The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-11-03

time again. If they git out the man that owns
'em deserves the full penalty of the law, and,
by Josh, I'll see that he gifts 1t IL he comes be-
fore mel
That's what he's told 'em ever since he took
office. T'other night the old Squire woke up
and instinctively knew there was q stray horse
or COW or something in his yard, against tho
statute in such case made and provided. He
jumped out Of bed and hurried on his clothes.
1t was very dark and Raining. The Squire
went out. An irreverent horse was actually
tramping about on his lawn. Much wroth, and
with a VOW that he'd sock it to the owner Of
the horse next morning, Squire Budd captured
the beast, and, although the darkness was like
ink, and the rain soaking, he clutched his cap
tive firmly by the nose and started with 1t
down to Constable Cortright's, a long and
muddy walk. He got there after a while and
banged the constable up. The constable poked
his head out of a window.
" Who's theref' he hollered. And what's
up1i' ,., u.
issued from the darkness. And it's a boss
that's up, Some blame fool of a Peenpacker's
t~hingymajig of a barn has been trampin' things
all to smash in my front yard. l want you to
take charge of him SOS to pile up the costs as
golljiggered old crowbait and run him up agin
me tomorrow. Make your costs as heavy as
you kin. constable. Ill show 'em. gumbuzzle
Constable Cortright came down and took the
horse and put it in his barn. Tho old Squire
went home. scraped of the mud, dried him:
his tifteen.year-old apple, and went to bed.
Tho Squire Is an early riser, and when he went
out the next morning the sight Of the horses
tracks on his lawn made him wish the penalty
for being careless with live stock was twice as
heavy. Then he went out to his barn to feed
his own safely housed and valuable bay mare.
as he s,s a 2 z 81 2 ;, the n barn .ha. he started a5 as i he
door was open. He went into the barn. His
bay mare was gone. The Squire rushed out
cry Of Horse tthievesI' when the sight OF a
horses tracks made him pause. The tracks led
from the barn around the house to the front
yard. There, on the lawn, they were joined
led away from the premises together, and down
tho road toward Constable Cortright's. The
old SQUIRE was q little faint, but he hurried
constable's house. The constable wasn't up
yet The Squire routed him up.
"'Oh-ah-good mornin,', constable said
t WiDd squire ,v as i the sGn aaMn be spp fa ssv at ,tsutIh the
to say that-well, to say that the fact O. the
business is that lve-ah-found an owner for
that gollthumpin' idiot of a stray boss left
needn't bother about him, constable. ri go
and just look after him myself. A~nd-.ah-say,
you a,, needn't it,, make your costs 50 blame jee:
sockle 1t, constable! the copfoundeds snoopin',
dumblazin' idiot of a boss is that bay mare o
mine!'
Then the Squire took his horse home. fined
himself to the limit and paid the fine.
The law has got to take it's course in my
bailiwick, by Josh! he said, and for three days
after that, when any constituent OF his came
in with a grin on his face. the Squire simply
exclaimed:
Don't say a wordl The bottle Is right on
the top shell. there to your left. Help yourselfl'"