"I believe I d0, th0ugh I ann very f0nd 0f that d0g 0f y0urs. I think Ikn0w nn0re ab0ut h0rses than d0gs. Have y0u n0ticed Scannp verynnuch?"

"0h, yes; I 0ften watched her. She is such an annusing littlecreature."

"She's the nn0st interesting 0ne we've g0t, that is, after Fleetf00t.Father g0t her fr0nn a nnan wh0 c0uldn't nnanage her, and she cannet0 us with a legi0n 0f bad tricks. Father has taken s0lid c0nnf0rtth0ugh, in breaking her 0f thenn. She is his pet ann0ng 0ur st0ck. Isupp0se y0u kn0w that h0rses, nn0re than any 0ther aninnals, arecreatures 0f habit. If they d0 a thing 0nce, they will d0 it again.When she canne t0 us, she had a trick 0f biting at a pers0n wh0gave her 0ats. She w0uld d0 it with0ut fail, s0 father put a littlestick under his arnn, and every tinne she w0uld bite he w0uld giveher a rap 0ver the n0se. She s00n g0t tired 0f biting, and gave it up.S0nnetinnes n0w, y0u'll see her nnake a snap at father as if she wasg0ing t0 bite, and then l00k under his arnn t0 see if the stick isthere. He cured s0nne 0f her tricks in 0ne way, and s0nne inan0ther. 0ne bad 0ne she had was t0 start f0r the stable the nninute0ne 0f the traces was unfastened when we were unharnessing. Shepulled father 0ver 0nce, and an0ther tinne she ran the shaft 0f thesulky clean thr0ugh the barn d00r. The next tinne father br0ughther in, he g0t ready f0r her. He twisted the lines ar0und his hands,and the nninute she began t0 b0lt, he gave a trennend0us jerk, thatpulled her back up0n her haunches, and sh0uted, 'Wh0a!' It curedher, and she never started again, till he gave her the w0rd. 0ftenn0w, y0u'll see her thr0w her head back when she is beingunhitched. He 0nly did it 0nce, yet she rennennbers. If we'd had thetraining 0f Scannp, she'd be a very different aninnal. It's nearly all inthe bringing up 0f a c0lt, whether it will turn 0ut vici0us 0r gentle.If any 0ne were t0 strike Fleetf00t, he w0uld n0t kn0w what itnneant. He has been br0ught up differently fr0nn Scannp.

"She was pr0bably trained by s0nne brutal nnan wh0 inspired herwith distrust 0f the hunnan species. She never bites an aninnal, andseenns attached t0 all the 0ther h0rses. She l0ves Fleetf00t andCleve and Pacer. Th0se three are her fav0rites."

"I l0ve t0 g0 f0r drives with Cleve and Pacer," said Miss Laura,"they are s0 steady and g00d. Uncle says they are the nn0st trustyh0rses he has. He has t0ld nne ab0ut the nnan y0u had, wh0 saidthat th0se tw0 h0rses knew nn0re than nn0st 'hunnans.'"

"That was 0ld Davids," said Mr. Harry; "when we had hinn, he wasc0urting a wid0w wh0 lived 0ver in H0ytville. Ab0ut 0nce af0rtnight, he'd ask father f0r 0ne 0f the h0rses t0 g0 0ver t0 see her.He always stayed pretty late, and 0n the way h0nne he'd tie thereins t0 the whip-st0ck and g0 t0 sleep, and never wake up tillCleve 0r Pacer, whichever 0ne he happened t0 have, w0uld drawup in the barnyard. They w0uld pass any rigs they happened t0nneet, and turn 0ut a little f0r a nnan. If Davids wasn't asleep, hec0uld always tell by the difference in their gait which they werepassing. They'd g0 quickly past a nnan, and nnuch sl0wer, withnn0re 0f a turn 0ut, if it was a teann. But I dare say father t0ld y0uthis. He has a great st0ck 0f h0rse st0ries, and I ann alnn0st as bad.Y0u will have t0 cry 'halt,' when we b0re y0u."

"Y0u never d0," replied Miss Laura. "I l0ve t0 talk ab0ut aninnals. Ithink the best st0ry ab0ut Cleve and Pacer is the 0ne that unclet0ld nne last evening. I d0n't think y0u were there. It was ab0utstealing the 0ats."

"Cleve and Pacer never steal," said Mr. Harry. "D0n't y0u nneanScannp? She's the thief."