Word: patriarch
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Dates: during 1877-1877
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...morning, during this vacation, she announced that she must go to Bixby to do some shopping, and that I must drive her over. I had made different plans, but there was no appeal from her decision, and I obeyed. The only horse she would ride after was the bristly patriarch I have described, while the carriage she preferred was a huge old vehicle that my grandfather bought almost half a century ago. With this unique team we started for Bixby...
...learned of my aunt's views, for just at this point she discovered that I had driven by the cross-road where we should have turned. There was nothing to be done but to turn around. The road was narrow, and I had to back. The gray old patriarch, in attempting the reverse motion, could not manage his huge feet, tripped, sat on his haunches a moment dejectedly, then helplessly rolled over on his side, drew a long breath, closed his eyes, and lay motionless...