The Globe-republican., 1909-04-08
DROVE FATHERS PET
CHEERING "REMINISCENCES or
BoyHooD DAYS.
otery That Lifted Gloom from the
Brows Of ovsrburdensd sus'-
ness Msn--R RetrospsetIon -
Cure for the Blues.

BroWs Of ovsrburdensd 6us'
ness Men, RstrospectIon 20
4 Cure for the Blues.
/ Ever stop to think Of your boyhood
daysi
Nothing like it to drive away the 2
$780, -gt,S'
The other day a group of business
men. whose cares are not the lightest,
were seated about a restaurant table,
grabbing q hurryup lunch. Every man.
Of them was grouchy. Just then the
door opened, and another, Just as busy,
a far as results go, but never acting
q though he had a care on eartn'
came In.
He sat down and everyone turned
with a half-scowl.
They were feeling blue. and did not
want anyone to convince them that
some Of II was imaginary.
"Did I ever tell you about the time
/ raced the old mans driving mare
against timer" asked the CHEEKY indi'
vidual.
No one spoke.
"Well, I did," he said. "The old man
and the mother had gone away on .
visit. Dad had mare which ne was
proud Of, and no one touched 1t. USED
to watch the hired man when ne
hitchsd her UP, like hawk. Well
on tho day that they went away, got
restless. I had pony, but 1t WASH
fast enough. So what did l do but gel
that mare out and put her into a
sulky--"
The other men were listening now
sPut her into sulky when the hired
man was away, and down / goes to o
stretch Of road near the railroad track
Say, but hit up pace, hanging onto
the lines for dear life.
"When I got home l had half the
boys in the neighborhood running
across the fields to meet me, and VIC
nut her in the barn. ! got busy ant
wiped her off, and the hired mar
never tumbled.
"Next day, by agreement, got hel
out, and half the town, the boy par
OF It. was there. drove her down thu
stretch the proudest mortal In the uni
verse, and the other boys looking on
"Next day was Saturday. The folk
were coming home Wednesday and
was getting down fine as driver, ant
the mare was falling OF q little Il
flesh, but the hired man wasn't wise
Saturday who should come aroun
but the son Of a man down the pix
who had another driving mare. Fathe
and he had always quarreled about tn
nags, but beyond going down the roa
side by side, each one seeing that b
wasn't beat, they never came together
Result was Aat kid and I matched Oh
horses for race on Tuesday.
"I went home and rubbed that mar
down, going over her legs like regula
Jockeys and wipers do, and never sal
a word to the hired man. On Monda
| | took the mare out for the las
warming up heat, and all the boys ]
town were there. The other kid wa
afraid to take out his horse except fc
the race.
I'VE went down to the mead of tn
stretch, and as / turned to go alon
came that railroad train. The mar
went down the road, scared, and wa
, perched upon the seat hanging on,
wire fence on the side of the road keI
the mare from bolting
at looked like spill for me, br
J l hung on like grim death.
"Near the place where the roa
turned away from the track 1t ra
close and as we neared that turne
toward the cars, expecting to cras
into the end of the train"
He stopped
Every man sat up.
"How did you ever get out of tn
hospital, II you went into the train
asked one.
81 didn't" said the CHEEKY one, "bV
say, dad and mother were riding
the last coach and looking right
mel"
"Tanned your hide. l reckon sal
a quiet llstner.
aWell, did he!" said the CHEEKY on
ABut he made me drive that race. Sal
he couldn't afford to have the oth'
man think he would allow his boy
be bluffed.
"And / won by neck"
The party broke up.
Every man Of them was smiling an
things looked brighter, like the 81
EtLs f~axx, n,.t ,sndoT a cloud