Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1890-04-10
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But Not Until After the Brute n.
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A sedate old horse yer
withal and seemingly posses ,tisefia
kindly and philosophic spirit me-, oi
up Washington street in the tende-
OF Brooklyn yesterday and baGasl ~
the acute angle where it runs n.y. q
ton street, says the a. T. Hsr9,5 ~
He was attached TO the bpsna
OF a dump cart, this horse. Ses,sa 7a'
the drivers throne of said DIM,
was man OF such benignant co r "a
ance that YOU would have sworn ''' n,
first brother to the horse on tba Il
dence of vision. He, too. was 60 y,
and phiiosophic, and the very s, ,;;rs''u
sedateuess sat upon him. He M.
a man to joke or to be ioked wi@
Life wore to him a serious aspect ','l
one could see that at a glance
1t would be rash to say that ma
drove the horse. He didn't ~
bond between them was far closer !. -
represented by cord or leather ' ~
they were both in the aged barna..
The lines lay on the horses bact ~ ~
the latter took his way sedatelv q.
horse who knows he is doing co,ts.
work for the city might be eypeets5
do. If computations of consois,'.
smote his equine breast no signs tbs'.
of appeared in his benign and tranSoo
eye. His master-or / should saw y.
haps, his friend--did not URGE him
At the junction heretofore meptior.l
Il these memoirs the pair paused sri
looked about them. They paused ions
1t was so much easier to pause M,
work The saucy wind caught nm T,s
clouds of dust--the dust that thew vs,'
paid to cart away-aud tossed it in II.
faces of the passing throng maxine n,
good to pray and the bad TO sWs,,
But this rutiled not the philosophy n
man or beast. The voice of the has
was not heard, for the boss was in
neighboling ginnery tuning up. and /
was so much easier to rest than worI
the wear and tear were so in6Dite,
less.
At length the italian gentleman vh
peddles fruit at this busy confluence A
human life broke in on the dual reyerr
please ninda standa moment a,
mep" he asked.
"Hoy?'
"Miuda fruit moment while 20
awaP"
why, to be sure OF wull, my DAG,
fri'nd. Take yure time. OTn kane ma
oies on yure doigislibes.
The Italian went off to transact b,
errand
Pretty soon the horse reached tran
gully over picked up a banana with
his teeth. and muuched it down With
satisfaction beaming from his eve. His
master looked at him admringly, and
then looked the other way. Reproo
was Gar removed from his face
The horse took another and then 3
third. There was neither haste mol
trepidation in his action. Heappearei
to secure the full flavor of each banana
skin and all, before he began upon
another.
In this way.a dozen were comforts
bly, disposed OF, and the oat cavity 10
the horses interior was much reduced
in size, when suddenly an eecrt
shock seemed to seize the owner He
whirled about and began lathering the
brute wiki an appearance Of the most
fiendish cruelty, cursing him the wbi
as a thafe of the wurruld, an omadhan
and l don't know what other titles
The horse started on a run up the
street not a very wild pace, by th
way and the owner climbed into the
dump cart from behind and made 8
tremendous show of tussle with him
1t did not last. A moment later they
We're going down Myrtle avenue at 3
pious walk, and if there was not 8
twinkle in four sedate but cheerful
eyes then may | never see twinkle
again. As for the poor Italian, he got
back IN time to save his stand, and
surely that is enough to make any
Italian grateful. What do they want
anyway the earth?