Owingsville outlook. [volume] (Owingsville, Ky.) 1879-192?, 1897-04-01

ms plans WAS such pvontleSS business
that. for the time. | gave il up in DIS.
gust lie WAS Il person who was Ia bt
visited daily, who paid literally for the
attention. and who thus enabled me to
easy going comfort. The people met
were no longer inou;sitiNr about IN"
hermit; the theory at the brewer from
I harlcstun appeared To have sprcad
idrly ard Ia have been acrcptcd. find
ing believers lar more easily thaH
would have been the ease with amy state
Incnt of the facts coTccrniIg him. 81
far as they had fallen within my knowl
edge.
At last winter drew to a Close. AMI
spring came on. advancing COY ~. as IL
the custom of maidcnS before whom
The world * ready Ia bow in ,a"rr hom.
age. Then the last of the snow hanNs
disappeared from the rcccSscs Of the
hills. the slopes grew green. and thr
rank vegetation of the marsh ilourishcG
in all the NiCor of its strong new life
Once more there were binds IN the trees
aud flowers in the fields, and once nor,
lrom the sea swept invjg"ra;iug
brecIcs.
To all about me spring brought re-
ucwCd activities. Their" WAS a tim
hustle ON the farms. ami Yen the SlCcpN
vintage seemed to he awakened. For
the first time my ease became OnrruuS:
fell 10 invcnting tasks 10 convince
myself that one could he busy il he
would. My iorsr. whose existence
during the winter had been all that
equine sloth could desire. was now in
steady service. for the roads were excel
lent, being sufficiently sandy soon &c
rid themselves of undesirable moisture,
md ] explored the highways and 10y
Nays for miles abound. Near the ,il
lage lc' my stCcd choose his own gait,
hut when we found a level bit of road
where there were likely Ia lie 70 spec
tators the trotier had IN opportunity
to prove his speed. Icwas all that Gar
pentcr had said for ham; devoid Of
ncrNts. yet, when pushed, hy long ODDS
the fastest animal in the region. liz
appearance certainly MAS against him
Arching the neck he left to he younger
and less philosophical of his kind: his
head WAS carried as low as that oi he
oldest and most docrrpit pillow horst
in the town. lie was fee from the vice
of stumbling. yet often seemed &c
threaten to lose his footing on tn,
slightest proyocation. \ high knee
act on was foreign to his notions. and
his ordinary trot was a mere shuttle
Yet he covered ground surprisingly,
even when apparently only loungine
along. Ills only serious fault, from
practical point of view, was hard
mouth, which sometimes made il no
easy task to pull him IN after one o:
our spurts.
We were jogging along toward the
village one day, when heard Il sharp
DIR. Banks clever little Mare drew vi
alongside The dark bay.
Good morning. Morris" her ounc,
called out. in his chcSry voice. which
had done as nai for his patients as
half his rTs-..Ep. ipHs-
- t'r.. ..a. .-.tur'Ie ..ti iar., ..
hin.
Yer! u,rics ...ai-look, e you've
got inere,' ne continued. vi. sta.id
without hitching. I'll ~ bound"
lie answers my purpose well
enough" | responded, rather stiilly
for after awhile jokes about ones horse,
no matter how well intentiop"J. !ose the
charm Of novelty.
PITY he hasn't more speed" said Tn.
other. and. with a twitch OF the rcins
he shot his mare a couple of lengths
ahead. II was probably his scheme 10
trot hundred yards or 50 and then pull
up to watch in triumph my tardy up
proaah. When he looked over Ia.
shoulder. however. the bays head wa,
close To his wheel. Much surprised
and 10 less disappointed. he brought
his animal down tn IA walk. II Proceed
ing which | promptly initiated.
I've been wanting Ia have a talk
with you. Norris" ne sad. 1T ha,
struck me that we night cooperate {
little 10 our mutual advantage"
"Indeed?" sa.d |. Wondering what
might I've in the old gcriIcman's mind
The fact is, I'm getting ancient
he went on.
Not bit of it," said |. YOU'RE is
your prime. fair. plump. and forty"
"Deny tine first. admit the second, ano
make the third half as much again.
said he. I'm not broken down--anG
| don't want TO lie before my time
That's just the point. This last win
ter gave me warning. BESIDES, Iva
enough TO live on. and I'd like to have
a little chance for play after 40 years
of work. want to travel bit. to STE
something of this big country of ours
I'm like n mole that knows his particu
lar garden by heart, but has hardly a
notion of what may he on the other side
of the fence. The long and short of II
is, I'd like TO shift my heavy work &c
younger shoulders, which will beaT Z,
more easily. and. ! dare say, better"
Not BETTER" said I.
THE fact is. as you've probably dis
covered, this town is hardly big enough
TO support two doctors comfortably
u Has sttiiCu W llt tilst' we HliSiil IidhS
some arrangement which would Ice AL
vantageous to both of us. There's
young chap in Trent Who is trying 10
decker with me. but I've PUT him oil
for you're first on the ground, and
don't believe in making two people
sleep in n bed that's large enough foI
only one. BY the way. though. am
right in surprising that you've decided.
to remain here permanently: Thai
would make a difference. of course"
II cant say that ! have any setiIeo
plans" said I, but there's no expecta
ton of moving Immediately"
We'll, think il over. There's mt
hurry about it," he answered: and.
chirruping to his mare, away he ratified
toward the village.
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