Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1889-08-10
THE CcBBLEa's DEFECT

POo~auCSS hE6 DCcc1CluL
We were sitting in front of David
Ion's grocery one summer afternoon
7"he:' some one observed that .'Old
Eaylc"' was coming. He was q dried
'ip, Little old man, who might have
been anywhere from fifty to one hun
dred years old. and he had voice to
remind you OF broken glasE rafting
in = tin pan.
"Ncw- boys" said tho village
shoemaker, who was about forty-five
years Cd. and weighed one hundred
and seventy-tive pounds. I'll show
you somo fun. I'm going to scare old
Eaylor half to DEATH"
The old man drove up before any
explanations could bo sought, and,
after hitching his cid plug, he stood
for e minute to wipe the dust off his
ancient plug hat with his elbow. The
ShooroaESer took advantage of this to
advance and say:
Uncle Taylor, it IS over twenty
years ago that I sold you a pair OF
boots on tick. They have never been
paid for yet"
They didn't Gt. and they never will
be paid fur!'' hotly replied the old
man.
81 have waited and waited" con-
tinued tho cobbler. "but my patiencs
is finally exhausted. You must now
pay ne Or I'll take it out of your
hide"
"Goin' to lick me, heyr' shouted
Unc!o Taylor, us he drew back q step.
."Tll have to-" answered the cred
itor.
Then pitch right in!'
"Wiil you payp"
mo, sir!".
"Uncle Taylor, hate to break you
IN two. but if you don't pay that old
debt I'll"
'Then come onr' squealed the o.d
man, and with that he swung and
cuught the shoemaker on tho jaw and
laid him out. He followed IL up by
| piling on, and he kicked. bit. scratched
and pounded so vigo ously that inside
| If three miy ties the cobbler was shout
ing to US to take him off. He was Il
licked ran. Instead of having fun
With the old man. the old man had
made a circus of him. We hauled him
nto the shade of sugar hogshead
md famed him with hat, and after
thout ten minutes he family re-
marked:
"Boys. was I lickedp''
"'Right from the mark we an
swered.
"And by Old Taylor alonep"
| Yes"
well, that shows how q man can
ne miLtaken," he sighed. "For over
twenty years l have fondIy figured
that could lick that old cuss with my
eye3 shut and both hands tied behind
me, and now he does me up in O. fight
Of my own picking and with all my
tackle clear. Please leave me alono
for awhile, boys. My head swimi and
my body aches, and want To reason
it out and find some excuse for making
u fool of myself. IN. Y. Sun.
! g.
james Mortimer, who, after hold
ing the position Of private secretary
to the Emperor Napoleon Ill. for
many years. settled in London just
before Sedan and established the
London Figaro, is an American; that
is to say, by birth, but he Is just as
much of O Frenchman rs an Ameri-
can, and more OF an Englishman than
eithe". especially thu latter in ep'
pearance. He is perfect terror tc
the plagiaristic play wright, for how
ever carefully the literary crimina
may cover up his stolen plums with
English conversational sauce. Nor
timer is sure to unearth them with hii
fearful memory and label them 'fron
the sFrench''-strongthening his as
sertion with data. circumstance ant
author.
The girls do like to GO to the base
ball games 30 much. They are su.
to bee some good catches" there -
YJnkers Statesman.