The Arkansaw traveler., 1884-03-01
TYDiDES.
Why the Captain .s Not Able to Max,
 the Race fos Governor


 the Race for Governor
 
 Captain Diomed Graics. who was thoughtsorn time ago, to be An available candidate for governor of Arkansaw. has. in consequence of sad mishap. petma- nen.ly withdrawn from the race. Several days after the captain announced himself. an admiring political friend sent him a Durham calf of the sex which. if animals are eyer allowed the tigh, oi suffrage. sill be calculated to stand better chance at the polls. The captain, iahcss,ing from Kentucky anees,css.a tender afsee. ton for animals. a, once conceived great respect for the cali. and built for him a comfortable shed in corner of the back yard. The other night. while A storm was raging. the captain said to his ~ifc
 "ls, George, I'll bet ,ha, aegso ha. forgotten to furnish Tydides with t.esh straw" The classical name which had been given 10 the captain In early infancy had ever inclined him toward coenomtnaI selections from ancient literature. ai. though his parents knew nothing of ll,um's destruction and had ehfi..ened him in honor Of an old uncle whose proud boast was tha, he had once " dung down - MeGec's big "nigge,.. asd eaten d dozen roasting eafs at a sitting.
 Doomed. wouldn't 70 ou, such nigh, as ,h.s, said Mrs. Gtalef, as the captain cached for hts boots.
 Don't think that am going to le. fyd.des suffer such a night as this, do you That's the finest animal in ,h.s country. and its only by taking care of him that l can keep him in that eondi. iion."
 The captain took lanietn and vent out 10 see II the sesvsn, had attended io his duties. He wen, under the shed and held up the light. No~. any man who has explored the feelings of a spirited cali, who knows 10 ~h |, sudden starts he Is given. will never cary A lighted Ian. tern isto his b~d-ehamber a, night; bu, ths captain had no, made this explofa- tion. When he entered, the aif was ly- ing down. He jumped up in frigh, and exclaimed
 'Baf-r.r-t.'
 :" It's me, Tyd,des," said the captain.
 The cali .aw that Il vas somebody. ba, didn't know exactly who. He baked into A corner Of his bcd-ehamb~f, and. then as the captain continued to ap. proaeh. lunsed forward and struck him lols that made the unfortunate gentleman drop the lantern and cry ou, like man who shouts for a irryfnan to come over the river. Tydides did not stop ai this. lie jammed his bony heaj against the captains ribs. knocked him down, uod with sharp-cdged hoofs on hts head. raking up the scalp, and bused him time and again.
 The storm continued to rage, and Mrs Gralef, had taken up one of the children and administered the much desised nourshment, when is occurred to her ths, the captain was gone an unnecessary long time. The child vent io sleep again, the wind howled iuriously, but still the captain did no, return. She vent to the door and saw a light ln the ealfs apartments, and she called the captain bat the raging hias, drowned her voice. Finally she went ou, to the shed. The calf stood with gIasing eyes, looking At the prostfsae captain. The heroic wo. man rushed in. but was promptly hailed by the relentless sentinel The bovine race has never been affsctionateiy inclined towards women, and Tydides followed Mrs Crziss. making her feel uneomfoss- able at every jamp. The captain 6saliy crswied out and went to the house. His wile vas taking liniment bath.
 "Cet me those buekshos earssidees,- he said, taking down gun. Soon aftes- wards two loud reports joined the vail ings of the storm. When the sun rose in musky and discoiosed splsndos, a negro might have been seen, except by blind people, skinning calf. The cap tain, with bandagsd head. and with ons eye vinking iss last in the cool morning air. surveyed in'siIence the satisfactory