Sharp County record., 1910-01-21
MR.DOOLAN'S
TEAM
By MAX ADEI ER
By MAX ADELER

Keyser has on his farm, as a hand
an lrishman named Pat Doolan. ONT
OF Mr.. DoOlaa's duties Is to take car'
of a team of mules. They are very ec
centric mules, and some Of his eXperl
ences with them have been peculiar
one day last winter the near mule, b.
one of those extraordinary accidents
which never happen to any four.legget
animal but mule, managed whll'
rubbing his hind quarters against
board fence, TO get his tail through 9
hole in one of the boards. KcyseTS
boy saw II there, and, selling n tough
sti.h, tied the tail Of the mule firmly
10 Il; and when the mule found that
he could not get away, he stood there
az calmly as II he never expected any
| thing else. After awhile Mr.. DOOlan
called the mule several times with
out producing any motion from the
animal, Thcreupon, IN a furious rage,
he rushed at It with club and, whack-
Ing It over the head, said
"Won't MIND, won't ye BE the pow
ers, I'll knock the head of OF ye If
yo don't"
Then he hit the brute another blow,
and the mule, making one convulsive
effort, pulled down four panels Of
fence, and, starting ut trot, ran the
fence against Mr.. Doolan knocked him
down, scraped the fence over him,
tore his clothes, and knocked the skin
of Of him In half n dozen places, When
he arose the mule was flying around
the barn.yard with four boards and a
post still hanging to It's tail. Mr.,
Doolan looked at the animal min
ute and then exclaimed,
Mother of Moses! But I'd give q
thousand dollars to know how that
baSto ivor fixed that stick on his tail
and crawcd through the hole In the
fencei"
Mr., Doolan and his wife lived on the
farm in little cabin in the corner Of
n field, One night the mules were pas
turing IN the field, and in order to
keep them from jumping the fence
they were tied together by rope Of
considerable length Mr., Doolan's
house has no cellar, but Is supported
by bricks placed beneath the four
corners, The mules during the night
wandered one on one side of the cabin
and one on the other, and as soon as
the rope became taut both of them
pulled. A second later the cabin slid
of the bricks and came to the grouno
with q thump. Mr. and Mrs, Doolan
awoko IN great agitation, and Mr., Doc
Ian said.
What the divil's that IL II an nirth.
quake, Biddy"
Then the mules gave another jerk,
and Mr. Doolan said
"Begorra Il is! Dye feel that now ?
Shakin' like n ship In gale!"
MIR, Doolan ran for the door, In
tending to escape before the roof fell
In, but the door opens outward and
the rope was against Il, Then he
concluded that II was not an earth
quake, but robbers. and he went to
the window 10 roconnoiIer, The mules
were on the blind side of the house,
giving an occasional tug, Mr. Doolan
looked out of the window In front and
could see nothlngi he gazed from the
window on the left side, and nothing
was there; he peepod through the
easement on the right side, and moth
ing appeared, Then he was scared,
and he said
"Biddy, acushla, but don't II bate
BNnaghcr? believe It's the 0uld boy
himself"
At that moment the mules united IN
u pull, and they succeeded in turning
the cabin completely upside down;
the bedstoad, the stove, and the crock
cry were piled upon tho Doolans as
they lay against the ceiling, IN man
ner that was awful to behold.
nl0lrwild with fright, they crcpt ia
tho window and reached the open air
II was n moonlit night, and the mules
were grazing close by, with the rope
around the pump, Mr., Doolan under
stood the situation IN moment, and
he expressed his opinion of those ami
mails In the Ballyhudeen dialect with
such vigor and righteousness that he
started all the roosters for miles round
TO growing,
Next morning he resigned but he
rooonsidered his determination after
Keyser fixed the cabin up again fol
him, and he Is still chief engineer OF
that team, lie ties the mules IN the
stable, now, ut night, though,
Made Sure Of Saving Pump.
Simeon Jones was usually one q
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