The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-09-17

| 70 stand up, the dead split Of tho No Time Here
picture you used 70 see on The fenoos There
no says you can have the two Of en-
well, my uncle was 30 full Of laugh he thought
he'd split but he made believe 70 hang back and
played shy, until after considerable talk they
made tho trade. Uncle Joe turned over his horss
70 Yale and hitched up the oldest plug 70 the
wagon. tied the big horse on behind and drove
of When he got out Of sight IVES Yale lust
sat down on the ground and roarod.
Uncle Joe logged along up the road running
alongside the canal until he got 70 bridge lead
ing TO the road 10 his farm. The bridge was
Just like q hundred others along the cana, made
Of wood. about ten feet wide with no guard rails,
and approached by an inclined plano parallel
with the water. with q sharp turn al right
angles Just before you get 70 tho top Think
Ing everything all right behind, tho old gentle
man drove right up and made tho turn Thnn
he heard tho strap that the now horse was tied
by snap, and the next minute with big spash,
the az was aoundering around In the water and
was drowned a. dead as Pharaohs Red Sea
brig ado before anything could DO done 70 rescue
him.
Gentlemen" said tho man with the chin whis-
kers looking soomnly around al his auditors,
mo wonder 'Wes' Yale warranted that horss
not 70 shy. He was as blind q mols tina, stesd
was, and when no cams TO tho turn Just before
you 60 on TO the bridge, he naturally fell over
board With tho help OF some neirhbors. Uncle
Joo hshed his mortal remains out OF tho canal
and continued on home with nothing but the
crow meat 10 show for his trade. You can just
believe when my aunt saw him coming back
driving that, specimen Of the equine rsoe she did
NOT inform him that sho considered him the hottest
thing going. Not by long shot, she didn't
Uncle ZOO didn't answer back The iron had
entered into his soul, and conversation seomod
superauous
In tho meantime Yale was fairly gioatinT
over his bargain Every point about the now
horse seemed perfection to him, secng as he had
got him In trade for o no account blind plug worth
about $40 In open Market and he couldn't hardly
walt until the harness was on him 70 take him
down the road. With big flourish he started
out up tho canal rood where there q good level
stretch about three miles long without Q turn,
az hno q speedway you want TO SEQ He had
not got moro than mile away from tho house
before tho equine wonder stopped dead short
and proceeded to throw tho At Of his life Gem
tlemen, staggers Is not q mild discase oven In
its mldest form and the line Of staggers that
horse displayed on the occasion was calculated
to open the eyes OF a Mammoth Cave eel
"Yalo was all alone and couldn't begin to hold
him, 30 over into the canal rolled the horse still
struggling. There was nothing to DO done but
let him drown, which he did with neatness and
dispatch. History fails TO repeat the remarks
made by Yale on the occasion but knowing him
as do guess you could bake bread with any
one OF them
Next day Uncle Joe went into town and you
can just bet he was feeling pretty gium. After
doing q few errands around the will age ho stopped
over to the hotel and stood in tho once TALKING
70 jeff Hainey. the proprietor While thus en-
gagged. Nes Yale came up tho front steps and
went around to the bar
"There's man don't want to see,' said my
uncle 70 Hainey. pointing 70 Yale.
whats the natter says Hainoy
well said my uncle. rung In o dead ono
on him In q horse trade yesterday, and II he has
found Il out l guess he's dead sore
WHAT says JEFF, commencing 10 laugh
why dod rot my soul that's Just what he told
mo he had done to you, not over an hour ago.
We'll OF course II all came out then and both Uncle
Joe and Yale looked pretty foolish but tho old
gentleman always said afterward that he got
the better OF Yale on the deal any how, as he had
tho crow meat TO show for his $40, while Yale
only had the experience"
"Did you say that story was truer- enquired
tho man with the red faoa
Every darn word OF IT, replied tho man with
the chin whskers
Without making any audible reply beyond
a grunt the red-faced man slowly arose from
his chair and led the man with tho slouch hat
and tho man with the chin whiskers around 70
tho sanctuary OF delig hi behind the swing doors.