The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1904-01-08

backed ont OF the barn floor than In
came our cart with It's second load.
Napoleon had loaded II hastily. FOR
the sky was darkening.
"Pitch II on Roll 1t orr exclaimed
to the hired man. I'm take care OF
III IN stow Il now MS fast as all OF
you can bring II TO meT'
would wait TN l had half n rack
load OF Il rolled back and distributed
about n little; then would get up on
the front Orders with the horsewhip
and send those colts back and forth.
from ono end OF the long bay TO the
other. Eight feet are much better
than two for trcadlng down hay. and
the difference between 40 pounds OF
boys and 1000 pounds Of colt was nt
once apparent IL was a great scheme!
Meanwhile the loads came I'm hurry
and haste. One was no sooner pitched
Off TO me than another was ready.
We were all working ms swiftly MS pos
slble. But while throwing or the
eighth load our hired man suddenly
stopped. leaned on his fork. and began
TO laugh.
SAY" he drawled. 81 s'posc You
see that this hnymow Is hllln' mp
pretty fast. Il Is up TO the front beams
now. 'Taln't any O my business. but
how are you goln' to git the colts down
onrn tie mow7"
In the heat and hurry Of the emer.
gency l had not thought Of that. and
they were being elevated higher mud
higher with every load. In fact. they
were mn nine or ten feet above the
barn floor already; too high for them
10 Jump down without breaking their
legs.
The hired man stood and laughed.
"Those colts'll be up In the roof Of the
barn when this field OF hay is In"
said he.
When he drove out to the field he
told Napoleon OF the tx was getting
into with the colts, aud Policy came
running In TO see about IT,
That's a pretty gow he exclaimed.
what will Grandpa Adams say7 l
don't think you ought to have taken
those colts for such Job. The dust
Is making them cough"
We'll, they might just MS wen be
on the great beams as where they
are" said l. NOW they are up here, l
nm going TO keep them az It TIL this
hay Is In"
Therell be the mischief 10 Pay II
grandpa finds II outl' replied Napo-
leon. lie hurried back TO the field,
however, for the cart was waiting.
felt not little anxious about
the situation; but the loads were
coming think and fast As / could
could not get the colts down. kept
thcm treadlng, ana getting higher with
every load. The rain did not bcglr
until nearly Ave o'clock, and we hauled
In eighteen big loads OF that herd'i
grass, there were only about two loadi
that became too wet TO get in.
But those eighteen loads had filled
that haymow quite M to the grea'
beams OF the barn. AS the hired mar
had anticipated. the colts were up II
the top of that high barn with hardly
room TO stand under the roof. Trutl
to say, too. they were hos and sweaty
The men from Mr.. whltcombs wen
of home. laughing over Il; ms foi
Napoleon and me. the more we studied
the problem OF geung the colts down
the more difficult Il looked. We SCI
long ladder and carried up TIVE
buckets OF water to them. and let then
stand in the hay and cat what the!
wanted. In fact. we were tired on
with our hard afternoons work, an,
there were the cows n milk. and al
the barn chores to 60. II was satur
day night and our hired man wen
home.
While we were milking we hear'
, Grandpa Adams calling the colts. /
: was now raining hard, and he hal
come over to see that they has
or )or' nifty TO get under the bari
!. yai.. sheds.
Now what shall we tell him?
said Napoleon, anxlously.
or course ought TO have gone an
, confessed. knew II, but l did no
want TO have him find out what ha
! done. II disturbed me good dea
to hear the old gentleman out in tn
; rain calling. "Nobby. hobby. nobbyl
and "CojaclS, cojack. coiack. up an
! down the pasture but kept quiet, an
when at last he came back to Oh
! barn and looked for MS boys. 10 as
! about the colts. Napoleon and l KEEP
Q out OF sight.
r Grandfather at last decided tha
I they must have taken shelter In III
! woods Mt the far side OF the pasture
as they sometimes did. and althoug
0 stlll somewhat disappointed by the
Q non.appearance. he went home withot
e making any further search.
G Day had no sooner broken next mori
Ing than Napoleon and were at IA
:. barn. We knew that we must 81
= those colts down I'm some way eve
g II II were Sunday. II was really wor
g OF necessity, but how to manage
Z and not injure the animals was SOM
y thing OF n problem.
a We went quietly TO Mr. Whltcomb'
+ and called out his two hired men. an
s held conference. We hit upon
3 scheme and to carry It out we WEI
d obliged 10 so 10 sawmlll half a mi
& distant and bring four sticks Of timbe
i two by eight inches. ana each twent
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