The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1899-12-14
A Lost Bit Of David Harum. y
From the East orange CN. Jl aazelte.

VI iHN' NUi " ANoO cS NtSbCOuu y
story. Everybody is quoting his
golden rule to "Do unto the other
fellow what the other fellow 'ud
like to do to you and do it fust. 4"
Everybody is agreeing with the
sentiment that ga reasonable
amount of feas is good for dog;
it keeps him broodin' over bein'
a dog" But not everybody
knows that the manuscript of
"David Harum" was first sub
mitted to u publisher who lives in
East Orange; that for personal
reasons this gentleman declined
it; that in some way one of the
chapters, entitled "When David
Harum Visited East Orange, "
was lost. That such, however,
are the facts, we have ON the au-
thority of one of our clergymen,
who recovered the lost chapter
and read it at a recent meeting of
prominent literary organiza-
tion..
"John," said David, ON one of
their evening rides, "did | ever
tell ye about that pair of sorrei
colts l sold to fellow down in
Jersey?"
"No," said John, "but | would
like to hear il"
"Wall, it was some few years
ago, l had as fine a pair of sorrel
horses as | ever drew line on.
Gen1 Wolsey was up this way
and | took him out for a drive
with 'em. The gen1, says he,
David, did ye ever see the hoss
show down t. New York;
Z" No, hain't, sez l,
4" Wall, sez he, you'd ought to
see it; it's just your line, and you'd
like it tremendous. And what's
more, SEE the gen'l you oughter
take down them hosses; you'd
get a ribbon for 'em sure; and if
you'd sell 'em, sez he, kind of
softly, you might make a hundred
or two.
Wall, sez |, I'd like to go.
"I'll fix it up for ye, sez he.
"Wall, the gen'l got it all fixed
up, and they had big yaller
building there, and | swan they
had more hosses in tin they be in
all Freeland county; and the
foll1s!-wall prob'ly you bin there
and can't tell you anythin' bout
it. But say. John, l heerd more
fool things said bout hosses in
them four days than | ever heard
afore in all my life, and I've
heerd a good deal too. The amt
no truer verse in the Scripture
than that un what fools these
mortals be!' An the amt no
more likely place for a human be-
ing to prove it than when he gets
to drivin'' a hoss. Why, those
fellers when they wanted to
make hoss start, hit 'em a clip
with great long whip and the
poor critters 'ud jump, and won
der what they'd ben doing, That
amt no way to start "a boss.
Made me want to wipe the dust
with their burned white pants, it
did,
"Wall, time came for me to
drive the sorrels'round the ring,
The noise and all the stir made
'em stand right up, and | tell you
l was proud. They were as
quiet as kittens, though, and they
moved off as much as to say, We
aren't afraid of you, all you folks,
but if we just had a road here
we'd show you some hosses!
"Wall, after | got through, a
lot of fellows with long coats and
plug hats come round praisin'
the colts, and askin' fool ques-
tions. noticed one feller look
in at 'em kind 20 serious, and
pretty soon Genl Wolsey come
up and sez, See that han sum
feller with the black mustache?'
" yes, sez |.
" wall, sez the gen1, his
Brown; he knows more
bout iron than any feller in the
'nited States, and he don't know
it fer nothin neither sez he.
"All right, sez |, fetch him on.