The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1888-10-27
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porter's table, he took a seat, mud
ged up close and said:
"Just take it down, now, and I'll
give you good item. Ready?"
Eyes; go ahead"
"Well, this morning, Mrs. Tucker
my wife, you know-and her
daughter Bessie were driving out
with the bay mare named Kittie;
along the river road to see her
aunt?"
Whose aunt?"
"Mrs. fuckers aunt. To see her
aunt. Bessie was driving the mare,
and a little after they had passed
Stapleton's place she threw one of
her shoes"
"Bessie did?"
"No; Kitty, the mare. And Bes-
sic said to her mother that she
thought she was behaving queerly."
"N1rs. Tucker was?"
"No; the mare. And she felt so
worried that she had half a notion
to turn back. I mean Bessie, of
course. But she kept on limping
and going kinder uneaven till they
were down by the gas works, with
Bessie driving, when she laid back
her ears, and"
"You don't mean Bessie's ears?"
"Certainly not"
"Go on, then. Mrs. Tucker laid
back her ears"
"The mares ears. And just as
they got on the bridge over the
creek, the mare gave tilt to one
side, and, as Mrs. Tucker screamed
she let drive with both her hind
legs against the carriage
''Are you referring to Mrs. Tuck
er, or to the"
"Kitty, the mare-and snapped
both shafts off short. The next
moment, before Mrs. Tucker or Bes-
sic could save themselves, she went
over the side, and turned COM
plete somersault-"
"You are now speaking Of the
marew
eyes; the mare turned COM
plete somersault in the water. One
of the traces remained unbroken,
and of course as Kitty went over
she dragged the carriage after her,
and Mrs. Tucker and Bessie were
foundering in the creek. The mare
at once struck out for the shore,
and Bessie, fortunately, had pres
ence of mind enough to grab her by
the tail She had the blind stag
gers, but it had passed off"
"Not Bessie?"
"No, the mare-and as she was
being towed past Mrs. Tucker she
caught hold of her dress"
"The mares dress?"
"Bessie's dress-and it seemed
for minute the mare would bring
them safely to land. But Mrs.
fuckers hold on the mares tail
loosened somehow, and"
"You said Bessie had hold of the
mares tail"
"Did I? Well, so she did; and
Mrs. Tucker had hold Of her dress?
"Whose dress?"
Didn't l say Bessie's dress?
Well, then, somehow Mrs. fuckers
hold loosened, and"
"Her hold of the mare-no, l
must be mistaken Bessie had hold
of the mares tail, while the mare
was swimming, and the mare had
hold of Mrs. fuckers dr-that is,
Mrs. Tucker had hold of-well, any,
how, she let 60"
"Mrs. Tucker let go?"
ooh, dunno; whoever had hold
of the mare let go, and she went to
the bottom like a stone"
eff | follow your meaning, it was
the mare who went to the bottom"
| "My goodness, man; can't you
understand. 1t wasn't the mare.
The mare swan ashore"
"What did you say she went to
the bottom for?"
II didn't; it was Bessie"
| "Bessie never said a word about
it,"
"You know what l mean; Bessie
went to the bottom"
"And Mrs. Tucker swan ashorc?"
| "No, she didn't"
"Very well, then, Mrs. Tucker
went to the bottom, too?
"No, she didn't, either"
Mrs. Tucker few up in the air,
then?"
: You think you're smart, don't
your"
"Well, go on and tell your story;
we'll discuss that afterwards. What
did Bessie say when she got to the
bottom?"
1--we good mind to wollup YOU"
! "What did she say that for?"
"You mud-headed idiot!" said
Mr.. Tucker, "giye me any more OF
your insolence and I'll fay you
alive. l was going to give you q
good item about that mare, and
what Mrs. Tucker said about her
turning somersaults all the way
home, but now I'll see you hanged
first.
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