The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1894-01-20

! shoulder. But never let on 10
Bill that anything happened. I just
leaned up again the side of the barn
an kind O. got my brath, an then
went on Harvesting the boss Of
course | coldn't use my LETT arm,
an tell you it was hard work to
keep Bill from noticin' that l was
doin' it with one hind.
Bill liked the looks of the hoss
an he paid me pretty nigh the figure
asked. l didn't haggle about a
few dollars, bein' naturally anxious
to have something done for my arm
as soon as possible. When Bill
drove away | called in DR.. Haskins,
an he set the arm. Bill had Has
kins in twice after that, l remember,
and the minister once.
How about that laughing horse2
asked I've heard something about
such a beast.
You mean the big sorrel l bought
up back O. Bangor. He was a queer
critter, an no mistake. | got him
of an Oldtown Injin for a gallon O
rum worth forty cents an a pistol
that wouldn't go off. He looked
pretty we'll too, considerin that hs
wasn't exactly in the springtlme O.
life, bein' on the shady side O
twenty, I should Judge, an SO thin
that you could pretty nigh see
through him with strong light on
the other side.
Alter payin the expenses of gittin
home to Goose Falls he stood me
about four dollars in money. ! fed
him on film stuff for few days, an
when he had swel!ed up considerable
l offered him. TO a travelin man
who happened 10 lose horse in
Calm Cove, which is next to the
Falls. The feller came over to my
house about six O'Clock one evenin
hearin that | had a boss to sell.
The time was favorable for a trade.
The shadders OF evein were fallin, an
as they ieil my chances OF sellin a
boss ike that would naturally i'm
prove.
He's ten years old this spring,
says l as we walked up to the stall.
les as l said them words the hoss
stuck his head out of his stall and
laughed. He did for a TACT. I'd
hearn tell of a hosslaugh but this
was my first personal acquaintance
with one. 1t sorter Jared on nv
nerves bein so to speak reflection
on my verscitY.
But l made the best ont an led
the hoss out On the barn floor.
l began to make few general re
marks on the good points of the
beast. There was currycomb lyln
On beam an all OF q sudden the hoss
grabbed the handle of it in his
teeth an held it out toward me.
stood paralyzed. Then the hoss
brushed my hat off, and began to
comb my hair.
That's touchin appeal says the
drummer. He knows what he wants
l was getting mighty nervous
| never havin seen a dumb beast act
that way before, Judged it was
better to get him back into the stall as
soon as possible.
Come Beauty, says grabbir
the halter, it's time you had your
oats.
Well, sir, at the sound O. the wore
oats that boss fell dead in his tracks
He rolled over on his back an stuck
all four legs up in the air as stiff a:
table legs. l tired to get him up, bu
1t was no use.
You ought to have broken ii to hin
gently, said the drummer. He dice
oJoY.
An then he laughed. At this tn
de ID hoss opened one eye and his mouti
an began to laugh too. l b-gan tc
think | was goin' out o. my head
For over an hour worked on the crit
ter tryin' TO get him on his legs
an couldn't do it. Then the drumme
gave 1t up and went away. Jes' a
soon as the man was out O. sight th
boss got OH his feet again as well a
ever.
[ didn't call the drummer back, bu
Isat down and ruminated. | com
pretty nigh igurin' the thing out as
was. Ducello's circus had been u
Bangor way week or two before, an
l heard about trick hoss bein' wit
the show. He was sort o Glow
hoss, an from the description I'd &C
O. him, came to the conclusion tha
this was the identical animile.
learned afterward that the hoss ha
got sick, the circus people had sol
him, and the Iujun had stole him.
+ Now, what was l goin' to do wit
him2 | dou't believe 10 harborlT
stolen property, and if the man VIII
, bought the hoss OF Ducello had com
to me with proper legal authority, 1
: have returned him. But while waltz
for him to come it seemed best to tuI
an honest penny. Well, sir, to make
long story short, | sold the boss
nineteen different men. Jes' as 500
1 as man had bought him: l got tn
4 feler to hitch up, an as he W;
about to drive away l dropped r.
= mark about oats.
il He's used to havin' plenty OF oa
y I'd say, an down would go the ho
9 in bis tracks. That was a tri
II he'd learned. Nothing could ma
o him get up while the other fell
/ WAS in sinht an so I'd les nat'ra