Cooper's Clarksburg register. [volume] (Clarksburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1851-1861, 1856-02-22
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mare belonging TO us Irlenu tMoOall.
The grey mare is very fine looking an
imal, and also very fast. She can do
mile in 1855, with two in wagon: Ha-
vens heard of her merits last week, and
resolved on purchase. On his arrival
at Albany, he took breakfast at Stanwix
Hail. Shortly after which he buttoned
u his coat, and started to find Mccall.
lie met him in Broadway, near the City
Hotel. With "Mac" he had the follow
ing conversation. -
81 II understand. McGall. that you wish
to sell that grey mare of yours
IS L did want to sell her, but 1 imagine
abe is now disposed Of"
" Disposed OF Ito whom
ITO your friend Skerrett, of Brook
lyn." - -Fzav ii a.
What did he agree TO give you ?''
:. Five hundred and thirty doIlars''
IF you will let me have her, l will
give you i've hundred and fifty do liars
cash down."
" But promised her to Skerrett."
"When 90
"Last week. --7oa
':Never MUD that. If he should call,
say she's dead-and that broke her leg
OIL the Troy Road, in consequence of
which he had to blow her brains out"
viii you back me up in .he story ?"
sol course will"
Its bargain. then. Give me the
five hundred and fifty, and viii send
the mare down tomorrow night. But
hadn't we better crop her name, and bob
her tail, so that Skerrett cannot sue me
f r y ing TO him 3"
Just as you please-there's your mo-
ney. Be sure TO send her down on Tues
day night, on the knickerbocker." ..
Mccall promised to do so. Soon after
which he folded up his FIVE hundred and
fifty, and walked around TO Capt. Knights
for the purpose Of putting the party
through. !.
This was Monday morning. On Mon
day afternoon. MIR. Silt rrett made his APP
pearance in town. He met Nice in
State street. &a
"wcII. Mac. I've called to pay you
for that mare" fe.Es
What mare 90 ".-
The grey mare, the one you wrote
to ME about last week.
Havn't you heard about that p
About what ~
about that grey mare-she is dead
and buried"
Dead-nonsense You are fooling
me-"
mot at all. If you doubt it, ask your
neighbor Havens, who broke her leg on
the Troy Road"
{" is Havens here p
Yes, you will find him at Stanwix
Hall"
II ;s NAT nacaSsor,, for ,,s 70 Coz, ,Lo+
Mr.. Skerrett went to Slanwix Hall, and
saw Hayens, neither is it necessary for us
to say that Mr.. Havens swore that the
grey mare was dead, and that he killed
her. lie could not do otherwise without
losing zone Of the best bargains he ever
made.'
Mr.. Skerrett regretted the catastrophe,
but concluded there was no use for crying
over the piled milk. He shook hands
with Hayens and left. saying he would
try to find piece of speed in some other
part OF the city. iIavens, having quoted
Skerrclt. took the AIS train for New
York. and arrived at Brooklyn little at
Ter 10 O'Clock on Monday evening.
Mccall promised to send the mare
down on Tuesday evening. He did not
DO anything OF the kind. In consequence
U( This, Haveus went up again on We'd
neSday, to see " what the ID it all
meant" lie found Mccall at the new
Steamboat Landing.
"Why didn't you send that mare down
last night %
"Whal mare %
"Why, that grey mare bought of you
ON MONDAY"
On MuDdnv -
"1es. on Monday"
g You're mistaken. | sold you no
mare On Monday and for the best rea-
son in The world, she was dead week
before"
Dead What do you mean 90
What do l mean And have you
forgot that you broke her leg on the Troy
Road, and that SO badly that we had to
blow her brains out ?''
You don't mean to swindle me BY
any such game, do you %
'Swindle ID bit Of it. You kill
ed the mare, and can prove it,"
"Who by 90
"Yuur own neighbor, Skerrett, of
Brooklyn"
And what does he know about it 90
Just what you told him, and that is,
that you killed the mare while trying her
speed on the Troy Road"
Ravens could hear no more, but rush
ed for the Police Office. where lie swore
out warrant against Mccall for swiud-
ling. Ii Was issued by Justice Parsons.
But as . Mac" proved by Skerrett that
the complainant admitted that he killed
the MAZE on the 5,h Of December, of
course he could not have purchased her
on Monday the lOlh. Verdict for the
defendant. Mr.. Havens left for New
Xnnk on Wedneslau mint IN iLo AL,