The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1911-10-03

TEAM
By MAX ADLER

By MAX ADLER
Keyser has or his farm. as a hand
Irtshman named Pat Doolan. One
Mr.. Do0lans duties Is 10 take care
team Of mules. They are very &c.
Ruic mules. and some OF his expert
ces with them have been peculiar.
le day last winter the near mule. by
e Of those extraordinary accidents
lich never happen 70 any four-legged
,aNtmal but a mule. managed while
obing his hind quarters against &
ard fence. 10 get his tail through a
le IN one OF the boards. Keyser's
saw Il there. and. seizing a tough
ck. tied the tail OF the mule firmly
IL; and when the mule found that
could not get away, he stood there
calmly as if he never expected any
ng else. After awhile Mr Doolan
l&Nled the mule several times with.
producing any motion from the
imzl Thereupon. in a furious rage.
rushed at It with club. and, whack
: It over the head, said.
Won't mind. won't ye Be the pow.
3 III knock the head on Of ys II
don't"
Then he hit the brute another blow.
q the mule, making one eonvulsive
Ort. pulled down four panels OF
ice. and. starting al a trot. ran the
zee against Mr. Doolan. knocked him
an, scraped the fence over him,
e his clothes. and knocked the skin
Of him in half a dozen places. when
arose the mule was flying around
z barn-yard with four boards and a
81 still hanging TO its tail Mr..
,olan looked at the animal a min
c and then exclaimed:
Mother Of Mosesi But I'd give a
ousand dollars TO know how that
iste iver fixed that stick on his tail
I'd crawled through the hole in the
snce,"
Mr.. Doolan and his wife lived on the
lrm in little cabin in the corner OF
field. One night the mules were pas
lring in the field, and in order to
eep them from jumping the fence
hey we're tied together by rope OF
considerable length. Mr.. Doolan's
ouse has no cellar. but is supported
y bricks placed beneath the four
orners, The mules during the night
landered one on one side OF the cabin
nd one on the other. ana as soon as
he rope became taut both Of them
ulled. A second later the cabin slid
# the bricks and came to the ground
18th thump Mr.. and Mrs. Doolan
woke in great agitation. and Mr.. Doc
in said:
What the divils that Is # an airth-
uake. Biddy"
Then the mules gave another Jerk,
nd Mr. Doolan said:
"Begorra it Isl Dye feel that now?
hakin' like ship in a gale,"
Mr.. Doolan ran for the door, IN
ending to escape before the roof fell
/. but the door opens outward and
le rope was against it. Then he
oncllied that it was not an earth
uake. but robbers. and he went to
le window to reconnoiter. The mules
ere on the blind side Of the house,
wing an occasional tug. Mr.. Doolan
'oked out Of the window in front and
,uld see nothing; he gazed from the
indow on the left side, and nothing
as there: he peeped through the
lsement on the right side. and moth
g appeared. Then he was scared,
I'D he said:
"Biddy, acushla, but don't It bate
alagher? believe it's the ould boy
mselfl"
At that moment the mules united In
pull. and they succeeded in turning
e cabin completely upside down;
e bedstead, the stove, and the crock
y were piled upon the Doolans as
ey lay against the ceiling, in a man
sr that was awful to behold.
Half-wild with fright, they crept to
e window and reached the open air. /
was moonlit night. and the mules
ere grazing close by, with the rope
ound the pump. Mr.. Doolan under
ood the situation in moment. and
expressed his opinion of those ami
ais in the Ballyhudeen Dialect with
ch vigor and vociferousness that he
arted all the roosters for miles round
growing
Next morning he resigned, but he
considered his determination after
ayser fixed the cabin up again for
m, and he Is still chief engineer Of
at team. He ties the mules in the
able. now. at night. though.