A Horse's Tale

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Mark Twain. A Horse's Tale

Chapter I. Soldier Boy―Privately To Himself

Chapter II. Letter From Rouen―To General Alison

Chapter III. General Alison To His Mother

Chapter IV. Cathy To Her Aunt Mercedes

Chapter V. General Alison To Mercedes

Chapter VI. Soldier Boy And The Mexican Plug

Chapter VII. Soldier Boy And Shekels

Chapter VIII. The Scout-Start BB And Lieutenant General Alison

Chapter IX. Soldier Boy And Shekels Again

Chapter X. General Alison And Dorcas

Chapter XI. Several Months Later. Antonio And Thorndike

Chapter XII. Mongrel And The Other Horse

Chapter XIII. General Alison To His Mother

Chapter XIV. Soldier―Boy To Himself

Chapter XV. General Alison To Mrs. Drake, The Colonel’s Wife

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My dear Brother-in-Law, – Please let me write again in Spanish, I cannot trust my English, and I am aware, from what your brother used to say, that army officers educated at the Military Academy of the United States are taught our tongue. It is as I told you in my other letter: both my poor sister and her husband, when they found they could not recover, expressed the wish that you should have their little Catherine – as knowing that you would presently be retired from the army – rather than that she should remain with me, who am broken in health, or go to your mother in California, whose health is also frail.

You do not know the child, therefore I must tell you something about her. You will not be ashamed of her looks, for she is a copy in little of her beautiful mother – and it is that Andalusian beauty which is not surpassable, even in your country. She has her mother’s charm and grace and good heart and sense of justice, and she has her father’s vivacity and cheerfulness and pluck and spirit of enterprise, with the affectionate disposition and sincerity of both parents.

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“And so you protected the little one.”

“Yes, manure, because he had no friend, and I wouldn’t let the big one kill him.”

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