Good Courage [pp. 196]

Good Courage.
Among the bands of mustangs running between the Platte and the Concho
rivers were many horses who had once
been domesticated, but freedom, together with the association of wild horses,
made them the wildest of the wild.
They knew best the cruelties of man.
Our three days at the wells were but
the usual sights and excitements to be
experienced on the plains in the fall of
the year. They were not quite new to
us, yet they were thrilling. I don't
think I altogether enjoyed them, however. I have a horror of slaughter that
makes me dislike chasing a living thing
with harmful intent.
Our expedition was not unmixed with
profit. We returned to Sheridan with
all the fresh meat our team could carry,
which we sold for more than our loss in
taking the team off the grade-scraper
for the time we were gone.
Dagmnar Mariage:
GOOD COURAGE.
WHEN the sullen seas come shoaling
Up the beach with thunder and boom;
When the bleak gray mists are rolling
And the night begins to gloom;
I find the sorrowful sunset sweet
With a promise the morrow will make complete;
And which stirs the heart to a quicker beat.
I and fortune are sorry friends,
We are parted many a day;
Hair may frost ere he make amends,
But still I sing by the way.
For the crusts and the crosses alike are sweet
With a promise tomorrow will make complete;
And it stirs my heart to a quicker beat.
When love enters and sweeps his place,
I share in his laughter and tears.
When he departs for a little space,
I fret with no foolish fears.
For his empty house is still subtly sweet
With the promise some morrow will make complete -
And my heart is stirred to a quicker beat.
Frarcis E. Sheldon.
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