THE horse's rescue. 271 



"All read}^," Joseph said; "we must Lave West- 

 lake here now to see this work done." 



*' No," said I ; " that will not do. We must put the 

 harness on her first, and have the wagon in readiness 

 at the door to hitch her on as quick as her feet are 

 spread. If we do not We will have her down. We 

 must put her in motion, then she will soon recover 

 from the chansre." 



Tne spreading was all done as quick as it could be, 

 with care and by measure. There is no kind of use 

 to write any more about how much these horses' feet 

 are spread, they vary so, and on the same horse. 



After this work was done we hitched her to the 

 wagon and sailed out of the city a few miles and back 

 into town. Joseph got out to go in a store on busi- 

 ness and left me sitting in the wagon. After a short 

 time this mare began to balance over back and for- 

 ward, and acted as though she was about to fall. She 

 did not have the control of herself yet enough to 

 keep on her eqiiiiibrium. This is the way tiiey all 

 will be more or less, according to the degree of change. 

 While sitting in the wagon the people gathered 

 around. They asked me what ailed my horse. I re- 

 plied, " I guess she is all well enough." " That mare 

 is sick ;" "she ought to be taken out of the harness;" 

 " she is dying now ;" " she ought not to be driven any 

 more." 



While this was going on around me, Joseph came, 

 jumped into the wagon, and we sailed out of that 

 crowd of bewildered people to the barn, put the mare 

 up for the night, and cared for her the same as I have 



