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of a Morgan mare, it will excuse you for going at 
least half the way in friendship. My Morgan was 
so near human that she saved for me life and limb 
more than once. Going up a very steep hill in the 
country, the shaft broke off sharp, and the buggy, 
containing myself, my wife, and babe, would have 
been easily precipitated into a gulch thirty feet be- 
low. But my noble horse immediately braced her- 
self, turning her head about full of interrogation, 
and held everything with the intelligence of a hu- 
man being. Indeed, no person could have more 
fully codperated in getting that broken buggy to 
the top of the hill, where we could temporarily re- 
pair it. On another occasion, while driving in a 
crowded city street, the whiffletree broke loose. In- 
stead of running or kicking, my inarticulate friend 
instantly stopped and exercised her reason in as- 
sisting me to prevent serious damage. However, 
most of you will not be able to own a Morgan. You 
will have to get along with a plain, everyday sort of 
horse. But mark you, to a certainty, every time 
kindness will pay. Talk with your horse as if she 
understood, and she will understand. ‘Talk with 
all your animals, and you will be astounded to find 
how very much better you will be able to cooper- 
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