The Red Cloud chief., 1888-04-06
RED AND WHITE.
Uncio Eeze's Investigations and
His Courtship.

'.How's Northwestern this morning.
Unkie Zcke?:" asked Dick Spriggs across
the restaurant table.
.Slumped off six points. blast it."
scowlin- viciously over his paper at
the steak brought by the waiter.
Ezekiel Sprigcs laid down his paper
and picking up his fork stuck it into
the meat. As ne withdrew it and saw
the rich. red juice ooze out. his
face Frightened. Spriggs was some
what Of an epicure.
six points a pretty big drop" said
Dick. possessing himself of the paper
and alternating between it and his
breakfast: How dive come out?:"
But Spriggs vas bu>ily engaged in
tearing off huge pieces of steak and
chewing them with much the same ex-
preston that a chicken exhibits when
taking a drink of water. Business was
business, but breakfast was breakfast
Just then, and while Dick chartered and
read extracts. SpriSgs turned his eyes
to the ceiling at every bite and gave
himself up TO the soulful enjoyment of
what was before him. Dick skinned
Nightly ovcr the news. took = cursory
Vance at the editorials and paused at
the lower corner of the page; then he
read aloud:
Possibly the reason Why. when a red headed
girl appears on the street. a white horse soon
makes its appearance. will have to be sought for
in history. Away back in the early Greek and
Egyptian DAYS. red-haired girls were justly
priced above all"
..Whadz that:?' interrupted SpriCcs.
Spriggs was a bachelor. and though
rich. was no, especially addicted to the
fair sex.
Dick leaned thougbtfu!ly back in his
chair. rs a dodgastel funny thing,
Uncle Zeke. but it's 4 fact. never knew
it TO fail: straight as a string. too"
We'll. what is it,
'.Why. don't you see. the saving is
that where ever o see 4 rea-headcd
girl there is always a white horse in
sight. I believe il now-didn' At first.
Why only las, Sunday night | went to
church with Miss Aus:in-vou ought to
see her, Uncle Zcke-" Dick paused
with a piece OF steak halfway To his
mouth and gazcd yearnin@lv a: the
blank wall. We'll. as | WAS saving,
went 70 chu-rh: coming ou l SAW di-
rectlr in from, of us a girl with hair
lust about rs red rs you find it. One OF
the rules OF the game is that you must
always 20 some where that is acceSsi-
bic 10 the horse after seeing the red
L.a;r. 50 | made IN xcu-c about 4 short
cat and dra--ed Mabel ont the side
door. thought | had the white horse
s~eaueac dead This time. but just as we
came ont the door. sure enough the in
cyitahle white horse came trottinG
around the corner. There wasn't an
other four-lcgyea animal in sight and
didn'. see any The whole way home.
I've tried it every chance and ncvci
knew il to fail
Spri~gs grunted m inaudibie re-
Fponoe ard rose from the table. BY
nocn he had forgotten all about it but
the sight If 4 r~ed-haired girl brought
tNc >l:plcci 10 MS HbilHt. r.'eS VA 10
evident absurdity. there was something
odd and ~uncanny about The notion and
SpriCrs almost uncon>cionsly began 10
scan the paSSers-by. Turning the corner
be came plump against another maid
with fiery hair and sure enough there.
hitched to a post. WIS a rather scrawny
but an unmis:akable white horse.
This was the beginning OF his down.
fall. for there and then he determined
to see exactly what was in the saying.
Now Spriggs was nothing if not me-
thodicaL A long life Of single blessed
ness and business training had made
him so. and he entered into the invests
CATION in somewhat the same
as he would some great business ques.
ton.
The major part of the next day was
spent in keeping tally of the horses
that passed his office window; and the
following day in an extended hunt Of
red-hcaded girls without regard to
their so-callcd accomplishments. The
result was that while one horse in every
fifteen was white. only n female IN
thirtY-0ne had red hair. A series Of