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One day he found himself hitched up in harness with 

 old Piebald, Ceph. Silas had thought Gipsey too spirited 

 to begin him with, but True walked so fast, and — though 

 very unsteadily at first — trotted so much faster than his 

 mate that the next day he was taken out with his mother. 



From her he had learned the Royal Road to Happi- 

 ness and Success : ''Obedience first, last, and all the 

 time !" 



It was, indeed, a proud day for the colt. 



Easy it was for a horse to obey Silas Whitman, he 

 was so careful to explain, and to be sure they under- 

 stood; he never let them get fretted trying to find out 

 what he wanted by themselves. 



x\s soon as True found he was not expected to run or 

 gallop in harness, he settled down to walking or trotting 

 in his nervous brisk way, and soon the gaits of mother 

 and son were evenly matched. 



As time increased True became more and more lov- 

 able and people came for miles to see him ; some even 

 wanted to buy him and offered as much as twenty-five 

 dollars. But Silas refused all offers for his pet. Very 

 soon he was hitched to the "shay" alone. He stepped 

 out bravely enough feeling the friendly hand of his mas- 

 ter to advise and guide him. Then again he had a turn 

 under the saddle ; this was freer for there were not so 

 many rules to remember! 



When they went on trips of the latter kind, Silas, 

 who was a very well-informed man, talked to him and 

 told him many interesting things and gave him much 

 instruction. Sometimes, on their, way home over open 

 fields, grassy knolls and wooded hillsides, Silas would 

 take the wrong turning and leave True to find out the 

 right way by himself. That strange sense of direction 

 in horses was singularly acute in True and they invari- 



