The Arkansaw traveler., 1885-04-18
A FLOODED COLT.
The Time When the Colonel and His
 Wife Would Fly High had Arrived.

Wife Would Fly High had Arrived.
 While Colonel Salvitious Groggins was visiting in the country, several weeks ago, a friend gave him fine blooded colt. Colonel Groggins could not get home soon enough.
 "Why, what have you got there ?" ex. claimed Mrs. Groggins as she saw her husband opening the back gate.
 "Got the finest colt on the continent. that's what Eve got. Come in. Whoa"
 Where did you get himP'
 "Captain Bockley gave him to me-"
 "I am sstonished at that. thought he would be mad because you beat him for the legislature. some time ago."
 "Men are not so revengeful as women are, Pauline. Men know how to forgive how to smile over defeat and laugh with the victor."
 "I don't know, Salvitious. Some one told me-Mrs. Somebody, have forgot ten who-that Bockley would never lose chance to be avenged and that you'd better study all his moves"
 "Of course Mys. Somebody told you. A man would have been in better busi- ness. But say, what do you think of the colt2 By George, he is beauty"
 "He is a beauty. So graceful"
 "Graceful2 Graceful ain't name for it. A sculptor might use him as a model. Go on of there now and eat grass. I'll begin to train you pretty soon."
 Salvitious, you are not going to let him tramp down the grass, are you ?"
 "I am not going to compel him to tramp it down, but shall certainly allow him the privilege of walking around"
 "Hell ruin the yard"
 "Whats a yard compared to a colt like this3 Nothing. Now, I'll tell you what l am going to do. am going to fence off place in the back yard, and have a comfortable stable built for him. lust think of it. Pretty soon we can drive him. Pass everything on the road. Then we'll be fixed. Won't have to hire a horse whenever we want to ride. Wo- men will enviously point at you and"
 "Oh, won't that be nicel" she ex- claimed.
 "Of course it will"
 How can we get buggyW
 "That'll come all right. It's no trouble for a man to get buggy after he once gets horse. Look at him, will you! {"
 Moves his lips like he's mumbling something, doesn't he" she almost rapturously exclaimed.
 "That's just like a sentimental wo- man. Lose sight of a colts fine points, and become ecstatic over the mumbling lip business"
 "Oh, see his fine points, ana sure"
 "But you don't seem to be thankful that we are to become somebody after aIl."
 "Oh, yes, am. am delighted. You know that always did want horse."
 "Yes, but l am afraid that you do not appreciate the difference between this blooded colt and an ordinary scrub"
 @You misjudge me, I declare you do. can see the difference. Why, just look at the long, woolly hair on his waist"
 Pauline, you make me tired. That hair is only an excrescence, a kind of youthful foolishness that will soon come of. You can't tell a fine horse by his hair"
 @What then, by his color p
 @No, dad blame it, by his shape, his general get up, his design"
 @Of course, 1 don't know as much about horses as you do, but appreciate such a present as this. suppose you thanked Mir. Bockley."
 "Thanked him Do you think that I am barbarian7"
 didn't know-" What don't know that I am not barbarian 2" "I didn't mean that. meant that l did not know but you might have forgot l ten to thank him." Don't fool yourself have never l failed to show proper appreciation sf al kindnessn The coicsd immediately began the work of fencing oE lot. Two caspenteu ]