New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1885-10-11

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myself but he coolly finished the sentence for me
| "A gypsy, yer honorf An right yez are TO
! section! Dowse the gypsy they 40 eau mo- All
that's how comes TO dale in such cattle IN my small
! way What wild thrampin' the country from one
| town TO another and from one gntlemans house TO
! anothcr-un bus;ness-shure there isn't mar ~
| horse in the county worth the name that's been
| bouph. or sou.d widOut Dowse, the gypsy, haYh
stir at the pot! Ar that's tho way too. that can
sell y Uoo1 horse Chapcr bctmes than cer regular
Jaier IN Orelnnd For yc see. I'm there on the spot;
ready TO pick up haste afOrc its made up Its mind
to he sould, ~ may say An WlSn my Pun,3
consarn 70 obiCe the Century wid Shre tnere lSIl
one of the quality for twnty, NY, or Tor hity mlIeS
aroun' as wouldn't rather buy from DoWso tne
ppsy than at the biggest far or the biggest sale as
ever was" | listened with growing interest 10
! the mans mOuOlOgue. Shaking one rQhghehou
foretnger impressiyeX he went on S g r;sr,
into certaIn rude eloquence of language aud force
! fitness of gesture while his dark face lowed with
| honest prde and excitement" it's bekaSe they'd
lIefer buy, an buy charc, from an honest gypsy,
horse rs Is sure to he tcarin' good un or nddlin
un acc0rdln' the honest gypsy sWcaIs 10 H. IMAM
buy au' buy dear We mind. 1lOI blg darr, ny NAV
| or NAV not be honest haste as may or may not be
| good accOrln rs chance AMI the laws OF nathr
! have settled it atwixt 'cm" There was q rugged
| biuntoess and sincerity about the mans face and
| his whole bearing These combined with the truth
full ring in his voice attracted mo toward nm IRE
sistibly and inquired without iGrthor crcuhiocu-
%WelI, Dowsc. then perhaps you could tell me
whether ! am likely to get fair bd Tor my morse
! And 10 he able IT, get one in exchange u tilde
vonnrcr tile gypsy eyed me with grave attic ton
:" and smarter aud altogether more snowy
| Horses is chape dirt now, yer honor. nc mar,
kets is down dead low An it's not big price yell
yet for the ould un this day. Az it w9r COW, now,
! or high-steppin. naughty young haste ye Wor
bpllln We might name yer own prlIc, an get u 100
" HIM That's bad ,nnttcrcl, relGsetiySelyyi;;
Looking at it in that light it seems as II shall
! have to sell cheap. and to buy dear.
! "Thrue for vol Thrde for ycz We never spoke
thruer word! laughed my rltni hiari2uS sly. f in
| tendcd for n witty one. An its by tho light leg
we've got the Guild pig this ocr' Buy dca! an SGii
! cbaDc! That's always the way 1t = so he
fellows mrth was infectious. and could not help
! laughing at bis simpi city Ill -, .
Now my fine fellow. perhaps yo" VIII .c.i nc
what figure a horse like this IL like:S T. DO put NJ
| at ?! He lodged the question. Fat dll nor sur
! priso me- No matt + how straightforward thc mn.
/ yidual Irish peas mt may be, ne VIII IlNa''a'N
| shirk giving direct answer ieis cautious To a
degree, and objects to conlmittng himself.
Horses is chape, nov, no repeated oIarn'al'.
" Might yer honor bc manin t. swap. 10" or ~
sell an thin huy again ': The qurfF was l'"t WIN
/ all the ffankly-diSnlaYcl curiosity OF end
Bc!lase Id say swap" nv sc Wor aS"dh lo' ny 'd'
&Oh. really do not care, II swap as YOU
SAY. should OF course I've "u:igG I" HHm st ,y%n,
| prize should | stipuate FOR, do sou thh"' III the
present state of the market = ,, H..
vcr honor it, besagcd ven lie wid the farmers ard
! thradecon an such-;a. An ar ye pat ~ rricG
! ycsthcrdav an that's a big word =, - ..
eut!y like a cautious cnt"molOI'H' a'd'..Iu< II u, w
! buticrtly on the window p,uo h"oli@ ''ch lnoh'h,
/ 10 transiX him with the deadly pm" "h4' "Ou'u
you call big price; may ask ...l,,,, 70 t,l.c,"
! - What price might yer honor hh WIN I" 'a"t
| II had not vet secured mY volatile pr y, .,,
/ We'll. if could get bid Of : 10 for hun nli2ht
-" The grsy looked mp in reduIoUsly INTO my lace
'"en y GiG ioip yer honor An wins mott Saws 10
mesclf the minute ciapS eyes on yeI' rs 'l i
g} ~ n m.e fay Mil ho3& Ha4 the drs when he
! tackles en- | seen il in th" turn OF yer cyc' go
All thu same, pow5e. am perfectly , serious liu'
| time He's most valuable horse Hinoil tio'-
| ourh-brcd aud wa capital hdutei III MS Gay
" Thin av Is in arnrSt yen be- an ye name To
sHciie for 60 AZ We wait, hrEOrra. from this far
nh the neyt .Orra the ghost OF an oirr VII We Gt,
! ana that's the thruth for No/ No" 'he i"Ct "i
! The matter was this. should have Jumped at thr
cLn,,ce of $50 fog the old nag. or 60 either Int
We knog-hy What law OF morality or Justice ! can
| not sav-that all IS fair in love, war anu hnr'c-
dealing or ratheN al IS So 'eT} ,ar " '1 lor b
snlf" and ne all know the late that ONrIta"ce th'
nindmost Still my conscience -ln"ie zoe lightly. ~
answered carelessly, looking i"th' Ingenious
! Zoe of fine man whom was dccciyInc:
/ "c35oI clO Itsnotmnchfor such horse cSpecl-
ally as expect to have to pay pretty Ncli tor thS
omotbcr" The gypsys face. which had suddenly
lighted ". hecamc again overcast, as ne e\' Ss
thjnkin' | knew what wud suit yer honor do"A Z"
! tho ground, but ay It's matci
| " Never mind" interrupted. on The alert al once.
oW,.gt were yl,u about to propose - a." Fax. was
| thinkin' moght buy the horse m"selt an soil In.
wild a fair profit on the thr9n'actqn. iat'4rt UP
/ in the North. az is lookn for his lo,ke An was
/ thinkin' yer honor uoIGht be wllin 10 swap, 10y
! don't think good o glyin' away hig lump" i u
twenty FOUNDER all in haPc ~ me hoT.c, yer
SNOWY an CAV and bright as paycock. But av 1t
wOr for match .., .; ,. .,,,,,
watering 70. the embodiment of tins glowing de
scripton. Describe Inn, my nan. ,,, ,,,ho,
! f" E0 no, =" wouldn't suit. u! 20 bal M now
should hei He'll be too high for }or hohoi ny
/ couple o inches. 80. H. O..
hh, That must be the first cons.deration; SIX;
teen hands exactly Not M i"ch W"Ic OF 1858
Inst the height of this fellow"
3. TcJad, that's hi, height to a hair" cried the
pypsy gleefuy suatchlng oil his battered: hr!mIc,H
/ ~ '3nG heating an excited tattoo ou the crown.
Wouldn't it he the quarc,t thing at all, yer ho%or,
av it wor TO be match at"iXt then two Eat I"'
/ thinkln' ve lot slip wOld OF grey
No. no. Not grey, Bay might do but |
! should prefer
@pon't say black yer honor! Don't, say black
,i,,iic in his stable Don't Say b!a,k 80 and
me- actually stretched out his hand, entrc4nSly IA
odd c9ni1adGt"m !" wis '1 e wGI T' "' '''
:. Rlacl, il is though responded, laughing ont
/ night az his naive exhibition "i delShl .'lcN;
| rs,np SIX sixteen hands. hichstcppnig. fGof ana
faS.! There's her picture for you' po"'r u MATCH
ifyH,g can nG,.o,,, 1rs himself, Ills very moral!
fnark Heaiiiy' s twin brother, Icvc lat bun of 10
| IIIr and that's tho thrutl for ye/ ana this IRE,
irresistible child of the south Iau'heI capricd' hhh
! bestowed iacctious p"kcs IN the nus on 9lS own
, spare person in his exquisite enjoyment "i '"e CO.
| incidence.
aSu' more nc token il the ,ucly man rcl
are. Captlu,' th!s tItlo was, mistaken one;
%nt WA. often given to me by strangers WHY
! ~ can nulr conjecture; hIt 40 matter. 1t
! sonrdrd ,lca.autiy IN my ears and did not I'M
dcccIve the rip-yl "ts The luGhy man yr/ 'rc
Captim, if tlc basic JCvc got ~ nome Is aIuu 10
| me one I'm aiyr yc7. Hut nchbc we're wlntm' h.h
~ orst and It's ten miles away lie Is this minute;
II vas 10 this very far was brlngu HIM; av sen
! LcIi..r ,pr an giutlcman ~ heard on hlin-i0r
he's we'll known in thcNr parts -senHs Tor me 70
TotLcolliu, an mas Black licanty IG/amnGd hl the
wct An yer honor Inr. and the vet, m the Gutlc
man we An says 10 another says we. that II"
mr'.r a fault nor hlclnsii. nor hairs diNpirag"-
,nrut or him. Az only ask, a hcRg1riy SINIuty-