The news & observer., 1905-11-05

supposing that a woman would take
time to read a mans letters! Who
ever heard Of such thing?
A fellow told me the other day how
he got out of a scrape with a horse
trader. There was not much fun in
the story, but, as a wind-up for this
week I'll tell it, He said: Il was in
my store and my horse hitched to
light wagon was standing near the
door A fellow drove UP and hailed
me- Going TO the door | saw man
seated in a buggy to which was
hitched two fine looking horses. He
said as / went out: 81 want that
horse" alluding to mine.
"All right" / said.
'I1l give you the choice of these
two for him." he said, stepping to the
ground and looking into the mouth of
"All right" 1 said And after talk
ing a look at his horses, 1 said, I'll
take that one"
"Is your horse gentle?" he asked.
Gentle as cat I answered.
"a good family horse? he further
enauired.
"Yes, he's a family horse all right"
/ answered.
I'D like to drive him, before we
trade" said the man.
Get up on the wagon and see me
drive him." l said
He wouldn't get ON the seat with
me, but jumping on the hind board
of the wagon he said. ''go ahead"
AS soon as 1 gave the horse the
word to go he reared up and jumped
about twenty feet. l looked back and
saw the fellow rolling on the ground,
but that was the last l saw of him
for l had to attend to my horse. Run
ming away? Of course he was. He
ran away every time l drove him, but
I always managed to keep him in the
road.
Did you and the fellow trade" I
asked.
mo. When I got back home he
was gone. But a month or two after
that he came back through my town
and, / suppose, stopped especially to
see me. At any rate, he dropped into
my store, and before ] knew he was
anywhere about, he stood right be-
fore me, and without saying a word
for a minute or more he gazed at me
as if | had been a monster indeed.
At length he said: you ought to
be killed Any man who will tell
such les as you told me ought to be
chopped up and thrown into an ash
hopper to make lye."
when did / ever tell you a lie?
L asked.
Didn't you tell me that horse of
yours was as gentle as a cal? ?" he
asked with an oath before the horse
Il meant a wild cat I answered.
But you said, you Internal scoun-
drel, that he was family horse he
roared out as if he would down me.
$50 he is, / answered, "for it takes
all the family to put a bride on him."
Hn OF fA, IL, IL
ute: then stepping forward and grasp
ing my hand, he said:
"Come on, old fellow, lets go and
take a drink together. 1 want to have
it to say that I've touched glasses
with the sharpest old cuss | ever
mot"
81 went and drank, said the old fell
low. and felt thankful l could get out
of the scrape so easily. NO" said
he, Il didn't intend to swap with him:
but having been bantered for a swap,
humorcd the joke. l was glad he
did not take seat by me on the
wagon. 1t might have been worse
AS it was he got a pretty rough tum-
bic out of the wagon. I traded the
horse afterwards, but the man who
got him knew how gentle and what
kind of family horse he was
q = 81 - e
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