166 STORIES ABOUT HORSES.

ordered to the rack, where the extreme torture
soon wrung from him a confession of the crime
alleged, he choosing to submit to death rather
than endure the misery he was undergoing.
Upon this confession, the sentence of death was
passed upon him, when his master went to the
tribunal, and there exposed the fallibility of con-
fessions obtamed by such means, by owning the
fact himself, and disclosing his motives for the
experiment; since which time the practice of
applying the torture in any case has been dis-
continued in Germany.”

‘That was a very admirable mode of ex-
posing its injustice, Uncle Thomas; but the
poor horse” —

‘“¢ Was sacrificed, Frank, by an enlightened
man, for the purpose of obtaining a greater
good. I dare say the judge felt keenly the
necessity of so cruelly injurmg the poor animal,
but you must bear in mind that it was neces-
sary to commit a capital crime, or the torture