The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-04-28

first-class horses, delivered on the SPOT
for your quarter of moose meat. l gave
$500 apiece for them
Bijah bantered with him a few min
utes and then said: All right. It's bar
gain. But give me a bill of sale
so to carry out the joke Crabtree sat
down and wrote out a bill of sale for the
ten horses with a pencil on a piece of
wrapping paper; and the foreman and one
of the men witnessed 1t. and 'Bijah put II
in his pocket They had fried moose meat
for supper in camp that night and the
next morning, at daybreak the crew
started for Mattawamkeag, leaving Bijah
at the camp to dispose of the horses The
first thing he did after the men had gone
was TO go to the stable where the horses
were neighing for fodder.
Have patience and I'll soon fix you
out. my beauties said 'Bijah. beginning
10 feel what it was to be the owner of ten
fine horses. He spent an hour rigging
stakes about his moose sled so that ne
could pack it with hay. Then he stepped
over to Peter Lablaches and was back
at camp at noon with full feed of hay for
all the horses. 1t was a siX-mile trip, but
he made IL twice a day for four weeks
until the snow had softened and melted
down so much that he could force the
horses through it and make path to the
stack. and after that he let them feed
themselves, driving them over to the stack
in the morning and back to camp az night
ut was the first of May, and the stack OF
bay had been eaten to the ground when
'BiiAh made his start out of the WOODS.
There was still plenty of snow in the mol
lows and the water courses were running
high but he got to Mattawamkeag saIe
on the third day. Crabtree was in town
that day. and looking down the hotel Of
flee he saw 'Bijah come riding down the
main street with nine horses IN string
behind him. He knew the horses, thoush
he could scarcely believe his eyes, for they
seemed to him like horses risen from the
| dead. He came with a skip, hop, and jump
| ont into the street 10 hail Bijah and ask
| him what miracle had happened to bring
| the horses back safe. 'Bijah answered ms
questions civilly, but wasted no words, ana
| started on.
"'Say, where are you going with my
| horses?" called Crabtree.
| Your horsesr said Bijah Didn't you
| sen them to me for consideration paid?
Haven't your bill of sale, signed ana VIII
Pressed in my pocketY
L Eyes. but that was only Joke, you
| know. l thought you were going to XIII
them
"'You told me to lead them well away
from the camp before 1 killed them. m
| going to take them as far as Greenmount'
"Crabtree stormed and argued and beg
! ged until he got Bjah to pull up ana stay
AZ the hotel over night, he agreeing to pay
all expenses. Then he flew round to ms
LAWYER to get a writ of replevln, or a
warrant of arrest for larceny, or writ OF
habeas corpus-anything TO secure the bod
| les of those ten horses eating oats over IN
| the hotel stable. The lawyer heard ms
story. cross-duestioned him about the Dill
| Of sale, and advised nim 10 buy the horses
| back from 'Bijah at the best bargain ne
could make So he came to 'Bijah, with
another tune than before, ana asked nam
| his price for the horses.
'''That's better said, said 'Bijah. NOW,
7 guess we can come to an agreement. I'm
going to buy a farm in Greenmount, ana
want horses to work it. I'll keep this par
| of BAYS, and you may have the otner eight
| horses for thousand dollars.
'Crabtree tried to beat him down In his
price for while to save his reputation as
a dlckerer-then paid 'Bijah Thousand
| dollars down for the eight horses. oiJah
was starting to ride away with ms span
of BAYS. but Crabtree stopped him 10
shake his hand. The rich lumber operator
was glad to get his horses back, and ne
saw the joke of the situation.
| "'Sav. young man, l like you he sald.
| Won did a fine thing in saving those
horses lives. and you've acted falrly py
me in the matter You tell me you're go
| ing to buy farm. Now, I'll lend you VI
| 600 to stock 1t with--and II youll DO the
work at as low figure as any other man
TN give YOU the contract for taking the
! supplies into all my camps next winter.
.'He was as good as his word biJah
went home to Greenmount, bought MS
farm and stocked tit made the folks
stare TO see the grand way Bijah wilkins