THE COUNTRY BOY 



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celebrate the occasion. We talked about the 

 weather first, and then how backward Silverton 

 was, and by that time we were out of town and 

 I let the horse trot. Presently we ran over 

 some rough spot and the old sorrel horse 



snorted and tried to run away. It was new 

 actions for him, so I got out and tried to find 

 what was the matter. The harness was all 

 right but his eyes were blazing with fire that 

 I could even see in the night. We wondered 

 why he snorted and I got back into the vehicle 



