The enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 188?-1899, 1894-11-21

ness; then he struck the horses, pulled
them in, and began his soliloquy over
again. At last he said abruptly to the
professor:
Whats this revolution he talked
about?"
ut was the war of independence, be-
ginning in 177e."
"Never heard Of It, Did the Yanks
fight usP"
'The colonies fought with England" 4"
What colonies?"
"The country now called the United
States"
"They fit with England, eh2 Which
lickedp"
"The colonies won their independ-
ence."
"That means they licked u.s. don't
believe word of it. Pears to me I'd
"a heard of it; fur I've lived in these
parts long time"
ut was Q little before your day"
$50 was 1912; but my father fit in It,
an l never heard him tell of this rev.
olution. He'd "a known, sh'd think.
There's a niger in the fence some
where's"
"Well, England was rather busy at
the time with the French"
"Ah, that was it, was it? I'll bet Eng
land never knew the revolution was
a-goin' on till it was over. Old Ma
poleon couldn't thrash 'em, and it don't
stand to reason that the Yanhs could.
I thought there was some skulldug-
gerry. Why, it took the Yanks four
years to lick themselves. got book
at home all about Napoleon. He was
tough cuss."
The professor did not feel called upon
to defend the character of Napoleon,
and so silence once more descended
upon them. Bartlett seemed good
deal disturbed by the news he had just
heard of the revolution, and he growled
to himself, while the horses suffered
more than usual from the whip and the
hauling back that invariably followed
the stroke. Yates was some distance
ahead, and swinging along at q great
rate, when the horses, apparently of
their own accord, turned in at an open
gateway and proceeded in their usual
leisurely fashion towards large barn
past comfortable frame house with
wide veranda in front.
"This is my place." said Bartlett,
81 wish you had told me few min
utes ago." replied the professor, spring
ing of, 80 that might have called to
my friend"
''I'm not frettin' about him." said
Bartlett, throwing the reins to young
man who came out Of the house.
Remark ran to the road and shout
ed loudly to the distant Yates Yates
apparently did not hear him, but some
thing about the next house attracted
the pedestrians attention, and after
standing for moment and gazing to-
wards the west he looked around and
saw the professor beckoning to him.
When the two men met, Yates said:
$50 we have arrived, have wep say,
Silly, she lives In the next house. I
saw the buggy In the yard" e
"She? Who?"
'Why, that good-looking girl we
passed on the road. I'm going to buy
our supplies at that house, Silly, If you
have no objections. BY the way, how
is my old friend 1922"
"He doesn't seem to harbor any harsh
feelings. In fact, he was more troubled
about the revolution than about the
blow you gave him."
"News to him, eh? Well, I'm glad 1
knocked something into his head"
"You certainly did 1t most unscien-
tifcally,"
' "How do you mean-unscientihcally?"
"In the delivery of the blow. / new
er saw more awkwardly-delivered
undercut."
Yates looked at his friend In aston
ishment. How should this calm, learned
man know anything about undercuts or
science In blows2
, "Well, you must admit got there
just the same"
eyes, by brute force. A sledge-
hammer would have done as well. But
you had such an opportunity to do 1t
neatly and deftly without any display
Of surplus energy, that I regretted to
see such an opening thrown away"
Heavens and earth, Silly, this is
the professor in a new light. What do
you teach in Toronto university, any
howp The noble art of self defense?"
mot exactly; but If you intend to go
through Canada in this belligerent
manner ! think 1t would be worth your
while to take few hints from me-"
with striking examples, I suppose.
BY Jove, l will, Silly"
AS the two came to the house they
found Bartlett citing In O wooden