Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1907-11-27
By NORMAN Il. cRoWkELL

| was regular rlngInasLeT ~ HOSHOACh |
idin'. Eveu went so far as to let on
he'd been refusin big Offers once
mcnth for tn past ten years from
! oircuses all over TIL country just TO
Tide bosses. | never seen IN straddle
a boss though, till we went down to
/ Squire Eatons fox hunt. Bill had to
~o seem he was some maple susafy
Cid tn squires daughter, an tn
/ a41ghter HAD egged tn squire on to
4 invite BIZ SOS she could see how he
Looked in highwater pants.
After we'd got down there tn
squire pulled me off to one side an
says, in whisper:
~ hear Bills an old circus eques-
trian, an I'm dunn glad of it. I've
got a regular devil of boss for i'm
to ride, an an ordinary man couldn't
manage i'm
els that SOP says l. We'll, l guess
nv pardner is tn one to make that
boss feel is oats If anyone can. Youll
enjoy watchin' Bill ride that boss.
squire l says.
When the stable bridegroom led out
Bills noble steed my poor pardner
:, nearly fell down. So did l, after one
: look at that nag. see then that
' SQUIRE Eaton was a professional
: Joker with capital letters foot high.
THAT animal was so high up from
/ tn earth it was jest like loollin' up at
Il tn Masonic temple. Away up on tn
= Roof of i'm he had a backbone that
locked like tn map Of tn Rocky noun
e taiqs done up in bone. Bill run is
g nand lovinly over tn critters spine
l. an said he'd seen worse, but couldn't
l. recollect jest where.
!, ''Th' first thing Bills boss done was
"a to jump tn pump an then hurdle
row @ beehives. In dom this half
dozen beetle-browed honey producers
anchored to Bill an tn boss an done
a lively business. Bill took tn Leaf
Jest like Id said he would-an' h
held it. He showed us some ridin
rs that you don't often see even in cir
Gus rings, too / never see felle
n ride SO far away from is nag an still
stay with i'm. Most O. tn time BIZ
:" 'peared to be sailin' along in tn sun
y shine jest like a butterfly, tcuchin
or lis hoss occasionally to give i'm
re pointer where he wanted tc go.
lIr Some O, tn boys who got up nea
I'd Bill said tn remarks he was castin' 0.
was ekal to any 'Spartacus to tn
Gladiators' they'd ever listened tt
About every third time BilPd com
down he'd meet tn boss goin' up O
tn next jump, an tn sound was sin
liar to a man poundin' hollow STUN
with a sledge hammer.
:, I'm about 20 minutes Bills boss ha
- overlook tn dogs an waded throug
~ tn bunch putin two of them on Il
hospital list with onjointed backs.
ne a minute or so more he'd caught u
let with tn fox, an, aftG runnin' II
18th neck an neck for half a mile, passe
sc i'm easy. TIL fox was so disguise
uit he tried to bite Bill in tn leg as b
nv went by, but Bill was too high up
he be reached.
n; 9Th squire bowed few toots Q
ii lis fogh6rn to advise Bill to come bac
= an be sociable, but we see that hos
nc Just tuck in his tail good an caref
is an stretch out like homesick JAG
ro- rabbit. Bill was hangin' on like
me porous plaster to tramps back.
9TH last we saw o. my pardner
was Just toppin a rise in tn far di
lance with tn hose skippin' along Ill
ar scairt catamount bout five feet b
low. TIL squire was sort o. mela
H. choly for awhile, thinkin' he was
n boss out, but | told i'm to bear |
~ brave an begin preparin' to get boo
q ed clear across Catawba county
mo moor Bill never showed up again.
aBut next day Bill sent word fro
a town 20 miles off that he was ali
is an hungry, but that tn boss was
So dificulty through breakin' an enteri
hotel office an attemptin' to req
ter. / forget what it cost tn soul
- IN aettle for tn bric-a-brac that al
4 NAL had maltreated, but it was not
4 IN small. Bill walked like pair
q carpenter calipers for six weeks q
4 threatened to sue tn squire for pr
!. y manent injuries to is beauty.
aThat was tn last fox hunt ev
I q ace Bill Fixes engage in-the fdentic
, = last one. He sort o lost is hankeri
, for 1t, / guess"
, The narrator paused, yawned deep
. and drummed lightly with his fnge
! IN the cover Of the prune barr
! Then, as sudden thought stru
home, he gently lifted It and slid
! arm into the depths, while he eyed 7
\ clerk fercely. as one who takes !
Just dues. fearing NO an.-Outil
~ Magazine.