YOURS WITH ALL MY HEART 



hind the pair, all in their new harness 

 and white collars and brown-tasseled fly- 

 nets. 



Don was only a big, overgrown colt, papa 

 said only five years old ; but he watched 

 Dora, and tried to do just as she did, and 

 they made a gentle, handsome pair on the 

 road. When a boy on a bicycle darted by, 

 an automobile or, worst of all, a screaming 

 steam-engine with the roaring train went 

 thundering past, Don trembled and crouched 

 at first. But when he saw his mate all 

 calm and fearless, he gained courage and 

 stood bravely beside her, his sensitive ears 

 pointing nervously, listening first to the 

 hissing steam of the engine, which seemed 

 like a great fiery dragon to him, then back, 

 to catch papa's encouraging words : " Whoa, 

 Donnie; its a-1-1 right, Donnie; see, Dora 

 don't mind that's a good boy!" And so 

 he kindly taught him, till he was as brave 

 and gentle as she. 



Once, when the horse-doctor came to file 

 Dora's teeth, where they had become sharp 

 and cut against her cheeks, so she could not 

 eat well, Don pushed up and stuck his nose 

 in the doctor's face and opened his mouth, 



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