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She was an all-around good one, and he occasionally drove her 

 to Providence, some thirty-two miles, sometimes returning the 

 same day. 



On one of these occasions he started for home in the even- 

 ing in quite a hilarious condition ; he not only fell asleep by 

 the wayside, but he fell out of his buggy into the highway. 

 He was only about half-way home, and he stayed there, un- 

 conscious, until daylight did appear. Then, his jag being slept 

 off, he realized that he was lying in the road and that his bay 

 mare was standing over him, but headed towards the city from 

 whence he had started the previous evening. Upon investiga- 

 tion he learned that the little mare had gone all of the way 

 home and stood in front of the barn. Not finding anyone 

 with her, she had then returned all that distance — about six- 

 teen miles — until she found her master ; then she had patient- 

 ly waited for him to sober up and was anxious to carry him 

 home at a good rate of speed, although this made her ninety- 

 six miles of travel in twenty-four hours. 



This incident made such an impression upon the mind of 

 her owner that he vowed that he would never get into such a 

 fix again and that nothing should ever part him from his faith- 

 ful mare. 



Later on he made a provision in his will that if the mare 

 survived him she should then be chloroformed and buried in 

 the same grave with him. This provision in his will was 

 faithfully carried out in 1890, and their two bodies now rest 

 together in the same grave in the town of Putnam, Conn. 

 The man's name was Eufus Molburn, and a granite monument 

 now marks the spot where the master and his sagacious mare 

 lie buried near the road leading from Putnam to Pomfret 

 street, called the Perrin Hill road. 



