moment, but did not try to force him with tongue
or lash. For he was coming to understand this
horse, and, concluding that sooner or later, under
proper treatment, he would probably accept duty
with any mate, determined to abandon work for
the day. Whereupon he unhitched the horses
and led them all back into the corral. Then he
put up the bars and set out in the direction of
the settlement.

Which ended Pat's second great lesson at the
hand of man. He was sore and somewhat stiff
from the struggle, but he did not fret long over
his condition, for he soon awoke to the presence
of that beside him in the corral which caused him
to forget himself completely. It was the worn-out
structure of skin and bones who had befriended
him in his hour of trial. He gazed at her a moment,
then approached and fell to caressing her,
showing in this attention his power to forget self
??-- aches, sores, troubles -- in his affection and
gratitude toward all things warranting affection and
gratitude.

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