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of a Morgan mare, it will excuse you for going at 

 least half the way in friendship. My Morgan was 

 so near human that she saved for me life and limb 

 more than once. Going up a very steep hill in the 

 country, the shaft broke off sharp, and the buggy, 

 containing myself, my wife, and babe, would have 

 been easily precipitated into a gulch thirty feet be- 

 low. But my noble horse immediately braced her- 

 self, turning her head about full of interrogation, 

 and held everything with the intelligence of a hu- 

 man being. Indeed, no person could have more 

 fully cooperated in getting that broken buggy to 

 the top of the hill, where we could temporarily re- 

 pair it. On another occasion, while driving in a 

 crowded city street, the whiffletree broke loose. In- 

 stead of running or kicking, my inarticulate friend 

 instantly stopped and exercised her reason in as- 

 sisting me to prevent serious damage. However, 

 most of you will not be able to own a Morgan. You 

 will have to get along with a plain, everyday sort of 

 horse. But mark you, to a certainty, every time 

 kindness will pay. Talk with your horse as if she 

 understood, and she will understand. Talk with 

 all your animals, and you will be astounded to find 

 how very much better you will be able to cooper- 



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