Mesa free press., 1899-12-29

Georges Cab



says to NAV:
How would you and the Boys like
to Go fer a Buggy Rider
at would be kind of nice," nav
says, "But I'm afrade We mite git run
away with"
I'D Like to see the Fiery Steed wha,
tride to run away If Had Holt OF
the Lines" paw told Her. That's
WHARF it comes in Handy fer person
to Be boy on the farm wunst. Thay
Lurn to handle emmy kind of Horse.
l. yoost to Be The best horsmun thay
was in six Counties. All got to Do Is
Look them in the eye and thay no
am thare Master They are Sumthing
in my Look what makes them no thay
are in the power of a Sup peerior Be-
+! ing"
So nav told Him all Rite, and paw
went and Got the Horse and Buggy at
the Livery. 1 wunder what makes
them Call 1t the LIVERY? Mebby
!; Sumbuddy what had the Liver trubble
so Bad he couldn't do nothin else was
the furst one what kept LIVERY Sta
BILE.
1t was a sad Looken Horse; mebby
Becoz it was norfen er Sumthing, and
thay Had Bangle around one of Its
Hind Laigs. Before we Got in the
Buggy paw went and rinkled his forrid
and Looked in its Eyes quite while
and Says:
'Now this Beast Is In mi power.
Bet you If would want it to it would
foller me around Like lam"
We Got Long purity well fer while.
only the Horse kept gittin it's tale acrost
the Lines all the time, and kind Of
Hump itself up and Hold on Hard Like
when you are Kerryin a packidge I'M
der your arm and it Begins to Slir
Down.
[; At Last we was out r. the country
and the Rode wasen't mulch Like q
parier fore. Every little while one Of
the Wheals would Hit Sumthing or
; Else not Have Ennything to Run on,
bert and Screemin every little while
and astenlpaw to please turn Back And
the Horse kept on Gittin it's tale acrost
the Line and seen that paw was Be.
ginnin to feel Like If He Diden't Have
as menny trends as He needed in His
Bizness, But Diden't say nothin.
"Oh, paw, please STOP" nav Hol-
Tered when one wheel Dropped into
Sumthing what wasen't thar. "Let the
Boys and me Git out and Walk"
!, Say" paw says, II wisht you
woulden't make the hole family Rec,
dickulus. You can't Help Bein that
way yourself spose. But thay amt
emmy ZOOS"
Jist about that time the Horse
Switched It's tale Over agin, and paw
took the whip and Give Him Cut, and
ljurked with all His mite, and the Horse
jumped and kicked six or seven Differ.
Ient Direckshens at wunst, and one
Line Broke and nav Hollered Help.
and I seen thay was sumthing Dis
greea Bull Coin to Be Coin on thare
In jist about a mint, So says to paw:
Look Him In the eye! Look Him
in the eyer
But paw was too Bizzy dom other
Things, and about the next 1 new thay
was three men Come Runin acrost the
field and nav and Little Albert was
settin on the Bank and the Horse was
Eaten Grass By the Side Of the Rode;
and was kind Of mixed up with the
wheals and Things Down in the Ditch!
The Rest Of the Buggy and paw was
a Little ways further up the Rode. We
new paw was thare Becoz we coulden't
see Him emmy place else. So when
up and found out thay was all Rite the
men went and Lifted the Lid off of paw
and thare Him and the pupp was
Waiten to Find out whether it was
time to Git up for Breakfast or If Sum-
thing Rely Happened.
paw" I sed when he Rose and
Brushed Himself off Like the Boys Do
when thay steal second, 81 no what's
the matter"
WHAT" he asst, kind Of trimbly.
'You looked the Horse in the Reng
,eye," says.
Then thay piled all what was worth
Isaven Of the Buggie in tents corner
and me and nav and little albert
walked to the neerest street car; Paw
and the pupp led the Horse Back Home,
and it follered like Lam. So thot
paw must Of Give him the rite, look
after all, only when we got Back the
LIVERY man sed the Horse was Binder
an Batt.-Chicago Times Herald
Possible Danger to Brooklyn Bridge.
Inasmuch as the electrolysis, which,
according to experts, is causing rapid
deterioration in some Of the New York
elevated railroad structures, comes sup
posedly from current carried over the
Brooklyn bridge, it is feared the bridge
itself may be undergoing damage from
the same cause. The places where cleo
trolysis would be the most dangerous
to the structure are at the anchors of