The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1885-05-18

Gloom was laid thick on the usually
smiling face Of the man-who-wants-to-
sell-his. fast-trotter being-about-to-go- ia
Europe when the reporter entered the
stable whore the interesting animal was
usuRlly kept between sales:
"Whars tho mstter?" asked the re-
porter,
ave sold Billy" was the roply, de-
llvored in the most mournful tone imag-
Unable.
ooh, see," said the reporter, sympa-
thi2ingly, land now the police are after
YOU"
"rhe policew calculated the man. The
idea Of the police being able to give him
annoyance pleased him so much that
several layers Of gloom wore of tempo
rarily.
81 should think you ought to be used
TO selling Billy by this time,n suggested
the reporter, deicately.
More layers OF gloom wore off the
horse dealers face and he became posi-.
lively enthusiastic. "Sold him often ?i
he exclaimed "Well, should smile. |
amt done nothing else these last eight
months but sell Billy. I've supported
my family and I've paid my debts and
I've lost money on tho races all that
time by selling Billy. And I've got Bill
yet, or rather, / haven't, and that's
what's the matter with me-" he added,
becoming gloomy again.
allow did IL happen?" asked the re-
porter, showing more sympathy.
WELL" he began, "you SEQ that Bill
ly's reputation got to be 80 great that
every man In the business has hoard OF
him aud wanted him, pVe been offered
rs high as $1,000 for him. He wasn't
much 100 look At; he couldn't 20, and he
was chest iOundered, but he was q
daisy 10 work. All ] bad to do
was To pump lot OF water into
him and he'd he able TO
go four or five hours. Then his chest
would give out again, and ho'd drop
down. Well, u countryman would see
him while he had the water In him, and
would buy him for bargain, He'd be
as lively as cricket goinghome, say to
New Jersey or Long Island. Then the
mex! day the cOuntrymm would find
him lying down in the stable, aud
would be Bblo 10 do nothing with him
SO ned come back here with Billy and
say he'a been swindled. I'd tell him
that Billy had caught cold, and I'd buy
Billy back for hundred or so, whom
I'd sold him for n hundred and halt.
IhaJd DO my profit. Thon I'd pump
him iull OF water again and sell him
over again, Three thousand dollars for
BillyP Why, l sold him for as high Az
500. i sold him once u week easy for
eight months, and made a hundred or a
hundred and half week out of him
Calculate how much that makes. And
! only paid SIS for him whom / bought
him from n peddler.
well he went on, lighting fresh
cigar, "the other men in the business
put up all kinds of Jobs ~ got Billy
from mo. They'd follow him home
when he was sold, and try to buy him
from the countrymen. IL got so hot the
last part OF the time that paid two men
to follow Billy and the counJryman to
see that somebody else didn't got Billy.
l couldn't sleep of nights, thinking OF
Billy.
"Well, day before yesterday was in
the joint aud l had the old familiar sign
OUT A capper comes running in and
says; "Thero's n countryman down the
street." SO we brought Billy out, and
tue cepper began pretending he wanted
TO buy Billy. ! was a-praising Billy up,
though not giving him what he deserv-
cd, aud the capper he was making out
tnat ne was hanging oil, when in walks
the oountryman and says; II hear
there's agOod horse for sale here
"'You'ro too late, my friend saws l.;
there's another ahead Of YOU The fol.
low was rs like countryman az ma
ture He was big, rosy fellow, with
staring eyes that you'd fall in love with
ut first sight. He'd big brass chain
and silver watch like the city hall
clock and a chunk Of glass ON his shirt
bosom,
"'Well,' he says, Il don't know as Il
makes much odds; don't know as |
care TO buy horse, anyhow All this
Time the oapper was pretending TO find
faults with Billy, aud beating me down
in my price. Finally we agreed on Si45,
and the cspper pulls out the poodle.
Hold on a minute says /, 'what
business are you In, II may ask?'
I'm horse dealer, he says. why
do you ask2'
"That settles IT, says, put up your
money. You can't do no business with
me. This horse said, patting Bllly's