The Marshall republican., 1911-01-13

" had nts. No one knew when
wss going TO have one and when
II did It would run off n ~ No.
h3tched 30 - street csr--no p6xof
on earth could stop II,
II traded che sofrel to . 0erman
tsrmer one day, getting e2oto bot
On the wsy home the farmer Stop
ped in the middle of the creek -
water the team Well, Old Nj. Ests
chooses that spot 60 throw one.
He kuicked, jumped, pitched ana
paved, nearly soaring the Ger
man to death. He got the othor,
horse down in the creek and It
was all but drowned; would have
II Fits hadn's dragged II, wagon
and all clean up onto the bank.
After a certain amount OF exer-
ton the fit was Over and the horse
was all right again.
1.-THE German turned right around
and drove back into town and hunt
ed me,up. I was rot booking for
him back so soon, but I knew he'd
come. I traded back, keeping tho
o2o he had given me to boot. The /.
very next day I got rid OF the tit
thrower again-to another Ger
man farmer.
"'By links, he said a. he drove
off, Tpet you ] gedt a goot trade
by mein brudder on dis horse,
1.-THE livery man told me this
man was n brother OF the one who
had bought the horse the day be-
fore. This man rode the horse
away and I was scared he'd get
killed. He rode up in front OF
his brothers house looking for
trade. Brother saw the animal and
nearly threw a ht himself. Then
No. 2 got the history and back he
came-me go winner again. TRAD
ed that horse and got him back
live times. Then one fellow got
him, rode him away, the horse got
a tit ran away and broke his neck
against a tree.
~ think the meanest trick lever
did," continued Bill, getting warm
ed up, "was to trade n man back
his W mule, bought only two
hours before, and get $40 to boot.
II was what You call n horse mule
long name and tail. I got him
for a song, as the owner wanted n
young mule. I took the mule clip
ped his mane and shaved and
cropped his tail. Then Itook him
to a horse dentist there In town
and had his teeth all filed even.
The mule had two white spots on
him, n where a humble bee had
stung him and another where tho
harness had rubbed. These ! dyed
black.
"In just two hours after I had
bought the mule ] led him up the
street where I knew this man was.
The change was wonderful. Mr..
Mule caught the mans eye mt once.
"'Bill, whatrl you take for that
muleT he asked, as I knew he
would. I'm looking for young
rHuie IKE thhk.'
~ made him a price, which was
just $40 o than ! paid him. He
grabbed mt Il and drove the mule
home. His boys caught on for the
reason THAT ms soon as the mule
was Embarrassed he showed great
familiarity with the premises, GET
ting a drink, christening q door
with his nose and landing In his
own stall. They investigated and
found the mule to be old Dusty,
who had been In the family ever
since the boys were born. .Fbr
some reason or other that mkn
never liked me much after thkt.
You see IN this case there WIS
nothing to trade back"
Bill shook a lemonade a. he told
experiences In trading blind horssa\
whose eyes hooked "as good a.
new" He always got them back
because the purchaser would dis-
cover his mistake as soon a. he
tried to lead the animal into . barn.
or stall. They almost always btr
ted their heads into something. r.
turned out they generally got
down or walked through fence,
exposing their defect. One Of this
character traded off by this N
principled horse trader-who adj
mitted it-became involved with z
tub OF wet Clothes and awrinser
the farmers wife had In the yard.
Likes cat, "they all come back
Kansas City Journal.