The Arkansaw traveler., 1883-10-27
:. MoNKEYED
Two Rev. Gentlemen Have a Se,-,o.
 a, the Races

al the Races.
 The latter-day eiergy,nen. ,ha, Is. the more liberal class, do no, regard race course. skiilfully in,ermlngled with ,Air association, as place oi immor al ,enden- eies. The other day. ;he Rev. Mir Mul- kiule and parson Jasper Muckle. from osei the hills 4ad t4i away" attended the races
 '. Ina, Is a noble animal said Mr Mulkit,le, as he con,enr plated from the grand stand the graceful proportions of an iroa-s ay horse.
 lies. NJ Muckle ,eptted. :" bu, that sore. Is better animal
 7" I don, think so," Mr Malkj.,le pur- sued. lie hasn'; 90, the legs and shoulders.
 . Hasn't: why you don, catch his tine points. Bro,he. Mulki,tle lased ,o breed horses, and consider myself A pretty far judge.
 "l never bred horses. bG: ! consider wysfI pretty tar judge. My father owned fine horses. fast horses, and the idea 1 got then ot horses could. think. serve me now. II the question of Jud sment ~ere brough, to the test
 What do you mean abou, ludgmen, icing tested. Do you mean 10 say, tha, you would be willing 10 back up your opinion =
 Of course wouldn'. bet" Mir Null ki,,le deliberately replied. so there would be no mistake m the matter, ou, II were to bet. should risk the iron-sray horse" "les. and you d lose. too
 No wouldn't Jus, see tha, horse step around. Ah. hes d noble animal. and can hardly blame those en,husl- astic gentlemen down there. for making ,he situation interesting by wagering little money
 ' Now here. Brother Muiki,,le. Tbere $ only one way to settle this question. The judgment of man, we are taught. has ever been ln error. and when man, m. bued with the prevailing concei,s oi the huIna an family. forgets this weakness. why then l,hink |; IS some ones duty 10 teach him. Have you got ten dollars abou, ,o:. Brother Mulki,,e?' ?'
 Yes, just have, and if you are wiling to give me ten dollars in order to be re- minded of the human weakness ot which you have so sen;en,ously spoken, all rigA,."
 nders.ard we are TO. betting as or dinary men bet. ba, that wager ten dol lars on my ludgnen, and you do like wise. If my judgment IS correct, you make me presen, of len dollars. and vice versa
 All right Don, say anything more. for people overhea-ing us nigh. a.scon- sirue OUT motives.
 Ahe. several false starts and recalls, the horses aere told ;o go" Tie t~o preachers became excited ana waved their aa,s The lron-grsy passed ahead at the quarter stretch. and Ialki:tle shouted. while Nack.e stood or tGe ra.i- ing and yelled. {" Go or. go on Al the nexi turn the sorrei passed the iron-gray and Muckle waved his ha; n forget falness of excitement and shoa.ed ius,ily Abou; hail way down the home stretch Mulki,,le's horse poked his nose in ad- vance of the Maekie animal and the two preachers actually danced in anxiety. Just before passing ender the wire Muckle's horse regained his los; ground and beat the iron-gray. head ard shoul- ders- Muckle shouted, slapped MuIkit- tle on the back, and exclaimed
 .'Wha, did tell youT'
 '' l still say tha. mine IS the bes. horse. Look out, don't slap me tha, way Peo- pie will think you are drunk
 :. Give me my ten dollars
 No, right here People will think we have beer betting
 :. Don't ,-y 10 ge; oEt ot i;, Nalki,,le You have los, the money fairly. and want it.
 " Did say wasn': going 10 give i: 10 yo1:-
 No. bu, yor keep .on monkeying around aboc; IL
 @i don't know what yor mean by ronkeyirg. sir. Explain yourself
 "Cive ne my money and I'll give you all the explanation you vant- ..Yoc shall have the money in due