THE horse's rescue. 219 



*'I would Jike twenty or twenty-five pounds." 



'' Oh, we can liardly spate as much as that." 



I told the lady m}^ story about the wreck. 



"I will pay yoa double price if you have got it." 



I got the lard and repaired up again. After a few 

 hours' wallowing around in mud, grease, and rosin, 

 these wagons were getting play very fast by friction. 

 That helped the horses some. The w^agons did not 

 receive much benefit. They ran better after this last 

 treatment, as the yelling gradually subsided. 



There was another storm gradual Ij^ arising. I had 

 been watching that. If it kept on increasing it would 

 completely shipwreck this train. This is the propell- 

 ing power. In many ways the mare was getting lamer 

 by degjces. I could not see the cause in the foot; 

 the shoulder did not swell; that looked all right. 



''Beach," I said, "We must anchor. These poor 

 horses look tired." 



"It is not night yet." 



"Ko matter, they must have rest." 



I did not rest much myself; I could see danger 

 ahead. It was not on account of loss or lack of mo- 

 ney to see me through ; I had about five hundred dol- 

 lars in my pocket. This article I have found, when 

 travelling, to be the best friend I ever had, and I never 

 intended to get out of it if I could possibly help it. 

 That would be the worst wreck I could make. What 

 worried me was, I did not want to wreck this train, of 

 which I was conductor. After stabling the horses, 

 this rosin business had to be looked to on forty 

 wheels. The yelling had quieted down. They had. 

 worn and cut so they would not got set; but there 



