davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
, 1870-07-16

enhanced by the fact thai Lady Gashet1ne
tf.rouchout is always skstehed rs sle
right really have ieen-a narfos-mtnuea,
.-fpzsnt xornar, 60 full at aelt,lnpo1t aiso r.
that she suppH,s any, interruption, o! liz w.
courtesics Of life, On per psr,, WI ls a.,
Ambassador great State would be felt By
the E,uall s. ..e. With which diplomatic re1a-
lions were broken OF. The humor OF the con-
ceptior, great as it il, is not at all greate-, We
maintain, because the woman ls truly panied;
ind never overdrawn. No real hEpocE1Ee Wonla
still, there ii not less but more Of mere hui
NOR in that exhibition OF hin-as when he pro
1rees 10 Ala1t1n Chuzzlewit to surprise his
dear girls, and accordingly begins to walk
softly and on tiptoe over the country, though
lu was still mile or two from home,
& sr, rhFe Tsar.ls he Of sstss s Rsy fs ne a9a ts t
s:ghe IVES beautiful, Mrs: Todgers.-she hal a
small property, than in the moro deliclte
and real painting Of Lady Catherine do Vere,s
iumeasurable aelf-impo1tAnce. The humor
does not consist in the reality OF the whole
picture III either case, but in the shock Of sur
prize with which the g1rotesque blending Of
ture is in both cases Mike brought home to the
reader. Where this shock is keenest, and
fullest Of real moral paradox. the feat Of hu-
mer il greatest. And that this is often great
eft i'll cuBcs where the hum3rlSt h6s left some
thirg cut Of nature, and perhaps exagge-
ratd something else IN it in
order to bring home his special
paradox moro powerfully, seems to III past
doubt. Consider the wonderful humor with
which the enormous and immcasurabIe vanity
OF tie latt person one would think likely to
indulge vanity, tnuffy, Incorporate, month
" 1,nse. is brought out in Mrs. Camp. The
mixture uf brutal selhshness with that vanity
is much less subtle touch, for that might
be suggested By the professional character OF
the woman. But the incxhaustable humor Of
ty and the subtlete= Of device to which she
las to resort in order to crafty it. These arc
the kind Of conceptions which seem to us to
place Dickens at the very head of ali
lnslieh humorists. His bes. figures arc pure
embodlments Of bis humor,-not real charac~
teri at all. but Illustrations, conceived with
bounalces wealth Of conception, Of the deepest
moral iucongflitiea Of the heart
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sensible nan OF woman Of your permission
eau fail TO observe-arstly, that she rest Of the
wicked dsandis per*nnr ara Christiaus, an !,
secondly. that he is called Jew, not becauseot
h1s religion, but because OF his race. II Iuafe
10 write etory, in which described French
man or.a SpauiaEd az the Roman Catholics,
should do very indecent and unjustidab1e
thing; but make mention Of Fagin rs tbs
Jew becauee he is one Of the Jewish people,
ard because itconveys that kind Of idea of him
which should give my resdbrs of 8 Chinamxn
by calling him Chinese His correspondent
afterward urged him to examine mora close
y into the manners and character Of this Brit
ieb Jews: and the result Has some favorable
sketches in All the lear Round and the char
ecter Of Kioh in - Our Mutual Friend." To
mark her appreciation Of the novelist'e con-
duct the lady sent him copy Of Beuisch's He
brew and English Bible with the inscription
u Presented 10 Charles Diekens, Esq, in CRATE
ful and admiring recognition of his having ex-
ercieea the nobleet quality man can rosses@-
that of atoning for an iriury ss soon rs con-
scious Of having inflicted ii.
by \ jE yEss."
, 1870-07-16
The HeFolAe Of A4iRN Keke.

DR.. Abel Stevens has cont:luded his History
OF Methodism, and is 1t wo:k upon History
Of the Methodist Episcopal Church in the
United States. The new edition Of his vol
heroine Of Adam Bede. The Doctor thinks Il
will be 5 sstafaetiop- to most readers Of that
novel to know that Dfnah married, not Adam
Evans, as the Authorees represents, but hia
brother seth- In her childhood abe Has re-
ma1kable Tor her docility, con-cientiousness,
and sweet disposition, ana- when Weeieyf6
travels bad raised up through the land so3e-
ties in the social wornhip Of which women
were allowed to ahare- her rare natural talents
found exercise in sphere which no other de-
nomination except QuAkerism then Afforded.
She preached IN colleges and sometimes in Tia
P; 9Psn ar; 70 hss appearance, her wornanly
the rudest ruulGtudes. She was conatsnt
v1si1oE to the abodes OF wfetchedness and the
dens OF crIue-the charm OF her benign pteer
ence and speech securing her not only protec-
non 2! cut welcome anong the most brutal men,
Sne even followed the penitent murderess to
moment: Elizabeth Fry was the intimate
inend OF one Who represented in her gentle
put ardent nature the best traits at both Gus
keflsm and Aethodism- Seth Evans, then =
eMlsss-leades, M heard her preach. aud WROTE
sfmphcitS. love and sweetness were blended
II her. Her whole hezrt VIE in the work" :"
She became his wife. the two preached out Of
doors in scores Of villages They frequently
walked fifteen nailes on Sunday to preach in
neglected harn!ets. stNeyer. he wrote yes1s
after her death, " did I hear my wits con1-
plain. On the contrary, she always held up
ng hands, snd urged me- TO tste uP ~
croe: and not grow weary IN we'll doing, D
nah Evans died Of = lingering dtsease. a1.1ns a.
her death-bed more eloquent than ever feli
nom her lips On mrpton Green" sha.es5ed ter
BY her loss. poor Seth did not R5esssh 81 ~ n +
lut spent the ,ea1inins searu OF h1o u'e la
Wesfsx.os @ M m England, as rule. condemn
nj noysls uDsvespingly; but d.. stsysas a
neas se@a inssmueh s, - be ssys Of Dinsh: .Tss
band of gen1us haa poEtf1yea hef s,saost aa.. of
ReNc character tuthfnl1y, fbouen ln MH ~
ls... - sa..rssax s..s i.at;1.a ,s:.sE1asss sse
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Edward King, in his thoughtful and v41ut
bic paperE, In the Boston Journal, On oo-oper-
non n 3aroPa n p hsas se dass On
bition among mechanics and the higher grades
OF artisans for permanent prosperity it ia
only tho present which they seem to enjoy.
Tho agricultural population. which England
and other countries afflicted with the land diff
unhappy and discontentcd lot, despite its
mania for proprietorship, and its manner OF
tining the soil, until tho whole country, where
factories do not disagure it, is
perfect garden Wherever, in
ns5ority Of laborers, great misery really pre-
walls, while it does not appear upon the sur
face. 1t Gand, q town Of 120. 600 population,
1900 people live BY the sweat Of their brows,
and it is estimated that tEo-thirds Of these
people are habitnaly patrons Of the pawn
brokers' chops. There are streets given mp to
rawnbroking, and it is one ot the most profit
able businesses in the country Any disaster
in the markets, which these Belgian towns sup
ply, .enriches the brokers, while it rnakes the
workers the Slaves Of those who lend them
the means Of lie at the usual frishtful usury.
The most disastrous form Of pledges at the
pawnbrokers is the loan advanced upon the
security OF wagee- There nre numerous re-
spectacle institutions IN al tho great cities
which make this species Of loan their business,
but i seriously iniures tho wording classos.
4Ik Ac1u utaS u LuG uu4t HUklU1G lQ5kAuCCS
Of the manner in which these pawn
broking- institutions are patronized
occurred in Flanders. The linen market Was
flooded and the Flem1sh population began to
e'arve. The city Of Gand took statistics on
the number OF pledges given to pawnbrokors
during this crisia. 1t amounted to over 100, ,000
As this number was so nearly that Of the cit7'e
population, it eeemed to Indicate that ut least
two-thirds of the working people habitual1y
ratronized their "unc1e." And this royela-
ton OF the misery which must OF necessity
eEsue provoked the establishment Of o bureau
for loans upon wages. Unfortunately this did
no better things. The ssmc effect was repeat
cd in 1860, at the outbreak Of the American
wlr, the beginning OF the cotton crisis. The
amount Of unclaimed property left in tho
pawnbrolers' bureau BY tho workingmen,
whom the crisis forced to enalgrste, would have
6ufhced to support = email army for . short
campaign. Later, always i9 the samo section
OF tho country, there was another noted Case
when the fnancia! troubles OF 1866, combined
with the cholera. so perseeuted the working
claEees. In that year it was estimated that the
population OF Gand earned 691 900 francs, and
pledged 76, 600 on different obfects. II these
objects were even Of trivial value, it would
seem that the population must have pledged
nearly it's whole capital. The collectors Of SO
cial statistics in Belgium remarked also that
pawnbroke1s flourish most in times Of festi-
ya1s, such as the ca1nivals, the Karnesse,"
ETC. This shows that the Belgian woFkingmsu
has no regard for his future, when bis immsd-
iat; t.<ssu1e !. 41La: soisa::33.1.-a:iol. ::
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a RSveFfc aud n song
RI JEAN INqxLOw.

When do sit spatt
And commune H3th uy heat,
Ehe brings nae {or1h the treas1re once ny own;
Shows me a bsppy place
Where IfaS hl,ts swrcd a1ace,
&uo wasting INNS ni snow IN sunlight shOne,
Rnek In mNsST glade.
1D. Ia1rh trres lend thee shade
Ihot tnst t,,r1u 10 leather with their leaves.
'1o' From cut thy crcy1ces drtp
White tufts Of Enpw IlEo1js peep
AMI ,1eltc ed rtue dr1ps softly from thine caves
All, rock, Know know
Tnat get thy enoH.drops prov
And ret doth Sunshine 1eck them through the tree
The cottage at It's SIDE.
that neTet more will shade or shelter me.
Iknow the stockdores' note
With sxees sss of
And loug1ngs onward sent
While lctsurely she mcnds her shallow nest
Once to that cottage door,
In happy days Ot Jore,
She Nss 50 glad Of Spring,
.-. She helped tho bifds TO sing,
know Ehe dwelts there Yet-the resti DO not KNOW.
They sang, and won1d not STOP
While drop, and drop, nnd drop.
And nsE1ow wandering Ets,
, 1870-07-16
Little Girl MartYrdom-A Protest
from ono OF the Sufferers


Nj. BoLEs II don't no Us Ittls girls ought
to put peeees into the paper, but l and Lilly
Jones and Susy Baker, and all Of ua have
such orful hard times we can't help telling
somebody, and our mammals won't hear
word and our popas don't seem to caro-, but +
don't you7 We do laye auuh dreadful times,
and guess you would too, Mr. Eoles, il you
had to har all the hare in Jour he'd BRAIDED up
on dossen biE strings every mite, and then
every hare jumped up and down, and you had
to sleep all mite OIL top Of lot OF lunches az
hard as rocks prlliu all tie time without
epecE Of chance TO get your he'd 1ade any-
where, md your mex ether from bedtime til
tomorrow morning; guess you'd fret and
nurse did Jerk and shake you round and tell
you to kold still and be good little girl,
shouldn't you think you wood, LIZ. En1es, or
didn't you ever be norty when your mother
shaked you? l spoBe when you sec us out
Walkin in the daslite with our frizzes all bob
backs you think it locks mtg pretty and don't
no nothing about what we've underwent
threw The night tefore, but want
you should think how you'd
feal il twas your hare and if you wouldn't
s9ueel sometimes Ny M saia she does it to
can't thiuk what an odd, dear, good old grand
mn sho is-says when littla gurls wore their
bare cut abort or only curled up by natur. who
sposo Was the nurse, thA looked ten times
nicer than tha do now, cause tla had good
sleep nights and waa moat Like sevilizad hui
man beinH inHted OF Ike wild African blak ne
groes whose hare WAS made to ldink1o without
emmy strings at all. most no ahe speeks the
truth and Il tha didn't look perty tha'l feel
perty, and guess feelins mora than looks,
don't you ? Ny ma A1ius sais tia is and th1t
wo mustn't think at all about our looks, but
how can anybody help it who's lane all night
act tlyin round her head and neck 4 tick
Kiln on en- Ill the timcs Ono day when it
pulled wu1sur than ever I asked my ma why
God didn't make my hare kipked up Just Iko
black Sally il lie wanted me to wear it SO
aSd my pa larfed, but my n1ar aayc1 must
rct To pertinent and shaked NE : good deal.
didn't no was, and let her pull it dreadful
apd only groaned incide. Susy saiH she vantsI
Bhood tell you about all our troubles aho feals
just as bad as do, but Ila-Secilia don't, she
likes it, and If you Good SEQ her shake herself
and jiggit round guess you'd think ahe did,
but Susy and don't care . bit about looks
nor about boys cathcr, that ia boys for nnza,
We like little boys to play with over 90 much,
but ne don't want no boze and grandma
eais to troubles come soon enuf without one
beginning with en in our sleava aputpB. II
you put this In your paper / shall no you like
little children, and feal for them and my
mama will sec it and I guess will wink her
eyes and I no papl will la1f. May bo I will
write YOU moro about me having go to night
parties that are .suta trauhlo than wari1l hare
almost, only don't no which il tho wurHt--
do you' LAUnA SENSIBLE.
Grandma thinks spol very we'll for little
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A private letter from London gives the fol-
lowing amusing account OF the peculia1ihee Of
two literary celebrities, SHinburne and Carlyle:
Il called the other day on w. He told me
two OF three curious anecdotes OF svinburns~
He said that s"inburue had a good deal Of
the 'canuy Scotsman abont him in money mat
tets. Not long ago he invited some friends to
dine With him At restaurant, and at tha end,
when the vine bad cAuned Swinbu1nes hesd
to become contracted the bill Was brought
in by the waiter and Swinburne only paid h1a
own share, leaving his guests to pay for them-
selves: At another time, having lnst received
\ check for quite la,ge amount, ho invited
friend to dine again With him. On the way to
the club, passiDg bookntore, work caught
his eye which he much desired to posses; the
prce wes only three shilings. and he did not
wish to pay it with his check. 80 his friend
was called upon to pay the three shlhngs,
which he did Then came the dinner, then the
bill. which SWlnbuIne scanned attentTely and
He remarked to his friend: ''you paid three
ehillings for me On the way three shil1ings
from four shi1liDgs and Biz pence Leaves Just
eighteen pence, which owe you" so he paid
tbs eighteen pence to his friend. who had to
defzay thus the sutire dinner expenses Whsn
tipped ono OF tho servants, giving him haK
crown. But towards the end Of dinner, when
things became contracted again, he inaisted On
ha1lnB his h1lf-cfown back again, and hsd nj
tEo eefsants up IN Inc, TO see which one OF
them it WAS who had received il. But not be-
ing able TO and The right servant, OF beginning
to make ! row about it. BurnA Jones himself
1t last gaye him half crown to keep hm quiet
he has also peculiaEhy. Of never paying
eabmAn more thsn shilling, no matter Whist
the legal fare il, 90 that when he makes \ cAn
on u friend the friend has 10 seud out and
make up the deficiency to the 'cabhy.' W. WAS
very anxious that should not misunderstood
these - traitn Of meannsse in Swtnhurne, md
said that II vas merely IN eccentzcity which
Nil thoee who know him could readily under
stand.
"Ca1lyle lives in neighboring street. to M,
Cheyne Row. He walks out every morning
about nine o'clock past our house, ants have
seen him once or twice. He looks very me4-
ancholy and rather stupid He HeAzs IN sl-
Eurd broad tbzimned felt hat, End is reverod
'by ali the inhsbitants Of Chelsea. He has =
Peculiarity Of never allowing hand organ to
be played in his street, which is 4 sors hial to
the street children
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Sorrows OF WerthcF4

Sorrows OF Werthcr4 ..
Wertner hal love for Charlotte
Such as words could never utter; q
Wou!h you know how i'1st he neither?
She wns cutting breafald butter.
Charlotte was married lady,
Aud Mor4i man WIS Wcrtler;
ANU, for ntf the wealth Of Indies,
Would DO nothing for to hurt her. i,
So he sighed, anI plned, and oglcd,
And llls passion bo!led and buhhle1;
Tilt lie blew Ills silly l,EalIs out,
And no more was By II troubled.
CHARLOTTE, having seen his body
BurHc hrfcye tier On shutter,
Like Il wtlt-cu.Idllcteu person,
Went on cutting bEeGd and butter.
T1.r
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-"Ve all owe something to our country, :"
Ga id The man who went abroad without having
rs;5 III lcecue tax.
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1ity to get lid OF i'll
lido you mean to accuse Ryme1 Of being
one Of the thieves that robbed the butchers
till 2" demanded the Squire, getting wrath
ful.
swell, cir, I don't 70 ss far as that. The
man told Jel that one of the stolen uotes was
given to Rymer to pass, and he was to have
pound Tor himself il he succeeded in do
irg it."
The Squire would hardly let him ani.h,
!" Cotton said this to JEFF, did be !-andJelf te-
hearsed it to you ?"
"Yes, sir. just that much"
"Now, look you here, Lee. First OF all, who
hare yon repeated this tale to7"
mot to anybody" answered Leo. ~
though. "a better bring it up here Sir to
aAnd you'd better let it stop here to end
with" reto1ted the Squire. ''1has's my best
advice to you, Lee. My goodness! Accuse
respectable mans son Of what might trans
sport him On the authority Of drunken fel-
Low xho TINS awny from an inn without pay
Cotton did 1t himself. How else should be
know about it 2. Don't you let yonr tongue
carry this further, Lee, or you may find
yourself in tho wrong box"
Lee looked Just little staggered. A faint
hush appeared in his withered face. The
IT the best Of times to take in extraordinary
tales, and utterly secuted this. There vas no
man he had 3 greater respect for than Thomas
RSmer.
1t wonld set me right with the world"
s.you are fool, Lee. The world has not
.hSueht gou yst r R1net = rdp vpGa
J prosecute mo in turn, expect, If did. You'd
better not let this get to Lis cars, you might
lose your post"
Mr.. hsmes, sir, must know how Wild bis
Wild! Most young men Of tho present
fqnire in his heat " "Mino had better not let
me catch them st it, though. I'd WArm theil
ears well beforehand. it / thought they ever
would. Do you hear, Mr. Johhny!"
had been leaning on the back Of 4 ch1ir ir
tie Gnietest corner, for fesr Of being zen!
, 1870-07-16

| him and he accused me OF having done my
errrand Of peace badly.
Darbysltire WIS coming out Of the house as
the Squire reached it, and said 10. Instaad OF
being sorry, he flew in passion and attacked
"Nox, look you here, Dc1byBhire-this
won't do. We can't haSe people dying OF like
hsd better give up doctoring."
How dye mean for noihings" asked Dar-
byshire, who knew the Squire well.
It can't bo for much don't be insolent.
because man gets a lit Of anxiety on his
mind, is be to ie let die 7"
DarbyEhire. "Ho caught chill through go-
iug out that day OF the Rpow-storm. and it set
tied on vital part. That's what ails him,
Squire"
ssAnd you cau't cure the chill! Don't tell
me-"
Before this t1me tomorrow, Thomas Hyme1
will be where there's neither killing nor cur
to send for tho son; but thoy dou't know whore
he H."
Tho Squire made rush through the shop
and up to the bedroom, hardly saying, With
your leave, or by yonr 1eAre. Thomas Rymer
lay in bed at tho far end His " hate face
whiter than the pillow; his eyes suuken; bis
| bands outeide, plucking at the counterpaue.
Margaret left the room when the Squire went
in. he gave one look, and knew that be saw
esth there.
"Ky1ner. I'd almost havc given my own life
! to eava you from this" he cried in the shock.
\ "Oh! my goodness! what's to be done =
II seem to have been waiting for it all
| along: to have seen it coming" eaid Thomas
Ry:ner, his faint fingers resting in the Squirrel
string ones. sand now that it's here, can't
do aattle with it,
"Now, Rymer, my poor fellow, couldn't you
! eou.ant you make a bit OF M effort to live.
To oleass me; knew your father, mind. 1t
cant be right that you should die"
ut must bo right; perhaps its we'll. ! can
t,uE say With old jacob that faw and evil have
t thetlrys Of my life been. Nothing but diaap-
| poi1tment has been my lot here; struggle
| npoL struggle. pain upon pain, so1roW upon
sorTew. think my merciful Father will re-
member il in the last Great Account"
Hehied At s o'clock in the morning. Lee
told Ia Of it when he brought up the letters,
The 3rlire let fal his knife and fork.
g! u Ite shame and sin, though, johnny, that
sons mould intict this cruel sorTow upon then
pate1is, ho said later. Rymer has been
brong1t down to the grave by his before hie
hsir VIE grar. / wonder HOW their accounts
will sttnd at the Great Reckoning 2"
JoHNKY LUDLOW.
Psi wnnt ho1iday-IfI can get it there'n
not be paper from me next month.
I
~. =
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a6EerAtlpn the humOrl9t renders 30
ssaE 4n' f!o@ nn0Est sse we vt 4se'sf sas
moves on the inner line OF impulse md mo
tive, always identifies himself moro or less
with the secret springs Of paradox, always
plays on tho moral parado1e5 Of the mind
within !: while the Wit occupies . critical and
external position, and makes bis play with the
croes-puposes and antitheses he discovers in
tlc field Of external thought OF action. The
most decisive note Of the former is the prefer
e1.ce for speaking BY the very mouth Of the
porson to be made ludicrous, OF the 1stter the
preference for launching criticisms at him
arc blended, az they SO often are,
the procedure is double, as, in tho
saying OF Coleridge VIC have analyzad above:
there is, in tho first place, sharp intellectual
paradox TO- excite amusement; and then,
when We pass beneath it to the play Of feeling
sud motive in the mind OF the wit, we f1ud
are more amusing still, becauae they display
humor AZ well a. wit.
And if Dickens may fairly be called great
lumorist in his moods Of burlesque and tras-
csty, such as those in the carly part Of Flick
wicE," and tho American portion OF !" Martin
Chuzlowit," he is infinitely mora SO in
those moods in which he displays the
plausibiities and fa1sehoods Of human nature
through the mouths Of his chief favor1tes. his
iGen1 vulgaHties or impostnres, Noah Clay
poe, Mfa. tAnp. Mf. lecKsnIH II WILL pe
asserted by some that this is not true humor,
because rhese puppets Of Dickens's are not
,tal characters, because they arc oE'5 gorifed
distractions Of cowardice, vanity, scl6sbness,
and hypocrisy, and arc FREQ from all the
inconEistcncies of actual human Dature.
Doubtless they arc not real men and
women in the sense in which shakespeare q
characters. or Miss Austen's, o. George EIiot's,
ere real men and women. But we deny tllat
that IL ans wny necessary for the purposes OF
humo; ist. All That lumorist az q
lumorist, can be expected to 10, in order to
attain the very perfection Of humor, is to
bring out perfectly the true moral absurditics
md parado4es in humdn nature; and this
may be done as pcrfcctly-we believe more
perfectly, SO far as the humorous effect
alone goes-with q careful Eelcction
Of moral qualities and certain
amount Of subtle e1aggerat1on OF them,
than it could be- done with real man and
! women. Delightful IS is the himor with
which the birth-proud, purse-proud, and emp
tj-headed Lady Catherine de Vere is painted
| in Miss Austen's Pride and PrgAdice-when
she eAra, for instance, to the heroine, I" take
| no leave Of you, Miss Bennet, I send no COM
plsn.eats 10 your mother, an most seriously
G;spsc::sed -:..3 Se4. v. la1oz ~ SC. - A.;
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1870-03-24
THE FUN OF MULE-RIDING.


"The boys insisted that I needed
relaxation My health required it. I
had pretty fair article of health, I
thought enough to last me as long as
live. But must accumulate stock
for future use. The South was the
place to get it, and riding was healthy.
The sand is too deep to ride except on
horseback, SO thought / would take
ride. applied to liyery-man for
a. horse. He had one. He looked
sorrowfully. at me as though he pitied
me. Did I ever ride a mule7 I new
er had. He had as good riding horses
as ever were saddled, butif I wanted
o Rock me to Sleep Mother style of
ride, I would take mule. I don't
consider myself a first-class judge OF
mules, but had some vague notions
in regard to them; supposed they
would do large amount of work
with very little feed, and were i'm.
mortal. 1 had read of one being
driven over the same route by the
same boy for eighty-seyen years, and
he was young mule yet.
"Bring forth the mule. The mule
was brought forth. He was q meek
looking, perfect Uriah Heap O
a mule, SO far as sumbleness wal
concerned. At least that was tht
view I took of him. Hewas saddled
and mounted. For a mile or two
he paced beautifully. l thought thos,
old monks I had read about knew