THE COUNTRY HOME [chapter 



ate than when you swear, scream, kick, and act 

 generally like a fool. 



A rural free delivery carrier, while making his 

 rounds, got stuck in a huge drift. Alighting from 

 his carriage to examine the situation, his horse gave 

 a great leap, broke the harness, and dashed into the 

 open road. He soon disappeared, leaving the car- 

 rier and the broken vehicle. Taking his mail bag 

 on his shoulder, the carrier started to find the next 

 house. He had gone but a little way, when he saw 

 his horse coming back again, with two men. He 

 had dashed up to their door, calling loudly, and 

 then started back up the road. He did this until 

 they would follow, and then he led them to the 

 drift where the carrier was floundering and ex- 

 hausted. Treat a horse as human, always and 

 everywhere, and you will be surprised to find how 

 fully he will enter into intelligent partnership. 

 Bishop Whipple tells us that he was obliged, during 

 his Sioux Mission, to make a drive of thirty miles 

 with the mercury thirty-six below zero, and in the 

 teeth of a severe storm. He found the trail com- 

 pletely obliterated, while a blizzard raged through 

 a starless night. He finally curled himself under 

 the buffalo robes, leaving all to his horses. One of 



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