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Show everyone feel important. He was never patronizing and always treated people as individuals with rights which he respected.. The result was that I would have tried to jump over the moon if I had thought he wanted me to do it."22 With a large ranch there was plenty of work to do and Eyring learned young how to work hard. In Chihuahua, one of the most unpleasant jobs for young Eyring came during the dry season, June to mid-July. During this period he and his younger brother Edward were expected to herd 50 to lOO of the lean cattle in the alfalfa fields. Their job was to keep the cattle from eating too much in order to prevent their bloating and eventually dying. The work was not physically difficult but it was long and tiring and the two brothers prayed regularly for the summer rains to come for their relief. At the age Life in Mexico was not without danger for Eyring too. of eight he foolishly hitched his horse to a buggy, thinking it would be fun to go for a buggy ride. The horse had never been hitched to a buggy before and as soon as it was signaled to move it bolted out, running furiously through the main street of Colonia Juarez, and the buggy's young driver soon found himself in a perilous situation. The horse and buggy crossed a shallow ditch and Eyring lost control of the reins, leaving him at the complete mercy of his frightened horse. In movie- like heroic fashion, a neighbor, seeing the situation, mounted his horse and soon caught up with the runaway buggy and was able to secure the reins and avert what could have been a serious disaster for the young Henry Eyring. Another important aspect of Eyring's childhood in Chihuahua was the training he received at the church school in Colonia Juarez. The school, |
