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"Art thou mad? wouldst thou like to go to a lunatic asylum?"
was the contemptuous reply of the officer, who now turned his
entire attention toward the horse. By the united exertions of
both, they finally succeeded in raising the animal, which moved
off three or four paces, and again fell upon its knees on the
ground. Aside from this difficulty, the road was so very bad, in
consequence of rain of several days’ duration, that it would have
been a hard task, even for a more powerful horse than the pony,
to make five quarters of a mlle without becoming fatigued. The
officer, Ivar, and his pony as well, were at length released by a
fortunate accident. The noise of a distant carriage was heard
approaching from the other side of the forest, and soon afterward
an empty wagon, drawn by two powerful horses, arrived at the
scene of the accident. The officer immediately called on the
new comer, and commanded him to unharness one of his horses,
without any hesitation, and fasten him fo the cart. A peasant’s
objection does not amount to much during a war, as is well
known, and for this reason the other immediately obeyed the
officer’s command in silence. As soon as everything was
prepared, the officer mounted the cart, and a second time cried out
to Ivar, –
"Hear thee, lout, if thy pony should ever regain his feet, thou
canst obtain thy cart at the next tavern, and mayst be thankful
to God and my forbearance if I do not enter my complaint in
the service-book at the next station."
With these words, he lashed his new horse, and Ivar’s cart
soon disappeared, with his tormentor.
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