Synopses & Reviews
It m IKevetah ion By cJ. ou. la oLonq Co nW LONGVIEW PUBLISHING COMPANY 3 S Lees Summit, Missouri jp 3fatl r and Ulnllif r INTRODUCTION He prayeth best, who loveth best All things both great and small For the dear God who loveth us, He made and loveth all. OULA LONG COMBS. If the potency of her prayers is measured by the depths of her love for all animals, both great and small, and for horses in particular, then the power of those prayers would be as great as the wide open spaces of her Western world. Her love for horses is as nat ural, as rugged, and as vigorous as the sunflower, her birth states native flower, which turns its golden face to the sun and sends its tenacious roots deep into the soil, withstanding drought and the wild winds, giving its numberless brown seeds to feed the birds of heaven and lavishly replenish the earth with its kind. She is a true child of nature, and her love encompasses all animal life the wild animal as well as the domestic senses her love and understanding and responds in a manner which seems like magic to the ordinary individual. A baby coyote was given to her. Soon she tamed its wild heart and when she called, it responded with its peculiar sounds, coming to her to be fondled, thus showing its faith and trust in her, though it turned from the rest of the human family in fear. She touched a responsive chord in its heart by her gentleness and understanding. A young skunk she tamed so that it stayed with her dogs, slept in a little bed, ate from her hand, and ran about the house. It grew into maturity then the love call of its kind drew it back into the wild. This worried Lou for she had had MY RErELATION it deskunked to make it acceptable to civilizedlife, and she feared that it could not defend itself in the wild animal king dom. A lost dog-, running, running in frantic fear, a lolling tongue, a foamy mouth, a drooping tail. Into a huge depart ment store it ran, where on every side were strange human beings, all enemies. A mad dog is the cry of the crowd then a humane woman to the rescue, and a haven in kind arms. The dog was taken home, where water, food, and kindness quieted the wild fear. An advertisement located the owner and restored the dog to its home another example of the love and sympathy of Loula Long Combs for animals. In her, a sick dog found a devoted nurse, for she would sit up all night to care for it and minister to its needs. A mother dog was delivered of its puppies by a Caesarean operation. She died, so every few hours, day and night, the pups were fed with a medicine dropper by a soul whose love of animals was so great that no task was too menial for her to render if it meant their comfort and well-being. When Loula Long Combss show horses are too old for the show ring, does she sell them Oh, no They are turned out on pasture at Longview Farm, a paradise for . animals and man. There they pass the years, dreaming of victories won over their competitors and of the glories of the past. Loula Long Combss heart is a big heart, big enough for all things both great and small 1 And if animals know her care and sympathy for their needs, the human family as well finds her tenderly compassionate in her effort to alleviate suffering of body and distress of mind and soul In the following pages she will tell you of her love for horses in her own style, but this book would be incomplete, without this glimpse of the heart ofthis woman, seen by one who knows her well BURDETTE READ ELLIS. o LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS PAGE Off for a Drive in 1903 Frontispiece Sallie and I 23 The Dude 44 Model Jr 47 Model Jr. Hitched to the Trap 59 Hack 63 Hansom Cab 64 George the Fourth Phaeton 67 Basket Phaeton 68 Mail Phaeton 69 Runabout 70 Gig 70 Governess Cart 71 Beach Wagon 72 Park Coach . ...