THE COUNTRY HOME [CHAPTER 
ate than when you swear, scream, kick, and act 
generally like a fool. 
A rural free delivery carrier, while making his 
rounds, got stuck in a huge drift. Alighting from 
his carriage to examine the situation, his horse gave 
a great leap, broke the harness, and dashed into the 
open road. He soon disappeared, leaving the car- 
rier and the broken vehicle. ‘Taking his mail bag 
on his shoulder, the carrier started to find the next 
house. He had gone but a little way, when he saw 
his horse coming back again, with two men. He 
had dashed up to their door, calling loudly, and 
then started back up the road. He did this until 
they would follow, and then he led them to the 
drift where the carrier was floundering and ex- 
hausted. Treat a horse as human, always and 
everywhere, and you will be surprised to find how 
fully he will enter into intelligent partnership. 
Bishop Whipple tells us that he was obliged, during 
his Sioux Mission, to make a drive of thirty miles 
with the mercury thirty-six below zero, and in the 
teeth of a severe storm. He found the trail com- 
pletely obliterated, while a blizzard raged through 
a starless night. He finally curled himself under 
the buffalo robes, leaving all to his horses. One of 
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