The rustler. (Cerrillos, N.M.) 1891-1???, 1891-10-30

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nost< discouraged II Was about this
time that b. experienced the original
methnd of treatment Of his "a. Pink
ney. who che family were sFrred was
destined % l~coms = great inventor.
For the land sakcs." Mr. Lazen-
berry would often exclaim In admlring
contemplation " her sons latest
achievement What viii Pinkney do
nextF-
That seemed Al u~nanswerAble qucs-
ton for the somewhat remarkable
thing that his ingenious brain had
already melted him 10 accomplish
SEEMED 10 promise almost anything In
the way 81 unexpected results
just think how he spliced out
Jolly's tail'" his mother would say
pridcfullv. when revcrting % Pink
ney's record and apparent possibilities
Who else would have thought Of such
a thingg"
Probably no one.
Jolly. the dog. had for a long time
managed 81 get along very well with
an abbreviated caudal appendage-the
result Of a youthful mistake which led
him 20 attack "A large and c~annibalistic
tramp dog For some reason Pink
finally conceived the idea that Jolly
needed o tail, and proceeded 10 sup
ply IL
Perhaps II the reader had felt called
upon 10 retail a dog he would have con
struetcd a scrviccable II not ornament
al tail By making a cloth contriyance
not unlike a stuffed club. Al least ]
should have done 80. but Pink re-
solved that Jolly should have a tail
that hc could feel proud Of. no matter
in what company he might find him
self
To this end, he procured at the
slaughter house the tail Of n lately de-
ceased COW. which he carefully fitted
aud sewed over an oak stick. This vas
splieed ON to Jolly's stub and really
looked first rate, in spite Of the fact
that a yellow dog with a perfectly stiff
red tail tipped with a J. -brush, is a
rather unusual sight.
Jolly was introduced 10 the family
and the merits Of the Improvement eN-
patiated upon. just n the baby wad-
died up Mrs. Lazenberry presented the
rcjuyenated Jolly with "A beef bone,
which 80 delighted him that he wagVed
his new tail with such vehemencc thathe
knocked the baby down and threatened
10 beat his unfortunate brains out be-
fore the wagging could he stopped.
This led 10 the speedy detailing Of Jolly,
Mrs. L~azenberry considering a large
dog with q club attachment undesir-
able.
That was the way il was with the
majority of Pink's inventions. They
promised fair enough, but often man
aged to achieve the most unexpected
and sometimes distressing results.
Pink's rabbit traps were the wonder
and admiration OF the youth of the
neiEhborhood. But, IL seemed as il
they had nm u~naccountable predilec-
ton for catching skunks instead OF
rabbits.
At one time, he constructed a com.
plicated attachment TO the churn. The
only fault to be found with it seemed
TO be that churning with the improve
mcnt involved an outlay of labor near
~ double that required to operate the
unimproved churn.
Pink's riding-saw promised great
things, but at the first trial il would
probably have sawn the young invcn-
tor. himself, in two had he not been
rescued before il was too late.
IT certainly was an ingenious and
promising continuance that he rugged
for rocking the baby by wind power.
With the expenditure OF no little time,
thought and labor, he rugged u wind
mill above the roof of the porch, 10
which was attached an arrangement
that rocked the cradle nicely when the
wind blew gently. II promised 10
make quite n saving of time to Mrs.
Lazenberry, who could place the baby
In the cradle on the SHADY porch and
Z LET the mechanism rock him gently "a
sleep. This she did, one afternoon,
and when the trial was over no fault
could be found with Pinkney's crea.
ton.
but, upon the following afternoon,
the invention fell from favor.
The wind was mild, the day fair and
the baby sleepy, and so Mrs. Lazen.
berry placed the little fellow in the
cradle and ran over to Mrs. Shipley's
10 borrow some yeast. Little Henry
Clay Shipley was threatened with
whooping cough, and, after the child
Lad been brought out TO cough for the
sympathizing visitor, the ladies drifted
into a discussion of various childish
usaladics and their treatment, and
from them to the gossip of the neigh
hood. Thus IL happened that the
errand occupied an hour in accomplish.
} ing.
! Meanwhile. the breeze was freshen.
ing preccptibly, and by the time Mrs.
Lazenberry started homeward it wa.
blowing briskly. She looked to dis.
cover the windmill revolving merrily
and the cradle rocking at a great rate,
The baby was being ratified from side
TO side in a way that must have been
decidedly uncomfortable, and bowling
like n good fellow.
The mother hurried thither nj he,