THE horse's rescue. 287 



"You know, Mr. Jefferson, I told jou in advance 

 how this would all be." 



"Yes; I know you did." 



"If you will do as I told you, you will come out 

 all right, and your horse the same. Drive your horse 

 where you want to go. Before you get back he will 

 be nearly over his lameness, and will gradually get 

 stronsf and better all of the time until he is entirelv 

 well." 



He started out. His horse was quite lame. After 

 he had gone, there was a man v/ho told me what Jef- 

 ferson said before I came over from the shop. He did 

 not tell me anything new. I had been through the 

 mill. He said, " I guess I have let that old fool spoil 

 my horse." This is not all the place he told it. I 

 knew he would before I commenced to work on his 

 horse. I cared nothing for that. They nearly all do 

 the same. I well knew he would be my friend in the 

 end, and he was, and is now, as far as working on the 

 horse is concerned. 



In a short time Jefferson drove in the place. He 

 said he had been where he wanted to go, and had come 

 out of his way to tell me that before he got three miles 

 his horse was entirely over his lameness. 



" He has got over the change now," said I. " You 

 will have no more trouble." 



His tune was changed in my favor. 



Kow this horse's head had began to come up. In a 

 short time he had as clean, straight, tapering legs as 

 anv colt. Mr. Jefferson said it added seventv five 

 dollars to his value at once. This job did some adver- 



