The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1909-01-26
2sosososososoo sososososos,
I One Hundred Dollars
) In Gold.
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES;

( Copyright, 1908, BY T. c. Mcclure.l
Farmer Henderson borrowed hall
bushel measure Of the Widow Bailey
and one OF his cows kicked the bottom
out Of It, He offered to ray is cents
for the damage. and the widow want
ed 80 This led to hard feelings on
both sides.
One day the farmer sold Off some
live stock and was paid 500 in gold.
The sale was made at his barn, and
Instead OF going at once to his house
to put away the money the man wrap
ped the ten pieces In his handkerchief,
put them IN his pocket and went to
the back end OF his farm to see about
building dam across a creek. He
was Doking around for two hours, and
then he cut across portion of the
widows property to get home. In so
: doing he came across an old white
horse that had been turned oct TO live
as long as he would without more
work.
In passing the animal Henderson
stubbed his toe and took n sprawl,
and the incident was to bear fruit.
When he reached his house those ten
pieces Of gold wrapped up In the ban
danna were missing.
Henderson few to the barn and
searched around for half an hour.
Then he was off for the creek. He
had two hours Of daylight. and he
searched the ground almost inch by
inch. Not sign Of his missing money
could be found. He did not return
past the old horse nor give him a
thought until near midnight that night.
He blamed himself, his wife blamed
him more, and his evening was any
thing but joyous. He woke from q
sleep troubled with bad dreams to cry
out to his wife:
I've found 1t, Hannah; I've found
itg
''well, don't yell the news to the
whole county. Where did you find
itr
a y
old white horse in her pasture, and
while was looking at his spavins
fell down. The wad must have work
ed out Of my pocket then. I'm going
to take the lantern and go over there
and look"
"And little good it'll do you. II you
lost the money there the old horse has
eaten 1t up. There's an article In our
county paper this week about horse
that ate up money. He had that hun
bred dollars hoggcd down before you
were home. He might have swallowed
It all at once, but rather think he
took piece Mt time, SO as to enjoy
the richness of It,"
"But what in thunder am going to
doYs exclaimed the husband in des-
peration.
go out I'm the morning and look. II
the money is there, it's all right; IL the
old horse has swallowed it, you'll have
to buy him to get it back
They sat up the rest Of the night dis
cussing the matter, and when daylight
came the farmer was of to take a
look. He found the old equine lying
down and fast asleep, but he didn't
find the money. 1t had been gulped
down. When he returned and reported
his wife said:
ssThen you eat your breakfast and go
over and see the widow. You've got
to bow the knee. You've got to be
slick. You've got to get up some sort
OF story You've got to have that old
horse before noon"
The husband felt that he had 1t
hurt and Inundated him, but there
was hundred dollars at stake. When
he had finished his meal he walked
over to the other farmhouse, having
nit bis tongues end what he thought
was a pretty good yarn. The widow
was drawing water at the well. She
ceased to draw and stood looking at
the caller.
"Mrs. Bailey" began the farmer aft
or clearing his throat two or three
times, lyon have an old white horse.
have known him for years and years.
I always had soft spot In my heart
for him He's no good to you any
more, and want to buy him."
.About that half bushel measurew
replied the woman.
Here's a dollar for It. Sorry we had
any trouble. What do You think the
Did critter is worthT'
aWell, as he has served me faithful
". I thought would never part with
him, but being I'm thinking some of
moving to South Dakota, and being
know you'd use him well, might let
him go. I should want hundred dol
ars, though"
Good lands, widow, but you know
he isn't worth five!,
ssNo, he isn't, but there's sentiment
lbout 1t, you know. II wasn't think
ng OF South Dakota l wouldn't take
200. No. I couldn't look him In the
ACE IL I took less than hundred"
The farmer offered ten, twenty,
'orty, but it was no good. After an
iour's haggling he went home and got
eventy-fve, and the old white horse
vas bis. He promised to be kind to
i'm ana love him and help him to live
wenty years longer, and it was af-
'ecting to see him leading the old
wreck home and cheering his crippled
race.
He took him direct to the ban. and
Ifter dinner he would knock him In !
he head and have search for that
,oId mine. He was in the very act OF
ntering the barn when he trod on
hat lost "wad" He had lost 1t before