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before. This time, fortunately, I had some bon-bons 

 in my pocket, the remnants of a package I had dis- 

 tributed among the children on the piazza of the 

 hotel. I could see at once that the little filly was 

 unaccustomed to sweets, and I watched her face 

 while she tried the first mouthful. It was a charming 

 study of animal expression. Her eyes seemed to 

 dilate with pleasure, her nostrils expanded, her breath 

 came quicker, and there was an eagerness in the way 

 she turned toward me that was more eloquent than 

 words. She knew the juices of the sweet grass she 

 had so often cropped, and from which her abundant 

 life came ; she had received saccharine flavors and 

 foretastes in the corn and oats she had consumed ; 

 but here was sweetness in its most concentrated form. 

 It was a new and pleasing discovery in her life ; and 

 she was plainly grateful to the one who had revealed 

 it to her. 



I took my walks in the same direction each day 

 thereafter, and always found my beautiful equine 

 friend awaiting me. Sometimes we strolled along the 

 country roads together, and while I chatted to her 

 freely of my admiration, I was quite satisfied, from her 



