Weekly Trinity journal., 1877-06-16
THAT ERE OFF HORSE.

other day, and enquIred for the man who
settled for horses v hch WAS killed by ID
c0mutives of II bloated corpm alton. They
referred him 10 The compauy's counsel,
whom, having found, he thus addressed
"Mi-te'. was driving home one even
ing la>t weck-" "Been d mixing p
sen,entiously questioned the lawyer
Tin cpntrr.pole Of the local Tent of
RrchShitrs," said the farmer. That
doesn't answer INV question:" replied he
man of law; II saw II man who WI. bni'-
ing drunk vote the prohibition ticket last
year." Hadn't tasted liquor sir ce tbs
big food of 1916" said the old man.
Go ahead" Il will, Squire. And
when / come to the crossing of your soul
less munopoly-it was pretty dark, and
zip along came your train, no bells
rung. no whistles footed, contrary 10 the
statutes in such cases made and provided,
and agin the G"aLger decisions, and
whnop away went off nv horse Scoot.
ing over the telegraph wires. When l
had dug myself nut'n swamp some dis.
tance off, and pncifcd the cri:ter. | found
that thar utf hoss was dpad as Perry
Smith. nothing valuable about him but
his shoes. which moLt have brought say
eight crnts for old iron. Well"
well, you want pav for that ere off
huss p said The lawyer. with scarcely
rrpress,d smear. Il kinder should. YOU
see," replied the hlrmer frankly. "and /
don't cnre about going To NV about it,
though possibly ] ID get verdict for ju-
rics out IN our Gown is mostly made up of
farmers, aud they kinder hp' p each other,
asa matter of principle, in these cases of
stock killed by railroads." "And this
ere off has :" said the counsel, mockinglv,
"wns Hnmblrtonimn colt out of an Alb
dhllah mare, with seventeen Messenger
grasses, wasn't he He was rising four
wears, n he hid been for several spasuns
past, aud had showed 2:25A on hnlf
mile trnck. In the mud. hadn't h,f And
you hnd been offered Sl6,50 ior him the
day he was killed, but wouldn't take it,
becnusp you were going to win all the
purses in the q and Circuit with him,
and then going Ia move out To Nevada,
and buy II silver mine and senator. hip
with the proceeds? Oh ! I've heard of
that off ho>s before" IL guess there's u
, mi-tahe somewhere, sonny" said The old
farmer, with an mir of surprise; 'my
ho>s was got by old man Butts roam pac
ing hos Pride of Lrmont, out'n II wall
eyed, no accoun: mare of my own, and;
now hes dend, | may say he was twenty
nine next glass. Trnl Why, Fred
EIhy's horse. that he was fined for iIIii-
ou- driving of, wis old Dexter along side
Of him. Sl6,000! Bless your soul do
you think N II darn fool, or any one
else ? 1t is true / made nn offer for him
the last time was ia town, aud Tor the
man lnoking kinder simple, and you
know how it is yourself with hoSs tlndng,
! asked the cilss more'n lh,. amin Il might
have been worth. | asked $50, but Id
taken SO" $40 ~ ga>p'd the lawyer,
$40 !" "Yes, rppll, d the farmer meek
" and applngrticaliy, "it kinder looks II
big sum, know, for nm old hosS, hut
that ere off h"ss could pull n nightly good
lnnd, considering. Then ! was kinder
shook up, ard the pole OF my wagon was
busted. ana had to get the hn ness fixed
and there's my luss ui time, and all that
couLts. Say $50, and its about square,"
The lawyer whispered softly to himself,
"Well, III be bullduzed I" and filled out
a check for $500. "Sir," snid he, cover.
ing the old mans hand, "yuu nre the
first honest man have met in the course
of IA legal experience of twrnty-threr
was worth less than $1,000, and cnlldn't
trot better llmn 2:34 without trimming.
Here also Is II free pass for yourself and
your male heirs in direct line for three
generations, an il you have young bay
Ia spmr", We will teach him telrgraphing,
and fnd him steady and lucrative en-
Payment" The honest old farmer took
the check aud drpalte shifting hi, horny
leg with his hrawny hand in triumph MS
he d 81, with the remark II knew
] d fetch him on the honest tack Lust
boss ! had killed sworr was n trotter,
aud all got was Sl65 aud interest. Hon
esty is the best policy - Chicdq0 Tribune.