Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1891-07-03

81, mere stood Sam, inst as
np ''ao been left the night before shaI
'hs ana shiyering with cold Tba %.
sAiii hi'd been fixed 80 as to fiji him nicn
~ ana he did really look like mn ~.
fastened up there. He had sewed NJ, +Ia
,h 80 mat his legs and arms fitted into
s .ie SKIN OF the ox's legs, and his own
'''u was where the original capnt had
'een' Whlle the horns arose moias+ion1Is
ABOVE the whole. Just above him a,1
pearea the broad fire board and II l,aro
.ne iollowlng announcement in obou,.,
'ers which could be read with ease a,,o,,
at great distance; '' even
rms Is Sam Peabody, the great iol,er
ana thiS Is one of his own Jokes in which
ne got trapped himself" " MN
gerry TOOK down the board and let Sam
read IT, and then put it up again.
"Ha' ha, ha! Vot a joker cried ono
s,a. ne came out here in that rig, to
irl 15i poor women," said Tyler. "
Sam, how's beef"
say, Sam, can't You give us n bor,2,,
what "a long taill''
Who ever seed a hox wear hoo+s
afore?" 'o"' ooo''
These, and like ordinations ;ssnad
from the crowd, and all the while moor
oaln was begging for some one to come
and take him down.
In the name of mercy" he groaned
wont somebody let me go?'
cant think of it yet" returned Jerry
Clnltn. - Y ip1yn l.,
lost. You must have taken good deal
OF pains to make that dress fit SO nicely
ana l should think you'd want folks to
see it."
by Jmgo' screamed little Adam Snip
gong close to the victim. "you have a
worse fit now than ever had. Sban't |
send for the doctor?'
Attms the crowd laughed uproariouslv
They would have had pity for any one else
In town, to have seen him in such situa.
tlon' but for Sam they had none, for thev
knew that for years he had been annovino
all whom he could, and now. since he was
caught i'll trap of his own setting, they
Thought 1t best to punish him. At 9
o'clock nearly all the inhabitants of the
village were ont there, and by this time
Sam began to cry Even Jerry was
touched now, and going up to the victim
he said:
"Now, Sam, I'll let you down on one
condition. Promise that you'll never at
tempt to perpetrate practical Joke
again."
81 never will"
"Of any kind or description? You'll
never annoy Il human being again. if Won
can help it,"
"Never-neverl never will. so help
me Godw
So jerry united the cords, and in few
moments Sam was free. He was too stiff
to run. and for while he could walk
with but difficulty. But Jerry gave him
his arm and helped him to his own house.
and there let him remain until the crowd
had dispersed
Towards noon Sam went home. and
for over Il month he stuck closely to his
shop, never appearing in the street save
when absolute necessity required it. He
kept his promise faithfully for to this
day he has not attempted to perpetrate
another of his practical jokes. And PEG,
pie love him now, for he is one of the
jolliest old men in the country, and his
presence is sure to dispel anything like
the sullls or blues. And among all his
stories there is not one over which he
laughs more mel1ily than over the one
wherein is contained an account of that
practical joke which was so summarily
turned back upon himself.-Sylvanus
Cobb, Jr.. in Yankee Blade