Show The Black I Beauty ANNI- ANNI WELL WELLI I I Continued tl from Yesterday 1 Th Then n followed a CL conversation between between between be be- be- be tween them theme till Ull It II was agreed that Robert as the tho groom should hould lead me and find that Ned Nell must mURt take talce the bod body It was a n. hard Job to get It Into tho the dog dogcart dogcart dogcart cart for there was no one ono to hold Ginger but she gho knew as well as I Idid Idid Idid did what was going on and stood as still as a stone I noticed that because i If It she fhe he had a n. fault It was that she was wn impatient In standing Ned Nel started off orr very verS' slowly with his ad ml d load and anel Robert came carrie and looked at m my foot again then he took tool his handkerchief and bound It closely round an and so 80 he ho led me home I Ishall Ishall Ishall shall never ne forget torget that night walk wall It was more than three miles Robert led me on onery very ery slowly and I limped I and hobbled on as well as I could with great pain I am sure ho was sorry for me for ho often orten patted and encouraged me inc talking to me in ina ina ina a pleasant voice volee At last I reached ron my mr own box bog and anel had some somo corn and after Robert had wrapped rl up m my knees in lit wet cloths ho tied up m my toot root In a bran poultice to draw out the heat hent and clean cleanse o it oct before oro the horse doctor saw sav it In the tile morning and I I managed to get myself myself my my- self down on tho the straw and slept in spite of ot tho the pain The next da day clay after the farrier had haa examined m my wounds he lie said he hoped the Joint was not injured and if so I should not bo be spoiled for work but I should never lose the blemish I believe bellevo the they did tho the best to mako make a n. good cure but it jt was along a along long Ions and painful one Proud flesh h as tho they called it it came caine up in m my knees knee and was burnt out with caustic and arid when at nt last it was healed they put puta a 1 blistering fluid over o tho the front of oC both knees to bring all aU the halt hair oft off they had some reason for this and I suppose It was all right As Smiths Smith's death had been so sud sud- den dell and no ono one was there to see it there was an Inquest held The landlord landlord landlord land land- lord and at tho the White Lion with several other people gave O evidence evi dence denee that he was intoxicated when he ho started from the inn The l keeper of the toll toll- toll gate te said he ho rode at ahard a ahard ahard hard gallop through the gate sate and m my shoe was picked up amongst tho the stones so 50 that the tile case was quite plain to them and I Ivas was vas cleared of or orall all blame Everybody pitied Susan She was nearly out of ot her mind she kept sayIng sayIng saying say- say Ing over and over again Oh he wasso was v vasso wasso so good good so so good It was all that cursed drink wh why will the they sell soil that cursed drink 0 O Reuben Reuben So she sho went wont on till Ull after he ho was buried and then as she sho ho had no home or relations she with her six little children was obliged once more to leave the plea pleasant home by the ta tall tail l oak trees and go So Into that great gloomy bloom Union house L X Ruined a ami nid d. d Coins Down m bill liili As 8 soon knees were I ly healed I was turned into a n. small meadow for or a n month or two t no other creature was there and though I enjoyed enjoyed enjoyed en en- joyed the liberty and the sweet grass yet et r I had been so long on used to so society so- so that I felt very cry lonel lonely Gin Ginger er and I had hall b become como fast friends and now I ml missed her company extreme extreme- 1 ly 13 I often orten nel neighed when I heard h horses horses' feet passing in the tho road but butI I II I seldom got an answer r till on one morning morning morn morn- ing th the gate gato was opened an and who should come com in Jut but dear ear ol old Ginger The Tho man sUpped slipped oft her halter and left eft her there With a joyful whinny I trotted up to her wo we were both glad to meet but I soon oon found that I it was not for our pleasure that she was brought to lo 1 bo ho 0 with me Her story would bo ho too jon long to tell but the end of it was that she sho had Imad been ruined by hard riding an and was now t turned 0 oft off to sOc see ce what rest would do Lord George as young and would tal take c no warning he lie was a 11 hard rider and would hunt whenever cr he hc could get t tho he chance quite careless of his horse Soon after I left the stable there was wan wasa wana a 1 steeplechase and ho he determined to ride Though tho tIme groom told him she was a 1 little strained and was not fit for lor tho tile race he did not believe belle It and on tho time d l d iy of the tho race urged Ginger Ginger Gin Gln- ger ser to keep up with tho the foremost riders With her high spirit she the strained herself to tho utmost she came ma in with the first three hor horses hories but her wind vInd was touched beside which ho was too heavy for tor her and her back hack was wa strained And eo so 20 she said mid hero wo we are ruined in tn the prime of our youth and strength you b by a t drunkard and I by a n fool tool it Jt is very hard We both felt in ourselves that wo were not what wo we had been However that did not spoil the pleasure pleas peas ure uro we had In each others other's company we WP ll did not gallop about as we once did but bute we e used to feed and lie down together and stand for hours under one of or tho the shad shady lime trees with our heads close to each other and so we passed our time till the tho family re returned returned re- re turned from town One Ono day a we saw the tho Earl Darl como come Into tho timo meadow and York was with him S Seeing who It was we stood still under under un un- un- un der our lime tree a and d let et them come up to us Ufo Thc They examined us tin both I I carefully The Tho Earl seemed much annoyed annoyed an an- noyed There is three hundred pounds flung awa away for or no earthly use 2 said ld he ho but what I caro care most for Is th that t these horses of or my old friend who thought they would find a n. good home with me are aro ruined Tho The mare marc shall have a twelvemonths twelvemonth's months month's run and we shall see eo what that will do for or her but tho the black one ono must bo be sold Md tin Us Usa tina a great reat pity but I could not have knees el those these in Ii my mr f stables No 0 m my lord ford of course not said York but ho he might get a naco where appearance is not of ot much consequence conse conse- quence and still bo be well welI treated I know knon a man In Bath the tho mn master of ot some seine livery stables who often wants wanta a 0 good horse hors at a n low figure I know he lie looks w well ll after his horses Tho inquest cleared the tho horses horse's charac tr and your lordships lordship's re tl tion n r mine wo would wola la be sufficient war war- rin hint rani for COl him hlin Yo You 1 h had d b better y write to h him hm m York r I should be moVe more particular about the place than the money he hA would fetch retch After this the they left us uS' Th n soon Wee tithe you ou away said Ginger and I shall lose Jose tho the only friend I have ha and most likely wo we shall never ne see each other again Tin a ahard ahard hard f d I About a week after this Robert Robort came camo Into the field with a n halter haler which h he slipped over over my head and led me awa away There was no leave- leave taking of or Ginger cr w we neighed to each other as ns I was led off oft and she trotted anxiously along h by the tho hedge calling to mo me as Ion long sho could as ns coul hear the thc round of or m my feet reet Through the recommendation of York I was bought b by tho the master maser of or ortho tho the l er livery stables stable I had to go by br train which W was new to me and re required required required re- re a good deal of or courage the first time but as I found the puffing rushing running whistling and more than all al the tho trembling of tho the box In which I J stood did mo me no real harm I soon took It I quietly henI reached tho the end of or my Journey journe Jour jour- ne fey ney I found myse myself In a C tolerably comfortable stable and well vell wel attended to These stables stable were not so airy alo and pleasant as a tho those e I had been used to to The stalls were laid on a a slope instead o of being level and as my head was kept tied ted to the manger I Iwas Iwas Iwas was always obliged to s stand on the slope which was wa very fatiguing Men Mendo Mendo Mendo do not seem to know yet ct that tha t horses can do more work worl if they can en stand comfortably and can turn about however however how how- ever I Ins was ns as well wel fed and cleaned and arid on tho the whole I think our master rater took tool as much care caro cro of ot us as he could Ho He kept a n good ma many horses and carriages carriages car car- 01 of or different kinds for hire Sometimes his own men drove them at others the horse and chaise chale were let to gentlemen or ladles ladies who ho drove themselves n A Job so Ioro ani anul IIi ILls His Drivers Driel Hitherto I had alwn always s 's been driven by people who at least knew how to dl drive irivo O but in this place I was wa to get 0 my experience or of all 1 tho the different kinds of or bad and ignorant driving driving to which we horses horse are arc subjected for forI forr I r was vas a Job joh horse hore and was vas let outto outto out outto to all al sorts of people who ho wished to hire Ithe me mc arid and ad as a I was tempered good and gentle gente I think I was wa oftener oftener let out to lo the tho ignorant drivers ers than some of or the tho other horses because I 1 could bo be depended upon It I would take a Ion long time to tell tel of all al the tile different different dif dif- dif dif- ferent event styles in which I was driven but hut I will wi mention menton a tow low of them First t there were the tight rein drivers men drivers men who vho seemed to think that all al depended on holding the reins as a hard as they could never relaxing re relaxing relaxing re- re the pull pul on the tho horses horse's hores hore's mouth or giving him the least liberty of movement The They arc are always talking about keeping the horse well el in hand and holding a a hol horse up lip Just as ns It f a a hor horse hore wn was as not to holl hold himself up Some Som poor down broken-down horses whoso whose mouths have ha been heen mado made hard and Insensible by hy just such drivers as these thee may perhaps find some support in It I but for Cor a horse who can depend upon his own legs lebs and who has a n tender mouth and Is easily ely guided It is not only I tormenting but butI it I Is 15 stupid Then thero there are tho rein loose drivers drivers tiny tiny- ers ens who let the reins lie le easily i on our backs and their own hand rest lazily on their knees Of or course such gentlemen gen gen- gentlemen temen have hav hano no control over oer a 0 horse If anything happens hannon sud suddenly If I a horse hors shies or starts starts or stumbles the they are arc nowhere and cannot help the horse or themselves till Ul the tho mischief is 1 done Of course courso for m myself self I had ha no objection to It It as I was l not in the thc habit either cither of starting or stumbling and had only been Use used to depend on my driver for guidance and encouragement still one likes to feel feol the therein therein therein rein a n little Ito in going down kill hill hi arid and likes to Imo know that ones one's driver Is not gono to sleep Besides a n slovenly way of of driving driving ing gets a n horse into bad and often oten la lazy habits and when he changes han hands handshe s she he has to bo po whipped out of or them with wih moro more or less 1055 pain and trouble Squire Gordon always kept us to our best paces pace and our best manners He said that spoiling soing a horse hore an and letting him get et into bad habits was Just as a cruel as spoiling a and both had to suffer for tor it I afterwards Besides these drivers ers are aro often oron careless altogether and will wi attend to anything else elso more more than their hor horses os I went out in tho the phaeton thel ono day a with one of or them hem ho had a lad lady and two children behind Ho 10 flopped the reins roina about as we wo started and of or course gave e a mo mc several Unmeaning unmeanIng unmeaning un un- meaning cuts with wih tho the whip hip though I was fairly ofT off of Thero There had been a n good deal of ot ro road mending going on and anden even en where the tho stones stone were no not freshly laid down thero were a great grea great many loo loose e ones about about My I driver drive was waa laughing and Joking with wih the tho In lady and tho the children and talking about abOlt the countr country to tho the right and arid the thi left but he never nevor th thought it worthwhile worthwhile worth worth- while to keep an eye eya ero on his horse I or to drive o on tho the smoothest parts of or the road rond and so it easl easily happened happened hap hap- that I got a n stono in ono one o omy ot of my Lore fore feet Now if Ir Mr r. r Gordon or John or In fact an any good driver er had boon been there h ho he would have seen that something Was wrong before I had gone gono Sone three paces Or oven even if it it had been dark lark a practiced hand would have felt b by the rein that th thero ro roas was as something wrong in tho the step and they would have havo got down and picked out theston the ston stone But this man went on laughing laughing laughIng laugh- laugh Ing and talking whilst at It every ery step tcp the stone became more firmly wedged 1 I between m my shoe and tho the frog ro of m my foot feet The stone was sharp on tho the In Inside Inside In- In side aril and round on the outside which h as us cV every r one knows is the tho most dangerous dan an kind that a horse hore can pick up at tho the same sanio time cutting his foot toot and making him most liable lable to t stumble and fall CRU Whether the tho man was partly party blind or only very cry careless I cant can't say sy but Jio 0 c drove mo mc with that stone slone in ray rny foot tool for or orn a n good half halt mile mie before he saw an anything B By that time I was wast wa t t- t going so lame ith the pain that at nt last ho saw sav a It and called caled out Well VeU heres here's a a go Why h the they havo kayo sent u us out ont with a lame horse What A shame Ho lie then chuckled the reins and flipped Clipped about with wih tho the whip saying Now then Its It's Is I's no U use e playing the theold theold old soldier Foldier with wih mo me theres there's the tho journey journey jour jour- nc ney to go o. o and its it's no u use e turning lame and lazy lay Just at this timo a 0 farmer S came me came riding up on a 0 brown cob ho lifted his hat and pulled upI upI upI up I be beg your our pardon 4 sir 11 ho said aid but I think there thero is something the matter mater with your horse ho he goes very much as a if 1 ho had a stone stono in his shoe If I you will wi allow alow me I will wJ look at athis athis athis his feet cot these loose scattered stones aro are confounded dangerous for the horses Hes Hos a hired h horse lse sail said sid i my driver I 1 dont don't know the matter with him but Iut It Is a n. great shame to send nd out a 0 lame horse 1100 like this timis Tho The former fanner dismounted and slipping slipping slip slip- ping his rein over O hl hi arm nt ot on once took up my foot Bless me theres there's a stone Lame I should think so At t first h he tried to dislodge it I with wih his hand but as a It I was wa now yer very ery wedged ho lie drew a stone-pick stone out omit of his 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