A SELF-SUPPORTING HOME 



ment a poor amateur takes them down from 

 a hook and attempts to adjust them, a Chinese 

 puzzle is simple to the conglomeration they 

 present. Nothing but the study of a har- 

 ness-maker's catalogue which happened to 

 be in the house would have enabled me to 

 straighten out the tangle. Then, when it 

 came to the bridle, finding the right place for 

 Dolly's ears drove her nearly frantic. When 

 at last it was found, the English collar would 

 not go over the bridle ; so it had all to be done 

 over again. Dolly not being an angel horse, 

 the drive following these blunders was ex- 

 citingly memorable; yet when we came home 

 there was a feeling of comradeship between 

 " my horse and me " that removed all diffi- 

 culties. 



From this time on, Dolly, by a hundred 

 clever devices known only to dumb animals, 

 made me understand what she had been 

 accustomed to. For instance, when Satur- 

 day evening came and I gave her oats, she 

 sniffed, pawed the floor, then, finding she 



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