The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1905-03-31


Glimanton, New Hampshire, the noble
old Granite state. They came to Bos-
ton in search of fortune. Tom got a
cierkship in wholesale house on Cen
trail wharf, and plodded along the road
tnat leads to success, living on a trihe
and making a weekly deposit in the
savings bank. Elias Sharp was in the
employ of grocer in North Market
street His name belied his character,
Tor, though he thought himself the
"smartest fellow in all creation" the
fact is, that his paternal parent sent
MIN to Boston. because, as he stated
to his wife. ELIAS was SO alfred
green that he was afeared If the grass
run short. the cattle'd eat him." He
was always getting into scrapes and
trusting to Blivins to pull him through,
though whenever he was cornered in
consequence of his own laundering, he
always protested:
Il done it for the best-I done it for
the best"
The young man boarded at a cheap
but respectable lodging house in Han
over street
One winter a genuine old-fashioned
New England snowstorm, lasting for
two days, cleared off, leaving splendid
sleighing, and. Of course. all the Bos-
tonians went mad, as they always do
with the first snow. 1t is their carni-
val. Nothing was talked or thought
of but sleighing Tom Blivins was
unaffected by the mania, but Elias
Sharp caught the infection, and it
Struck innards to his gizzard," as he
phrased it.
Tom" said he. one morning to his
roommate. II can't stand it no longer.
Everybody's on the road. Get half
holiday, and jine me in sleigh-ride."
ITS too expensive" replied the
ever-prudent Blivins.
you're alters throwinn' cold water
onto feller's aspirations rejoined
Elias. II tell yer it faint no such
thing 1 know a Teller in Portland
street-Nathan Parker-that'll let me
hev horse and sleigh for the arter-
noon to go to Brighton for five dollars
that's only two and half apiece.
ITS cheaper than stayin' to hum.
Now's your chance. Speak quick or
you'll lose it. Two and half-and
half-and half-quick, or you'll lose
g-going-going."
"Yes-I'm going" said Blivins, Sc
duced by the economy of the project.
"Bully for you, old boy" said Elias.
1--WE bespoke the team already. You
o. GhafF
Mean & Mixem say they'll let me off
and line me at Parker's stable, Port
land street-at sharp two-don't for
get"
"IIl be there"
At half-past one, such was his impa-
thence, Elias was on the spot, attired
in a heavy ulster, foxskin cap, buck
mittens and flaming necktie, con-
WINGED that his appearance was not
only stunning, but killing.
"Fetch out your sleigh and your
kier," he called out, with as much dig
nifty as Richard No. 3 said: Saddle
White Surrey for the field tomorrow"
The sleigh and robes were passable,
but when Elias looked on the fiery, un-
LaU1EU StC6u LIS SoAAbChehNO cSSe"AAAS
elongated. We shall have to take a
liberty when we quote Byron:
~Bring forth the horse-the horse was
brought,
In truth he wasn't noble steed."
or. at least. he was only one of the
"might have beens," which Whittier
tells us are very sad things in the
lives of men.
Remove that ere animal and fetch
on another horse" shouted Elias.
Alas the cry was as useless as that
of Richard No. 8 on Bosworth field.
IL can't fetch on no other horse, be-
cause" remarked the one-eyed hostler, |
logically but ungrammatically, there
amt no other horse in the stable. |
What's the matter with this un? Look |
at his pints."
81 see 'em too darned WELL" an
swered Elias. ruefully. He didn't |
know much, but raised in New Hamp- |
shire, he couldn't help knowing a |
horse. Il can't help sein' his p'ints, |
INV respectable friend, for they stick |
out all over him. He's mere rack O.
bones. Where l came from they used |
that style of animal for crow-bait'
"Oh. SIR" said the hostler. "You
don't know what's into him. He's |
rum I'm to look it--that | admit-but |
good un to go. Only wake him up"
"Well-give me good, big. long |
carver to wake him up with" said |
Elias, making up his mind to Hobson's
choice.
"Ah. sir" said the hostler, as he was
Harvesting the beast. this 'ere's the
most val'able horse in our stable. Old |
as he is, he's fit to run for mans life.
III they had him over in England and
trained him he'd be first favorite for