St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1900-02-07
David Harum.
A Lost Chapter of Westcotps story.


Everybody is talking about David
Harum, the shrewd old country banker
and horse trader of Edward Noyes West
colts story. Everybody is quoting his
golden rule to do unto the other fellow
what the other fellow nd like to do to
YOU, and do it fust." Everybody is
agreeing with the sentiment that "a
reasonable amount of fees is good for
dog: it keeps him from broodin' over
bein dog" But not everybody knows
that the manuscript of David Harum
was first submitted to publisher 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 authority OF one of our
clergymen, who recovered the lost
chapter. and read it at recent meet.
ing of prominent literary organiza-
tion.-[ Editor East Orange, N. J., Ca
zette.
John" said David on one of their
evening rides, did l ever tell We about
that pair of sorrell colts sold to a fell
low down in Jersey"
NO." said John, "but would like to
hear it."
oval, it was some few years ago, |
had as fine a pair OF young sorrel
horses as | ever drew line on. Genl
Wolsey was up this way, and took
him out for drive with 'em. The genl
says he, David, did we ever see the
boss show down't New York;
L. -
Well, SEE he, you'd ought to see
it, it's just your line, and you'd like
it tremendous. And what's more SEE
the genl, you oughter to take down
them bosses; you'd sell 'em, says he,
and if you'd sell EN-, says he
kind of softly, you might make a
hundred or two
WAL SEE l, Id like to 60
III fix it up for ye,' SEE he.
wal, the gen got it all fixed up, and
| took the colts down, and they had a
big yaler building there, and swan they
had more bosses mi n They're in all Free
land county and the folks!-wall, prob
ably you bin there, and | can't tell you
anythin' 'boutit. But say, John, l heered
more fool things said bout bosses in
them four days than ever heered afore
IN all my life, and I've heard good deal
too. The amt no truer verse in the
Scripture than that un what fools these
mortals be- And the amt no more
likely place tor human being to prove
1T than when he gets to drivin' boss.
Why, those fellers, when they wanted to
make boss start, hit EN- clip with
great long whip, and the poor critters
nd jump, and wonder what they'd ben
dolng. That amt no way to start
boss. Made me want to wipe the dust
with their 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 we was proud. They were as
quiet as kittens, tho, and they moved Oft
much as to say, We aren't 'iraid of you,
all you folks, but if we just had road
here we'd show you some bosses.
Wall, after | got thro, lot OF fellers
with long coats and plug hats come
round prasn' the colts, and askin' fool
questions l noticed one Teller lookin
at 'em kind o serious, and pretty soon
Gen'l Wesley come up an he SEE. See
that han'so Teller with black mustach |"
Yes sci.
Wall, SEE the gen'l, his names Br own;
he knows more bout iron than any Teller
in the United States, and he don't know
1T fer nothin' neither SEE he.
All right, SEE |, fetch him on
Pretty soon the Teller come, and SEE
right out, l want pair of bosses just
like them, but I'm aleared they're too
spirited. You know it's different drivin
bosses over in Jersey than it's up in the
country so many trollys and bicycles
and things
WALL says l, I'll tell you what I'll do.
III meet you in Jersey, just as soon as
can get out of these diggins, and I'll
drive you all round your trollys and
IT them colts cut up the least bit, you'll
be much obliged to me for ride. If