The post. [volume] (Middleburg, Snyder County, Pa.) 1864-1883, 1879-04-03

tWO buuUftu uOtiuIb.
"rwo hundred dollars exclaimed
the Yankee, by golly, what a price
Why, they axed me only u quarter
Of dollar to see the elephant and
the whole caravan in New York
Two hundred dollars ! Why you
nust be joking nov. Bless inc
my whole load Of tin ware, boss,
wagon aud all, wouldn't fetch that.
But, mister don't You think that
could get ia for ten dollars p
Nothing less than two hundred,
and that must be paid within the
short space Of five minutes. .
We now thought We had got rid
of the fellow, but he returned again
to the charge aud asked If fifty dol
lars would not d.. theu seventy i've
then one huudroJ and finding that
he could make bargain for less
than the regular sum ho engaged to
do it provided he cocld fud anyone
to losu him the money, Tor which lac
offered TO pawn h's wagon load Of
potions, aud Sleepy DAVID to boot.
he asked one, tteu another to accom-
modate him wit, the loan, declaring
that as soon as he took the purse
The money should be returned ald
he would give ten tin whistles into
the bargain. lie however, got more
earses than coppers, until some wag
who had plenty of cash, and liked
to soc the sport go on. lent him 500
out Of sheer malice. Though, as
if afterwards turaed out he had more
money about him. aud was merely
playing the possum all the while.
"His next object was to borrow II
saddle Here also no was accom-
modated aud taking Sleepy David
flom the tin cart he scrambled upon
his back aud took his station on the
course. You never saw fellow sit 50
awk kwardly in yoar life Everybody
said he would fall before ho lad
lone u hundred yards, aud some out
Of compassion urged hun to with
draw.
mot by q darned sight, said he.
Why do you think In such tarnal
fool to pay the two hundred and
then not run chan ,es artcr all /?
Others who wanted to see the
sport, even il it slioull cost some
broken bones, encouraged him to
proceed, saying. as they laughed
aloud, that they had no doubt he
would carry the prizs.
That's what ! mean to do, eald
he. IL ain't come her for nothing.
can tell you. Wake up sleepy
vid, aud look about you Yo"
.hnst have your eyes open to-day
IT'S no time to be snoozlu now, whea
there IL money ut stake.
Tho horse. us il he understood
what his master was saying. opened
nis eyes pricked mp his ears, and
actually showed some signs of life.
"1he signal was now given to
start. Away spraug Southron with
tue speed of lightning, and away
sprang the other Southron horses,
leaving Sleepy David Jar in .he rear
and the peddler vergiug from side
to side as if just ready to drop off
rhe horse went paving along with
his tail clinsiug close to his haunch-
es, and his nose stuck straight out
before hi,r and you never saw SO
queer figure cut by man and horse
as this singular pair made.
But they improved rs they pro.
ceeded /; tho peddler sat more jocky
like, aud the horse evidently gained
upon the others But il would not
10. He came in half a mile behind
aud little less behind
the others.
IL was now thought tho Yankee
had got enough of the race aud
would Withdraw before another race
to all expectation, he per-
severed, aud even offered to bet II
dollars on the issue Of the
race. - - 'ts !
The fellows fool said one.
HE don't know which side his
bread is buttered, said another, 'uf
he wouldn't risk any more money.
"lIe's safs enough, there, said a
third, FOR he hasn't any to risk
"Here, however, everyb,dy was
again for the peddler haul.
cd out another greasy pocket-book
aud planked down q thousand dol
lars. IL was covered Of course. But
I confess I now began to feel stag
gered. aud to suspect that after all
the Yankee was moro knavo than
fool. / bad no fears, however, for
the purse. Southorn was not horee
TO bs distanced In one. day, especial-
ly by such a misunderstanding devil
As Sleepy David.
"rhe second heat was now com-
, and il ever | felt conileut
in the entire superiority Of my horse
that coniide 100 was
strengthened AZ | saw him coming
ia ahead Of the rest. i considered
the purse now as my own property
In Imagination | had graspod it,
and was about putting it safely in
my pocket, when 10, aud behold tho
pedaler's horse, which was behind
All the rest shot suddenly forward M
Il tho devil kicked him on tho sad,
aud streighteniug his neck like a
prano. won thoheas bya throAt'latch.
Everybody was astonishcd. II