The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1896-07-04

M 1tatlOnS. mere arc
flaws in the most
perfect character,
.,d II must confess 1t fear have
sometimes drawn the long bow little
an the subject of horsefesh. Horses
have always been the ruling passion of
NV life, and who Is there who will not
dIate little to add interest to a story
wben mounted upon his favorite hobby.
When it comes to selling horse that
a n different matter. I would not for
the world convey false idea to an in
tending purchaser. In this particular
case was as innocent as the driven
snow, although Wilkins seemed to feel
hurt about ii. It was all Enderby's
fault, although he declares he was per-
tectly blameless. Indeed, Wilkins for
some strange reason seems to hold me
responsible for the whole affair. And
this is how it happened:
We were riding home one day after
GOOD days sport with Radnor hounds,
Willikens, Enderby and myself. Our
destination was Oak Lodge, as 1 called
nv modest little hunting box near Bryn
Mawr. Here kept bachelors hall dur
ing the hunting season and as l had
srst-class cook, and well-stocked cell
lar. never lacked for company. There
was room for three or four men and ac
eommodations in the stable for half
dozen hunters, and so, with one thing
and another by hook or crook, we man
aged 10 spend the time very pleasantly
at Oak Lodge.
Enderby was an old college chum of
mine and an enthusiastic hunting man.
He had hunted the fore" part of the
season with the Genessee hounds, up in
New York state, and now he was put
ting UP with me for couple of months
with the Radnor. He brought couple
Of hunters down with him from Genes
see that never stopped for anything
with the Radnor, and, indeed, our simple
rustic members rather looked askance
at this thoroughgoing sportsman,
whose pink and feathers and gem
eral get-up were equal to Melton form
Indeed. there were not lacking certain
suspicious individuals who declared
that Enderby had axes to grind; in
other words. horses to sell, and that he
would leave the Radnor country with a
heavier pocketbook, while one or two
of our gulliblc members should become
the owners of his gees" OF course,
they would turn out to be worthless in
this case. This suspicion came to my
ears through one of my grooms, and
mention il here only to show how an
honest mans motives may be impunged
about the matter. Confidentially, may
say here thar shouldn't care to buy n
horse of Enderby myself. He is such a
capital horseman and so well up to all
the tricks OF the animal that horse
may turn out to be quite the other way
in the hands of some one else. But
Enderby is not to blame for that. He
ant help being such a good horseman.
Now Willikens was of quite differ
nt sort. l have known Willikens since
We were at school and like him in his
way, but there are certain traits about
Wlikens which are obnoxious and
ought to be discouraged. He is boast
| full and he is self-confident and, more
over, his self-confidence is not founded
upon any good cause. It's notorious
fact that Willikens only came into his
money in left-handed sort of way.
forget how it was exactly, but he
got it, cool million and accrued in
terest, when he reached the age of 21.
Ever since then he has been trying to
convince the world of the fact that ne
knows all there is worth knowing about
horses, and it has been uphill work
Tor Willikens. 1t has been expensive,
too for he never would listen to the
advice of friend. have offered Will
kens time and time again horses which
were worth three times the amount j
asked but he would never have them.
Instead of that he would go off to some
dealer and get most everlastingly stuck.
Consequently, he never had anything
In his stables that could stand on four
legs
We had been talking of our mounts,
and Enderby, in a spirit of compassion,
had just offered Willikens to let him
nave, as special favor, the horse he
was riding for the insignificant sum
OF $1,000. 1t would put him to some
inconvenience, Enderby said, as he
would have to finish out the season with
one hunter or else look around for an
other mount. / said he might ride one
OF mine in the meantime, but even our
combined self-sacrifie failed to impress
Willikens, and so he lost another golden
opportunity.
We drew rein at Oak Lodge about
This time, and as it was growing late
We went to our rooms to get off our
hunting togs and dress for dinner,
Alter dinner Enderby proposed that
we should go out and have a look at the
norses before the stables were closed
.or the night. Enderby and had been In
.own couple of days before, and hav-
ing nothing else to do we dropped into
one OF the places where horses are sold
AZ auction. 1t so happened that they
were selling an animal, or trying to
sell him rather, at the time that looked
De almost thoroughbred. We could
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