TO FIVE ACKES TOO MUCH. 



who was a powerful fellow, and had been severely 

 bruised in the struggle, he reared and plunged vio 

 lently, and finally, breaking away, dashed round the 

 circle, out at the entrance, and away up the road. 

 The man firmly believed that Dandy had seen the 

 ghost, which was now mentioned for the first time, 

 although my views inclined to accept the occurrence 

 as an outcropping of the original sin of the horse 

 family. 



The pursuit of a runaway horse is a melancholy 

 operation his speed is so much greater than his pur 

 suer s ; his means of flight so much better than the 

 latter s opportunities for stopping him ; he has four 

 feet to set against two, and knows so well how to use 

 them ; he has such unpleasant soundness of wind and 

 limb, and such a raging devil inside of him, while 

 the satisfaction of recovering ruined debris is so 

 slight, and the mode of punishment so vague. I fol 

 lowed along as best I might, picking up a cushion 

 here, a blanket there, the whip in one place, and the 

 seat in another, inquiring of every one that I met 

 whether they had seen a horse, and being invariably 

 answered &quot; that they guessed they had.&quot; It is enough 

 to say that, after smashing every thing to pieces, 

 tearing the body of the wagon from the wheels, toss 

 ing out what was movable, and ruining his harness, 



