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in helping them to bear up under hard work," con- 

 tinued Tracy, '''•and I fear that you haven't given your 

 animals the encouragement of kind icords even. Love 

 and kindness are the powers that govern the world. 

 You may control a horse by force for a while, but if he 

 has any spirit it will breakout sometime, and the horse 

 by his superior strength will be master, as was the case 

 with Dick when he ran away with you. Mike said he 

 never saw a horse drive nicer than Dick did when he 

 went after the doctor. Why, you wouldn't know your 

 own horses, Shane, since Mike has been applying the 

 'golden rule' to them, as he says. If they keep on 

 improving they will be at work again in a short time." 



"Won't that be nice, papa?" said Edith. 



"I just give you these points to think about, and 

 when you get up put them into practice, and see if it 

 don't prove more profitable than the old way. I'll get 

 the neighbors together and we'll replant that corn and 

 see if you can't make a crop yet. I'll send Cora, over 

 to help Edie with the work until you can get some one 

 else. So good bye, friend Shane, and don't worry 

 about your business, for your neighbors will help you 

 out." 



