Edward" continued Mrs. IIar-
mon, Il know YOU appreciate ali the
fine points in a horse, but l don't see
how YOU happened to buy one like
that for farm work"
81 didn't; she was given to Reg
gle"
DO you dare TO trust Reggie with
a horse like that?'
"Oh, yes! He knows MS much
about horse as I do"
You used TO say, Edward, that
one of the first lessons you'd would
try to impress upon the minds of
your children would be the kind and
considerate treatment of animals.
DO you remember it?"
Yes; l remember"
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line upon line, and precept upon pre-
cept."
On the contrary, | have given
them very little direct teaching"
Perhaps they did not need any"
said Mr. Harmon.
That's about IT, Either through
hereditary or by direct gift they were
endowed in this respect There
wasn't much for me to do"
THE disposition was native to the
soil said Mr.. Harmon. Wei, it
gives you all the more time to bring
others up to your standard"
Il am not at loss for a field of
labor, certainly"
Really, Edward, you seem to be
a kind of missionary. so to speak, to
the animal creation, said his sister.
1t is not the animals who need
q missionary SO much rs the men
who have charge of them
Il hope your labors bring forth
some fruit"
The crop is not abundant as yet,
but l am not working alone. New
laborers are constantly coming into
the Geld. This is to be one of the
reforms Of the future
When they returned from church
the house had begun to wear holi-
day aspect No ruthless hand had
done away with the old-fashioned fire
places, and cheerful fires were
sparkling and cracking in parlor and
dining room Tim had filled the
corners of the rooms with branches
of pine and cedar, and trained about
the windows some Crimson-leayCd
blackberry vines that Rose had
found in a sheltered spot that morn
ing. The long table was already
partially set, and the simmer of
glass and silver, the mounds of Grim
son jelly, and the delicate green Of
the celery were dainty forerunners Of
the coming feast.
The dinner justified all expecta-
lions. The turkey was done to q
turn, the chicken pies were delicious,
aud all the other compounds were
Itriumphs of the culinary art. AS
they sat about the table slipping their
coffe in genial comfort, Rose said;
Il cannot help feeling sorry for
the animals on days like these.
should like to make a fire in the
barn and spread a table with the
kinds Of food they like, and have
tlCm all together, as we are-but
the horses are out in the cold barn,
and the cows are standing each alone
in her stall, and the sheep are out on
the hill nibbling away at that dry,
dead grass, and the hens are wander
ing about in the barren hen yard,
and all we can seem to do for them
is to give them a little more to eat"
ut does seem hard to bring much
warmth or cheer into their lives,
responded Mrs. Gardner.
And yet, how much attention Is
paid to their comfort in these days,
remarked Mr.. Harmon. There are
stables heated by steam and furnish
ed with every modern appliance"
Il have read of one that was car
peted," said Floy.
But those are exceptions" said
DR.. Gardner, "the majority live in
hard quarters, and fare hard"