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bonnets and screaming in alarm. He then 

 made a complete circle, coming back by the 

 hitching-post and catching the wheel of the cart 

 on the timber, throwing himself on his side in 

 the mud. Now the teacher had regained her 

 -feet and running to the pony sat on its head 

 until help could be summoned. After con- 

 siderable difficulty and danger the teacher and 

 her friends succeeded in freeing the animal from 

 the obnoxious cart and harness. Still vicious 

 and defiant the pony, covered with mud, was 

 led back to his owner by the tired and greatly 

 disgusted young woman. The man from the 

 East did not appreciate or understand the real 

 nature of a plains pony. He never forgave the 

 treatment that western girl gave his highly 

 prized horse, for which he had paid the regal 

 sum of twelve dollars ! 



The teacher traded the black mare to a Meth- 

 odist preacher who had long desired the high- 

 stepper, but soon learned to his sorrow that 

 the spirited animal would not forget her be- 

 loved mistress ; she grew both vicious and 

 dangerous. She changed hands several times 

 and at last was sold at auction to a young man 



[MO] 



