Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1906-09-11


man riding UP and down the street, as
supposed, in a violent passion. He
galloped this way, then that, and ther
the other; spurred his horse to one
group Of citizens. then to another;
then dashed OFF at half-speed, as II
fleeing from danger; and. suddenly
checking his horse, returned first In
a pace, then in a trot, and then In q
canter While he was performing these
various evolutions he cursed swore
whooped. screamed, and tossed himself
in every attitude which man could as
sumo on horseback. In short, he ca
vorted most magnanimously ga term
which, in our tongue, expresses all that
l have described. and little more),
and seemed to be setting all creation
at defiance. AS / liked to see all that
Is passing, determined to take a po-
sition q little nearer to him, and to
ascertain. If possible, what It was that
affected him so sensibly. Accordingly
I approached crowd before which he
stopped for a moment, and examined
1t with the strictest scrutiny. But
could see nothing In 1t that seemed to
have anything to do with the cavorter.
Every man appeared to be in good hu-
NOR, and all minding their own busi-
ness. Not one so much as noticed the
principal figure. Still he went on.
After a semicolon pause, which my ap-
pearance seemed to produce (for he
eyed me closely as I approached, he
fetched a whoop, and swore that 'he
could out-swap any live man, woman.
or child that ever walked these hills,
or that ever straddled horsefiesh since
the days Of old daddy Adam. Stran-
GER" said he 20 me. "Gid you ever see
the Yallow Blossom from Jasper?"
mo-" said I, 'but have often heard
of him."
I'm the boy" continued he; per
haps leetle, jist a leetle, of the best
man at a horse-swap that ever trod
shoe leather"
1 began to feel my situation a little
awkward, when I was relieved by a
man somewhat advanced in years, who
stepped up and began to survey the
Yellow Blossoms horse with much ap-
parent interest This drew the riders
attention, and he turned the conversa-
ton from me to the stranger.
"well, my old coon," said he, do
you want to swap hosses?"
why. 1 don't know" replied the
stranger; 'T believe I've got beast I'd
trade with you for that one, II you like
him"
"well. fetch up your nag, my old
cock; you're just the lark I wanted to
get hold Of am perhaps leetle, jist
q leetle, Of the best man at a horse
swap that ever stole cracklings out of
his mammys fat gourd. Where's your
hoss?"
'Tll bring him presently; but want
to examine your horse a little"
"oh. look at him." said the Blossom,
alighting and hitting him a Outlook
at himI He's the best piece Of hoss-
flesh IN the thirteen united univarsal
worlds. There's no sort o. mistake in
little Bullet He can pick up miles
on his feet, and fling 'em behind him
as fast as the next mans hoss, don't
care where he comes from. And he
can keep at 1t as long as the sun can
shine without resting"
During this harangue little Bullet
looked as If he understood it all, be-
lieved II, and was ready at any mo-
ment to verify It, He was horse OF
goodly countenance, rather expressive
Of vigilance than fire; though an un-
natural appearance Of fierceness was
thrown into It by the loss Of his ears
which had been cropped pretty close to
his head. Nature had done but little
for Bullets head and neck; but he
managed, In a great measure. to hide
their defects by bowling perpetually
He had obviously suffered severely fol
corn; but II his ribs and hip bones had
not disclosed the fact, he never would
have done 1t; for he was in all respects
as cheerful and happy as If he com
manded all the corn-cribs and fodder
stacks in Georgia. His height was
about twelve hands; but as his shape
partook somewhat Of that Of the gi-
raffe, his launches stood much lower
They were short, strait, peaked, ant
concave. Bullets tail, however, made
amends for all his defects. All thai
the artist could do to beautify 1t hat
been done; and all that horse could
dc to compliment the artist, Bullet did
His tail was nicked in superior style
and exhibited the line of beauty in sc
many directions that 1t could not fai
to hit the most fastidious taste ir
some Of them. From the root II
dropped into a graceful festoon, ther
rose in handsome curve, then resumed
its first direction, and then mounted
suddenly upward like a cypress knee
to a perpendicular of about two and g
half inches. The whole had a careless
and bewitching inclination to the right
Bullet obviously knew where his beau
ty lay, and took all occasions to dis
play ii to the best advantage. II g
stick cracked, or If any one moved sud
u6Uly dDOul Illll, oA SOu6 6hSN' OA Aia" n
ed, or spoke a little louder than com
mon, up went Bullets tail like light
ming; and If the going up did no
please, the coming down must Of nee
essity, for it was as different from thu
other movement as was its direction
The first was a bold and rapid fiigh
upward. usually to an angle Of 45 de-
grees. In this position he kept his in
teresting appendage until he satisfied
himself that nothing in particular wa
TO be done; when he commenced drop
ping 1t by half inches, in second beats
then in triple time, then faster anC
shorter, and faster and shorter still
until it finally died away imperceptibl!
into its natural position. If I Nigh