52 Gentleman Jack 



attacked him at once, and he was always victorious. 

 And yet he did not seem really to care for fighting, 

 it rather appeared to him a duty, and he discharged 

 it in a direct and business-like way. 



Jack seemed to have some peculiar notions of 

 the rights of sex in human beings. He acknowledged 

 me as master, and would obey my commands 

 except in the matter of fighting ; but he would take 

 no orders from my wife. He was greatly attached 

 to her, planned for her happiness on several occa- 

 sions as, for example, when he collected a motley 

 bouquet of weeds and flowers from the garden, which 

 he presented to her, holding it in his mouth but 

 he would never obey her. He would not rebel, he 

 simply ignored her commands. 



A strong attachment sprang up between Jack and 

 the horses, especially my favorite mare. I often 

 saw them hobnobbing together in the most intelli- 

 gent manner, and it was a common thing for Jack 

 to forsake his soft bed and sleep in the same box 

 stall with her. One day the coachman got under 

 the influence of liquor. In attempting to groom the 

 mare, he, for some reason, became enraged, and, as 



