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celebrate the occasion. We talked about the weather first, and then how backward Silverton was, and by that time we were out of town and I let the horse trot. Presently we ran over some rough spot and the old sorrel horse
snorted and tried to run away. It was new actions for him, so I got out and tried to find what was the matter. The harness was all right but his eyes were blazing with lire that I could even see in the night. We wondered why he snorted and I got back into the vehicle
