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By nature, horses are distant and slow of any expression of friendship; but an occasional lump of sugar, a biscuit at noon-time, with the present ration of grain, readily brought the winter mounts to a reliance, where they nickered at the approaching footsteps of their riders. The trust of the boys, in their winter mounts, entitles the latter to a prominent place in the line of defense.
We stopped to look into its waters, while she leaned against the trunk of a tree overshadowed it. We watched the light and shade that nickered below, the shadow of the clover-leaves, of the long reeds that hung almost across the stream.
Mack was frankly snoring on the wagon-seat, for the mules had naught to do but keep to the trail. Suddenly Molly lifted her head and pricked her ears. Frances came to herself with a slight shock, too. She listened. The pinto nickered faintly. Frances immediately distinguished the patter of hoofs. A single pony was coming.
The man sat down upon an upturned box near his wagon, buried his face in his hands and seemed oblivious of all taking place around him. Presently the horse turned toward him and nickered questioningly. The man looked up and reaching out a work-hardened hand, stroked the poor beast's nose, saying: "'Taint no use, Pepper; he's done gone fer good.
It broke down so easily and was towed in so often by more powerful machines that every time a big car passed it on the road it stopped right where it was and nickered.
Everybody looked in amazement at the bold being who, all court etiquette disregarding, had ventured to address the emperor without being spoken to by his majesty; but he was perfectly unconscious of his blunder. He looked so frank, so modest, and yet so unembarrassed, that the emperor was disarmed, and a smile nickered over his pleasant face.
But though he was forced to keep a slow gait, yet frequently during the afternoon, conscious of his fresh coat and the sense of buoyancy it gave him, he flung up his head and nickered loud and joyfully.
Then she dismounted and the great horse stamped into his stall. "O Pilgrim," she sobbed, "Jason is going to war. Jason is going to war. I can't lose him too!" The horse turned his fine head and nickered softly as he rubbed his soft nose on her shoulder. "And I've got to let you go, old friend," she added. "I know that I don't need you, Pilgrim.
She lay out on the moor, under the August sun. Her hands were pressed like a bandage over her eyes. When she lifted them she caught the faint pink glow of their flesh. The light throbbed and nickered as she pressed it out, and let it in. The sheep couched, panting, in the shade of the stone covers. She lay so still that the peewits had stopped their cry. Something bothered her....
She turned away and walked toward the corral where the black omnibus horses nickered softly at her coming, while Alphonse and Gaston stood on their hind legs and squealed a vociferous welcome. "My only friends " and she smiled bitterly. She winced when she saw a new face passing the kitchen door and realized that Mr. Terriberry already had filled her place.
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