The Red Cloud chief., 1901-08-16
FABLES,
From the Kansas Mail aud Breeze.

from the Kansas Mail aud Breeze.
A minister of the gospel who prided
himself on his complete control of his
temper was in the habit of lecturing
other people on the folly and wrong Of
outbursts OF passion. On one occasion
a large carmine complexioned boil 10.
Gated on the nose Of the promulgator
OF gospel truth, making him look to
the casual observer like a man who
looked upon the wine when IT was red
and stirred itself Alright. Aud the
friends and acquaintance of the par.
son who met him guysd him about the
appearance of his %nostril, and as the
boil was getting there in great shape
these remarks had "a tendency to make
the parson weary, When the 3ith man
1t Oh the same gag about being sorry
that the parson had taken to strong
drink, the theologian, who had been a
center rush when he was in college,
surprised the jester by grasping him
firmly by the scruff of his neck and
the seat of his %pantaloons and drop.
ping him on the other side of u hitch
rack.
IL have noticed on several occasions"
said a bystander who had heard the
parson talk about the necessity Of
keeping ones temper, "that a boil that
only lacks a couple Of days Of being
ripe will knock any rule galley west
and crooked"
There Was Q certain small man who
only weighed about 100 pounds, but
who loved when among strangers to
work his jaw In q boastful manner.
One Of the hobbies Of this small man
was the necessity Of . man being the
master Of his own household. Those
who were not onto the domestic affairs
Of this man supposed from his talk that
he ruled his own house with an iron
hand and those who were on smiled
and said nothing, for they liked to
hear the man talk. And on one occa.
sion when the man was at the corner
grocery and had a large and attentive
. crowd about him, he became so car.
ried away with his subject that he did
not observe that he had staid consider
, ably beyond his limit until he was re.
minded Of 1t by the entrance of a husky
lady who carried no surplus flesh, but
who would weigh In ordinary condi.
ton about 1856 pounds net. As the
lady pushed through the crowd she
g heard the small man say: II tell you
gentlemen, that a man that is a man
can be master Of his wi house."
. Aud then without any fiourlshes the
n husky lady walked up to the man who
had not observed her approach, and
taking him By the ear led him out Of
the crowd, saying, Don't you know,
you old fool, that it is after O o'clock
and nom Of your evening chol es done
YETI"
A boy who had been reared in the
: town thought it would be q bully good
thing to get GU in the country where
he could have a chance to ride horses
and play in the wild wood. The boy
had an uncle who owned a quarter
section about thirty miles out in the
country and he wrote the boys mother
that IL Augustus would come out he
would try to have the boys show him q
good time and that he could have q
chance to ride the horses - much az
he wanted to. When Augustus
mother read the letter he was red
hot to 20, IS no labored under the
delusion that 1t would be q great graft
to got out into the country and ride 10
much as hs wanted to.
,, When Augustus reached the farm of
his uncle, the farmer was just laying
by q field Of corn in the good old way,
with a single shovel pillow, and he told
Augustus that il he wanted to ride and
guide that horse while his uGcle Fuller
held the pillow he could 10 it. And
Augustus fairly jumped at the chance
because he didn't know a lot OF things
then that he knew afterwards. After
hukuotuo huu iiuuCu tuut ldt III uOIS So
bareback for about five rounds he con
cluded that a riding horse whose
!, spinal column jutted up into the at.
mOsphere was not SO much Of a joke as
he:had previously supposed and he was
ready, so far ms he was concerned, TO
! quit and call it half a day, but his
: uncle wasn't Of the same mind and
urged Augustus to 60 on and intimated
that il he were TO give up now all the
farmer boys would refer to him as a
. "softy." Augustus was a youth OF
, proud spirit and didn't propose to be
} called "softy" so he staid with his
l job and rode that horse with the pro
! jecting spine all through the sunny day
Ind whan ha Oot off ar ni0ht ha conld