THE CHANGE DAVE BROUGHT
less. Else why were there tears in his eyes? Do you suppose he cried about getting his Sunday coat out of the closet? Well, he happened to come that night Dave was hot. He sees his flushed face, feels his pulse, runs out and jumps on the new black and rides to town for the doctor. Coming back the black jumped the bars and run in the open stable door with the bit in his teeth and broke Jon's head. It was a trick Dave taught the horse that Jon didn't know of. Dave used to lay down on the side of her neck.
When the doctor came it was Jon he had to fix up. He was out of his head a good while. Dave and Evelyn stayed with him and nursed him faithful, and I thought now they would take notice and things would be better. But as soon as Jon got better he'd make 'em go out for a walk—or something—and soon it was the same old thing—and they let Jon get well himself. Jon was Dave's guardian angel, and Dave didn't even know that he had one!
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