The Horse, as Comrade and Friend 



gave her a good deal of extra petting, which 

 she returned with many signs of her affection 

 for me. It was at that time that she got badly 

 entangled one night in a wire fence ; so badly 

 that she could not move. I heard her calling 

 to me when I awoke about 6 o'clock in the 

 morning, and got up to see what was the 

 matter. As I came up to her, she kept on 

 whinnying to me, to tell me all about it. After 

 a great deal of work I got her out of the trouble. 

 She realised I was helping her ; did not struggle, 

 and did just what I wanted her to do. 



She always knew when Saturday afternoon 

 and Sunday came ; for on those days — and 

 not on any other weekday — she would always 

 feed quite near the iron railing of the garden, 

 or stand for a long while looking over it, on the 

 off chance of seeing me. If she saw me in the 

 distance, she kept on whinnying until I went 

 up to her. I mention these things to show 

 that I had a very special attraction for her. 



In the early morning of the 18th March, 1913, 

 at 3.20 a.m. I was awakened from the most 

 dense sleep ; not by any noise or neighing — 

 but by a call conveyed to me — I know not 

 how — from Windermere. I could hear no- 

 thing — not a sound outside, although it was a 

 perfectly still night — but as I became fully 



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