Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1893-05-28

nrst personal acquaintance with one.
II sorter Jared on my nerves, bein',
30 90 speak. . reflection on my YER
scity.
But made the best ont, an led
the horse out on the harm door. l be-
gan 10 make few general remarks on
the good points of the beast There
was . curry comb lyin' on n beam an
oil IF a sudden the boss grabbed the
handle 81 il with his teeth an held IL
out toward me. l Stood paralysed-
Then the boss brushed my hat of. and
began a. comb my hsir.
a That's a touchin' appeal says the
drummer He knows what he wanta'
IL was gettin' mighty nerv Gus. never
havin' seen dumb beast act that why
before. judged II was better 10 get
him back into his stall - soon as pos
sibls.
Come. Beauty. says I. grabbin' the
halter. it's time you had your oats
well. sir, at the sound o. the word
oats that boss fell dead in his tracks.
lie rolled over on his back an stuck
all four legs mp In the air ~ stif as
table legs tried 70 get him up but
IL was no use.
You ought To have broken IL to
him gently said the drummer. He
died q Joy
And then he laughed. At this the
dead ho>s opened one eye an his
mouth. an began 20 laugh, too. be-
gan to think I was goin' out o. my
head. For over IN hour worked on
that crit.er tryin' tJ get him on his
legs. an couldn't do IL. Then the
drummer gave il up an w1nt away.
Jes' as soon as the man was out o sight.
the hoss got on his feet agin a. we'll as
ever.
II didn't call the drummer back. but
I sat down an ruininated. come
pretty nigh fgurin' the thing out as IL
was Ducello's circus had been up
bangor way week or two before. an
I'd heard about trick boss bein' with
the show. He was q sort o. clown boss.
an from n description I'd got o. him !
came To the conclusion that this was
the identical aninile. learned after
wards that the boss had got sick, the
circus people had sold him, and the
Injun had stole him
Now. what was goin' TO do with
him? I don't believe in harborin'
stolen property an il the man who
bought the boss of Duceiio had come
u me with proper legal authority I'd
have returned him. but while waitin'
for him 10 come. il seemed best 20 turn
an honest penny. Well. sir. tn make
long story short. / sold that hoss to
nineteen different men Jes' "a soon
n "A man had bought him. got the
Teller 10 hitch up. an as he was about
81 drive away. I dropped . remark
about oats.
. Hes used % havin' plenty of oats,
I'd say. an down would NO the boss In
his tracks That was "a trick he'd
learned. No.hin' could make him get
up while the other TELLER was In sight.
an :" Id jes' naturally buy the body
for couple o. dollars. an he anywhere
from forty to fifty Aollsrs ahead % the
trade But the nin-teenth time got
stuck I lost the two dollars When
the stranger moved slowly away. bein'
poorer an wiser ~ the amount % If
teen dollars an' bag u corr. Beauty
didn't get up. lie had done his trick
for the last time Yes. sir. I'd been
swiniled right In my own dooryarl.
I'd paid two dollars for dead horse. +"
However. | do not think that this
small error on the part Of Mr.. Perkins
should stand I'm the way 81 his selection
for the pest 81 ofSrial horse-trsier at
the fair I have forwarded a state
rneut 81 his qsalifE cations 20 Chicago.
where. II snywhefe. they should be
appreciated IowsKp FIEIprye.
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