Bisbee daily review., 1909-02-11
DROVE FATHERS PET
CHEERING REMINiscEhcE or
 eoYHooo DAYS.
Story That Lifted clcor, from ths erows Of ovsrbureenea Busi. ness MeH--RstresFee.lon as
 a Cure fer the Blues.

%-sSt StNf " si-'@-H ~- soet -'s -+,-'+- days?
 Nothing like it to drive away the 1 blues.
 Tho other day a group of business men. whose cares are not the lishtcst, were seated about a restaurant table. grabbing a hurryup lunca. Every man. of them was grouchy. Just then the door opened, and anoth ?. iust a3 busy, as far as results go. but never acting as though he had care on earth, came in.
 Ho sat down and everyone turned with a halfscowl.
 They were feeling blue, and did net want anyone 10 convince them that some Of tt was imaginary.
 "Did ever tell you about the lime I raced the old mans driving raaro against dme?" asked the chec-y indi- y.dnai
 No one spoke.
 "wen, aid" he said The old mar and tke mother had gone away oa g visit. Dad had g mare which Ec va proud of. and 70 enc touched it. Used to watch the hired man when be hitehel her ap, ike hawk Well or ,ho day inst they went away set restless l had psay. but it wasn { fast enough. So what did do but get ;ha; mare out and put her into a sglky--"
 The other men were listening now
 Put her into g suihy when the hired man was away, and down I goes to g strc.ch of roa Smear the railroad tTaca Say. but hit up pace, hanging oa.o the lines for dear life
 When I got home had half the boys il the neighborhood runniag across the fields to meet nc. and we put her in the barn. I got busy and wiped her of. and the hired nan Esves tGllbled.
 Next day, by agreement. I got her cut. arG Lalf the town, the boy part cf il. Ess there. drove her down th7 stretch tae progdest mortal in tho u2i. verse. and Inc other boys looking o7.
 Next day was Saturday. The folks were coming home Wednesday and I was getting down fine as driver. and the mare was failing off little in flesh, but the hired man wasn't wize. Saturday who should come around but the son Of Q man down the pike who had another driving mare. Father and he had always qnarreled about sia nags. but beyond going down the roae side by side, each one seeing that he wasn't beat, they never came tosethcr Result vas that kid and matched the horses for race on Tuesday.
 q went home and ruBbed that mare down, going over her legs like regular lockers and vipers do. and never said a word to the hired man. On Monday I took the mare out for the las warning Rp heat. and all the boys ir town were there F'hs other kid vas afraid 10 take cut his horse except for the race.
 "We vent down 10 the head of the stretch. and ss I turned 10 go alon7 l came that railroad train. The mar went doNn thc road, scared. and ga perched Bpon tha seat hanging on. \ viro fcace on the side of the road kept the marc fron tOlting
 "It lockeI ike spill for me, but ! ] hung oa Ike grim death.
 Near the place where the yoai turned away from the track it rar close and as we nearea that I turned toward the cars, expecting 10 erasF into the end of the train" | He stopped.
 Every man sat up.
 How did you ever get out of th- hospital. fl you went into the train 2 1 asked one.
 "I didn't" said the cheery one. "b1 say, dad and mother were riding I, the last coach and locking right a mel"
 Tanned your hide. reckon. sal, a quiet Hstner
 Well, did hei" said the cheery onc @Dut he made me drive that race. Ssi' he couldn't afford t0 have the othei man think he would allow his boy {; De blufed.
 And I won by @ neck."
 The party broke up-
 Every mar of them wag smiling aa- things looked brighter. Ike the go. had come from out under Q cloud