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braced hiss.,s, an hung down his ears.

braced hisself, an hung down his ears
coaNed him. an laid the CAD on him
an J prodded him with pitchfork. but
he never paid no more attention TO me
than IL was house fly.
i laborcd with him for an hour. hut,
as nigh as could make out. that mul,
had made up his mind To stand there in
the sun till the Judgment DAY. was
maxim up my mind 10 70 home an let
HIM stand, when along come shorter
lie seen right away what was up, an'
NE turned his hurricane natur' loos. on
t. that mule. He hoped up on the
mules neck, socked his toes inter hi.
name, jahbed hi. bin way down inter
the mules ear, an hOllered things ia
that ear that was hair-raisin' to hear
} The mule was took back tremendous
but he was a mule, an he ri, his heels
to'rds the sky, an Hoped his ears. an
shook his head. an tried to skeer that
rooster away. hut he didn't know
shorter Was the sou Of a hurricane. an
artcr awhile lie Kind - settled dow a
nm began to look round TO liskiVer wha
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he socked his claws an his spurs inter
the mule an rammcd his head so fur
inter the mules ears that ihort sure
he were gorin' his bill through to get
at that brains the mule had An we'll,
Great wildcat, how H. did yell thing
way down ag'in the drum - that mules
Ear. IN pooty soon the mule begun To
look slSeert. an by and by give up. hung
his head. an' went to plowin' rs il hc had
never quit an never intended TO.
Mex day he had notion to 20 on
strike ag'in, but got Shorter round
where he was, an he buclSl,d in like all
'prtsess-l an from that time To this
he's been the hes mule in the drestric'
, This morniu', though. went out TO
rut the harness ON him, an what does
be do but Kick mp, an hccbaw an h-c-
haw. sumpin' lie hadn't done in three
years. an hain't been able to get nigh
him. lie knows that Snorter's dead, an
he's gluaiin'. an' h- won't never lie with
a cent to me ag'in, except as bait fer a
bear trap,
SO fer fowr S.ar, puoty nigh, that
amazin' rooster has cleaned this her,
clcariu' a. rats an wcasels an hawks
Even bar seem. 10 have hecrd o Snort.
ar, for there hain't one bothered u
sencc be broke that mule. | s'poSc we
won't he able to keep sheep nor =
pig, though. now, soon as it gifts out
through the decstric' that shorter i.
dead. | wouldn't feel 81 clean cut M
aud banged down 10y H., though. if W,
could only find feather lay;n' round
anywhere. shorter died suddent an
complete.
Down yondsr long the creek they'r,
workin' a stone quarry. Shorter hadn't
never been down To look the works over
till Yesterday afternoon. Thea he
mesndercd that way, jest ~ the men
had knocked OK for dinner. sam Sli.
Ger brought the news mp. lie said he
was Settin' under tree. ten rod or 80
from the quarry. eatin' his grub. III,
seen shorter walkin' over that way. an
lookin' up by an by he sees the son of
a hurricane tuggiu' away al sumpin'
the iicrcest Kind. sam 20; up an went
lords the quarry to- see what Shorter
was eNterminatiu'. lie got pootv nigh
the spot when he see SHORTER swing
sumpin' up over his head To fetch !,
down ag'in on a rock. ics' like he killed
rats. sam says when he see tina; he
turned an rim away rs fast as his
legs'd carry him. but he hadn't gon,
murc'n three steps when sumpin' went
OF tremendous. sam was tumbled fiat
an he said he hecrd stones an thing,
droprin' around there fer "A matter a
two minutes or more. When he cpuld
sit mp and look back at the quarry. all
he could see q shorter was a hole i'm the
ground as big as a cellar. sam has an
idce that shorter discovered the strings
hangin' out Of some cartridges they
blast with at the quarry, the cartridge,
being lSivcrcd MP, shorter. thinl,in'
they was rats tails. jes' went for one
an never knowcd his mistake. That,
Sans idee. an the heft o evidence is
that he hain't fur from right.
50 You Kin ruther imagine that
there's gloom settin' down on This clear.
in thicker'n fleas on a groun'hog dog,
an ! guess III 20 down to the Holler an
break the news gentle. fer if it hit,
'em student they mowt shet up III,
tavern. ". Y. sun.