Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1871-03-18
Gales 3 sketsbes.

TURNING A SCREW.

But you won't sell him, Tom y said
Mrs. Tozcr.
Ry-the way, my name is Tozer-the
Reverend Thomas Toger, NJ. A.. formerly
of Gains College, Cambridge, and now of
Slogglesby Rectory, Lacolnshire-Mrs.
Tozer being my wife.
My dear said, humanity is humanity,
out incomes are incomes and though the
former says no, the latter says yes. / can
net afford to turn the paddock intoa hos
ptal for decayed horses. This lameness
decides it and old Prince must go,'
'Bet where shall you sell him? =
well, shall not sell him at all Mr..
Tcmson will do that for me at IIorncastc
Fair to morrow. am going todrive h i'm
over. l dare say Prince can hobblc that
Distance
And what do you suppose you will get
for him p said Mrs. Tozer.
! oh, not more than ten pounds, repli-
cd
Dear dear What shame it seems to
part with poor old Prince for tn pounds y
! My love- said, decisively, in that tone
| which always closes discussion, 1T is not
! the ten pounds, but-the cost of keeping the
old horse. If you like to do without our
! having another, well and good. Stout walk
/ ing-boots suffice for me in winter
But Mrs. Tozer seemed to think that it
would be q pity to let our tour-wheelcd
chaisc grow mouldy in the cOach-house ;
and the consequence was that the next
morning at eleven O'Clock was driving my
church-warden, Farmer Tomson, over the
hali:dozen miles that intervened between
Stogglesby and the world-tancicd horse
fair but very slowly, for Princes limb in
what horsey people call the oil fore leg
was rather marked.
Perhaps you'd like me to do the other
Bit of business for YOU Master Tozer ?
said my companion.
We'll, no think you,' I said. If you'll
do the selling part, shall be obliged.
think I'd rather buy for myself l donf
boast, mind bat if there is anything secu'
lar do know Il little about, think it is n
horse
Farmer Tomson chuckled.
We'll, well, he said don't get took in
for they're rough lot down here ut fail
time
That's precisely why want you to sci
Prince for me. know they would get hin
from me, and then there would be som,
difficulty about payment and, as clergy
man, don't wan'tto be mixed up Will
any unpleasantness And besides, you So
the class ofmen who 80 about buying lam,
+ horses are not those with whom l care 4
have dealings
An right, parson, all right said Tom
son only don't blame me ii | don't So
enough Tor him. promise you, though
that Ill bring back the ready cash.
do your best, Tomson, do your best
, aud shall not complain, | said, for | hat
> implicit confidence in him, his only failing
, being 10 great leaning toward gln-and
/ water, and u tendency to familiarity, Il
eyinced in his addressing his pastor a
> 'iarsOn,'
Z We reached the head inn brought on
c a halter, and MIR. romson led oil poor ol
, Prince, the old chaise aud harness bcin
2 lett in charge of the hosIler, n fresh man.
? AZ the old horse was he'd Oh lac seeme
J. to give me u m0uniGl look, rs though h
1 would have said, do YOU turn your bac
z like this upon your old friends = Aud the
!, he went limping out Of the yard, whiskin
: his gray tail about ia melancholy mannel
n aud | thought OF the many times thos
four white stockings had gone over the roa
i with our modest conveyance; never Ia
d fast never taking fright never shying
- never being inserted, rs 10 The hind stGcl
y ings, in fierce kicks through the splasl
r board. Aud thought that Il, for the iy'
d and-thiyty pousds got as good sleed
dwell with Va Tor the next ten years,
should do well.
, went into the coffee, room 10 await Va
:, mer Iomson's return, aud sonlehow rat
" ca regretted that | had not called ia
veterinary surgeon, and given Prince
"a monlh's Tyat but the neAt mlnule | drOl
q away the thought, and slood AZ the wlnd0'
~ looking out az the buay tuTnoil oi ihe htl
., toWu durlng the horsu hlr,
~ My yWiie had stipulated fora horse as mu'
N Ike Prince "a euuld get aud as s,o'
q, gallng oui, | SAW uns ug lNo goudly lun
q lug cubs, allh onu, tNu, and even lhr
= shite-slo kinged l,sI, bat not oao, like .
- ftinov, with ibur
'liul | oaaI stady that, lhOughl
n. my self - good sound holse is ehai !
n, qulfs, aud black egsed cob Il Akgly W
h, tlie nloIe durable
y lhlorg had aadsd hall lhroash lhs a
n lsiarea iiaiss, fala,lI funlsoa eas lsls
y, We'll, hus haze l0u g0l on y | saa,
n, 'th, iusl ~ sell AZ galEelsi, lanol
lhe usgulaI THU CO. 4 Old hnlse puuild
W ahA hs dashei touT sol,gslSns do
uR0u ths tablf