Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1912-12-01
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THE DIARY OF a HORSE
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RY A TuLsA MOMANN

makes the ups and downs OF this
story. His family consisted Of a good
looking, spoiled, unreliable boy an
! only child, that I loved dearly, ana
who repaid my love by often driving
me too hard. or when his father was
away, by forgetting to feed and water
Lne properly. The Doctors wife, q
frail little woman whose phaeton
pulled for little while bored me eN-
ceedingly.
She never seemed to be In hurry
or to have any real business to which
to attend, so ! usually took her whcro
/ chose This did not always suit hei
however and | was turned back 70
the doctor, whose practice-horse be
came In the main he was a good,
kind master, large both of body and,
of heart, but with quick abrupt
way of speaking that often caused
people who did not know him to mis-
| Judge him. He had a quick temper
and often when worried would vent
his feelings on me, but being his prac.
| tice-horse, had god opportunity t
know how many things come up lr
a doctors lie to worry him, and also
| knowing that at the end of my Jour
ney I had a good warm stall waiting
water l freely forgave him all hia
rough words, and hard Hicks, and dlj
my best for him.
| was much interested n his life ana
I'm the welfare Of his patients-befora
whose gates I've stood, worn ard
weary. for hours at time. Some
times sobs and means would float ont
at an open window or door; at other
times death-like stiffness reigned
But always the tone of the doctors
voice as he united my hitch rein tolj
me how he felt about the case;
whether-"All would be well"-or
whether another soul had ALREADY
winged its way across The Dark val
ley.
But most Of all think 7 was in
terested in Stork cases for my mas
ter was often called "Old Stork Jones"
and as his assistant. I could not help
being interested. | could always te,
when my master was going to one Gt
these cases by the little eager ring IN
his voice that he had for no other
case, for he, as we'll as I, loved chill
dren dearly. / believe he will admit,
If there were times when I drove eX.
traordnarily well, II was while going
to these cases Many people have
learned to know the clatter of M,
hoofs.
Once on a very dark and stormy
night l was taking my master out
In hurry. A woman made the re
mark, There goes Santa some soul
must be about to leave this earth by
the way he is going" Another wo-
man answered, "If It is Santa. more
likely some soul Is about to come to
this earth" AS / have stood hitchcd
at a gate l have heard people who
passed along the street say, Some
one must be sick-for there Is Santa.
1t sometimes makes me feel that Tho
sight OF my brown coat is a flag OF
suffering. but | do not let that worry
me, for I know Inside that house mr.
kind-hearted master Is doing all he
times l have had to stand for Ions
hours waiting for him and again az
other times in very short while iny
master has come bustling out with
happy twinkle In his eyes and said
in his short. quick way. "a fine boy,
Santa" or " nice girl. Santa"-for
he knew how anxious I was as I stood
na
Was l not his practice horse. and
is not good practice horse almost
the same as a Doctors partner?
There came a day to my own fam
| ily-when l stood with head bowel
| down-wlth anxiety for long hours. II
was the day our little Mary Caroli1e
came to US. I knew how anxiously All
the family were looking forward to
this event and as my master took my
rein TO tie me, | saw a slight nervous
ness in his usually steady hand and
being a practice-horse. / knew how
such things must be when they came
to fellows own family Now. | Will
explain how little Mary Caroline hap
pens to belong to us. She is the new
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my master and mistress. This niece
they love as their own and when she
would visit us, she often would drive
me and as I've saved her life many
times by refusing to be driven into
street car, an automobile or a sewer
ditch ! feel that ] have perfect right
to a claim on little Mary Caroline.
SO my old heart thumped with un-
easiness as the hours went by and my
master did not come out to me. The
sun shone warm and bright; the birds
sang; the sky was blue; all nature
seemed ready on this beautiful No
vember day to welcome the new flfe:
but when the shadows of evening be.
gan to fall and lights began TO flicker,
In the windows Of homes all around,
and / saw the slender. long-legged,
CHEEKY hearted doctor that my master
| cord. for xrhor, ho Il in trn,s.