The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1901-10-11
"well, look at this watch; / gave

cIass. OIL can take IT TO the Jeweler,
who hangs his sign out just in front
Of the park. and ask his opinion"
"If it suits me Ill take your word
for it," replied the minister, very
quietly, as he examined the timcpiece.
I'D rather you wouldn't. / may
not be as good a judge Of a watch as I
am OF a horse. Better ask the Jew
eler."
Every well. As / don't know any
one who is a better judge of a horse
than yourself to refer to, you will
have 10 take the colt on your own
Judgment, not mine. / don't know
any fault in her other than the one
you have seen, and you lay that to my
bad management Of her"
"Ill risk that. III soon take that
all out Of her, and come around and
give you a drive. That is, il it's q
trade"
"If YOU say soitis."
"Then ] might as well take her right
over to the hotel with me. I'll send
my men to take your broken carriage
home for YOU"
"All right. thank YOU"
The minister put the watch into
his pocket and walked calmly down
the street, while the Spectator took
a line from the broken harness. fas-
tened it around the neck Of the colt
and led her in triumph up in front Of
the watching group, saying:
81 traded the chap a watch for her,
and he didn't even mention anything
TO boot, and, Of course, / didn't sug-
gest it. ! wouldn't sell her for three
times what | gave for her. All for a
$3.50 watch! That's just the way
those Greek and Latin chaps let good
bargains slip through their fingers.
They don't seem to have any business
gumption about them"
This was said with q significant
look at his son. lie had closely
watched the whole transaction, and
for his " reasons, bitterly regretted
the lack Of business ability shown by
the minister. lie felt that il would be
another argument used against the
fulGllment Of his cherished hope
that Of entering college and qualify
ing himself for a professional which
his father did'not approve.
Some time after. when George had
made one more and u final appeal to
his father in vain, he decided to re-
sign himself TO fate. for the time be-
ing. and took his books and started
for the academy, while his father went
out to again Try the new colt.
George had scarcely reached the
park when his father came driving
down the road at full speed, and to his
surprise the boy saw the colt turn sud-
denly and run plump into the fence,
then back, rear, plunge. back again,
capsize the carriage and throw the
s~peculator out-all before either had
time to think-and then stand as
quietly as II nothing had happened.
Hello, father, thought you were
going to take that all out other! Has
the minister lifted you:"
Hold your tongue and go on to
school or you'll get lifted over the
ftnee."
The young minister, having just
entered the jewellers. stood looking
out Of the window. when he suddenly
remembered that he had more I'M
portant business in another place.
His face wore neither smile nor frown
as he hurried out Of a back door aud
walked rapidly down another street.
On the following Sunday morning
Mrs. DeGolyer could not have been
more astonished ii a bomb had been
east into the room where she sat at
breakfast than she was by the an.
nouncement Of her husband that he
intended to accompany her 10 church
that very morning.
A. horse trading was such an every.
DAY affair at the hotel, Mrs. DeGolyer
had not happened to hear Of her hus-
trade with the minister. The
town had heard, however, and
It was a subject Of much discussion
and considerable diversity of opinion.
But as she sat in church she won
why her husband watched the
minister SO closely, and why the min
ister kept casting such furtive g%lances
nj her husband; and why George, who
just opposite them, in the class,
mad such u very queer expression on
MS face; and why his father seemed
to vince. She was never TO know, for