| Show date S i evening evell L A i sv V kity MAW MARY GRAHAM BONNER if tah UNION i THE FARM HORSE betty was wag tier her name and she alto was a horse no alio was thirty eight years old and that wits was pretty old for or a horse yes betty was no longer young and no longer did alto aho do any work but when slie alto had been young she had worked hard site she had helped the farmer and the farmers farr oera wife and the children tho the children had played with tier her too and betty had loved that betty was V very ery affectionate and sho she was always glad that site she was a pet it was kind too of the farmer and tits hla family to remember when sho alto was old nil all the work she had done when she aho was young some soine people might forget but not the farmer I 1 no the farmer would not forget anything of that sort ile he would never forget any kindness im ho would never forget any favors which had been shown him and his family yet there were some who would it hayo forgotten some there were who would have sold her when sho she was old and would have let others own her and work tier until she dropped there had been a rich lady once who had been visiting the farmers 8 wife these two had gone to school together and the rich lady was waa very fond of horses or at least so she said 1 I ride so much she aho told the form farm ers erb wife 1 I am never without a saddle horse and I 1 drive too and oil how much I 1 love my horses I 1 can not toll tell you how hard it la Is for me when I 1 am in the city at times and see the often ill used truck horses horaces 1 I wonder it if some one of them may not be a horse of mine perhaps a horse I 1 have had to sell because he was of no more uso use to me and the banners fan ners wife was shocked and sold said 1 I dont see houyou how you can let le betty ty wax was very aff affectionate action ate 11 your horses be sold when you say you love them oh but I 1 cannot afford to do anything else yes it gives me shivers to walk ala along ng the city streets ane and 1 wonder if any of my horses have been sold to men who are not kInd to them and the farmers fan ners wife talked very bard to the rich lady she said that they were keeping betty though betty was of no more use to them but she said that they had not forgotten that betty had been a good horse all her life and now they felt she deserved the comforts comfort fl of a domela home ln tier her old age she said she thought it was cruel to forget the kind neon of an animal just jus i as tt it was vas cruel to forget a friend who ud iad been kind to one and whom later on one could help but the rich lady wanted sympathy for parting with her horses and yet site she would not give up the little money she made by selling them I 1 and from then on the farmers wife never asked her to visit again though slie she begged her at that time to prom tse ise tier her she would not sell a faithful horse again yes betty had a home a wonderful stall in a barn and a big yard of her own often other horses would come oyer over to her front from the field and they would stand on either side of the fence anil and look at each other and talk and hold horse conversations how they did seem to enjoy standing over the fence and talking to betty bettys hair was comin coming gout out her tall was waa a thin little affair nw now and her face was becoming thinner and quite quite gray oil yes ahe looked like in an old horse but sometimes oai on it a nice day betty would rould feel quite young again she would jump about tier her own vate little yard and she would frisk about and cry neigh neigh neigh nel n e 1 gh I 1 feel quite young and spry today ali ah yes im getting old hut but ive still some horse spirits left in roe me then the children would come to betty and they would talk to her and they thea would put their faces close to her face and would whisper betty we love you and the dear faithful old horse would whisper back in her sweet horse way neigh neigh children dear betty the horie hor loves you toot too 91 |
