New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-06-11

Youth? And the man answered without
taking his eyes from the cork: Yep; that :
what they call it.
Then the Bilious Beggar took off his
shoes and rolled up his pants This is a
serious matter he said. i will so at il by
degrees SO he put one foot into the water
and quickly took ii out, with Il word that
il is unOecoming in a lady to repeat. for it
was very. very cold-that is TO say, the
water was.
"And he sat him down to rest. And
presently he looked at the foot that he had
put into the water, and behold. ii had be-
come white, And as he continued TO look
at it, il began to turn rosy red, and then
il commenced to work backward and for
ward and sdewse nor could he restrain
il. And he felt a queer sensation creeping
up t. his knees. and all Of a sudden he was
pulled up standing and went hopping down
the road on one foot at a tremendous pace,
dragging the other foot behind him. For
one leg had grown young and skttish.
while the other leg remained old. And he
could not stop himself. but hoped on and
on. screaming for help at the top Of his
voice until his voice wore away to a whIs-
per. He clutchcd the young leg with both
hands and pulled on il, but he might as
we'll have tried to stop a steam engine by
catching hold of its wheels. He dug the
foe of the old foot into the ground TO act
as a brake and he thought for a minute
/, had been pulled out by the roots. But
AZ last he managed to grasp tree and get
his arms about IT, and he circled around
and around that tree until he wore the
bark off and even the young leg began to
slow up.
".rf I can Just get back TO that spring
ord mt my other foot in he thought.
And hv and by he took a chance. And he
l., Loose of the tree when he was faced in
,,,a direction Of the spring. and went hop
.,,,, hack. but not so fast as he had come
,nd uhen he got to the pool he threw
himself down on the bank and clawed the
oar,b with his hands until he came TO
stop.
and the man who was fishing did not
look up. for he had bite
..rhen the Bilious Beggar stuck both feet
,.,,o tho water and stood up on them, grit
,;no his teeth. And while he was standing
liza wondering what was going 10 happen
next II happened With yell that echoed
..,ono the hills he leaped upward. turned
so,,bIe somersaut and lit 'a-runnin', as
- ewing goes. And never since the world
, -, did any man ever run so far or so
80. 90 did tho Bilious Beggar with his
-. ,aos over the mountains and through
,,alIeys he went, and he could do moth
- ,ut pant and whecZe and Loller for
r.,, the waist up he was still as old as
80. and at every jump his heart and his
lungs cI u.
tho legs went whithersoever they
,'os.d and stopped not. They plunged
rivers and carried him across half
" 'o,eled They scurried through towns
'.I' him yelling. Head me off, Head me
,e somebody, I'm running away and all
,,conIe turned out and gave chase until
w., tired of it. And still the legs ran on,
one night, away down in Texas the
.'',,.,,s Heggar tumbed over in "A bean and
went to sleep
.,od when he awoke. behold his legs
tanned. They were less young
vigorous and they kept him on the
h"' but they didn't run away with him
J"' ,re after that. And whether IL was
""' ,nenence Of the water from the Foun.
NV Wv, of youth creeping upward or whether
nos the exercise that the legs imposed
u The rest OF hin, nobody knows but he
h,s biliolsEess and his indigo stion and