The Penn's Grove record., 1896-07-24
PAT AND HIS STRIPED PONY.
Joke that Cost the Irishmau Two
Days in the Guardhouse.

Days in the Guardhouse.
An amusing incident is reported from
ne of the military posts in the far
Nest. the chief actors in which We're II
,hinaman, several cowboys, Indians
nd a soldier or two. The post was
ute close to the headquarters of the
indian agent, who ranked as major,
nd as the officers Of the regiment and
he officials of the agency were friend
Y interchanges of hospitality We're fire.
neat, not only among the master, but
m0ng the men. The regiment also
possessed a heather Chinese cook who
as given TO visiting a brother celest-
al, who superintended the culinary ar
AngrmentS of the agent, and II night
he dwellers of the agency were might
~ surprised to see Wun Lung come
antering over from the post to pay
lis regular weekly visit to Gee Wo.
The sight of a Chinaman on pony
ack was so rare as to attract much
-ttention and the fact that the pony in
question was a little milk-white cay
Use caused the devil to enter into an
rishman who put in his time serving
he agent and playing practical jokes.
Soon the cayuse was safely housed,
md within a few minutes after the
,ehtleman from the lowery kingdom
vas seeking the golden sunlight of the
llpe dream. Then was PATS time and,
aking a pot of black paint, he pro-
'eeded to invest the pony with a series
If stripes which would have made the
lest bred zebra in south Africa turn
green with envy. In the morning the
Minaman set out for the stable, but
when he reached it and viewed the
striped cayuse his expression indicated
hat lie rather questioned the quality
If the brand OF pipe goods proffered
hin the night before.
In the meantime Pat. taking advanI
age of a superstition existing among
he Indians, had told them that the
striped pony had come to them at last,
md was, in fact, in the stable at that
fery moment. The chief, a dozen bucks
md twice as many sQuaws at once
let out for the agency stable and APP
leared on the scene just as the China
nan was standing at the stable door
md wondering whether he was asleep
II awake. With much majesty the
'hief entered the stable and united the
Iony and essayed to lead him away to
he sacrifice. With a yell that dis
'ounted anything ever credited in OPP
,ra, song, story or reality, and quick.
=, lrn.,Nht hIz aotIpfErnaon IN his aid
he heather Chinese sailed into the
.aually heather chief, and in a trice the
wo were doubled up together, the lib
rated pony making the best of his
way homeward with his head between
his heels to escape the dozen or sc
,opes that were cast at his r~etreating
'orm.
The two wearers of plgtails were get
ing the worst of 1t very decidedly
when Pat appeared on the scene, and
~ a good deal of persuasion, coupled
With the exercise of some bodily
strength, succeeded in separating the
.ombatants.
Next morning the papers had scar'
leads over press dispatches descriptive
If a great Indian outbreak, and the sec
,etary of the interior wired that fore
noon for full details. A total denia
vas, of course, entered, and when Pa
lad put In two days in the guardhous'
is a penalty for his hilarity the who'll
Incident was forgotten, Nevertheless
,omethlng like a hundredweight of thu
rational archives at Washington con
aimed the official correspondence relat
ng t Pats painted pony.-Horseman