The Newport miner. [volume] (Newport, Wash.) 1899-current, 1912-11-14
THE TAIL OF
A BULL
By M. QUAD
Copyright, 1912. by Associated Lit
erary Press
By M. QUAD

HAOC odChoOA Sdl Ou tue EOduSluc
fence with his head in his hands. He
was the most dissatisfied young man in
the state of Iowa. After working as a
farmers hired man for years and years
and saving up little money be had
bought forty acre farm to find that
he had been badly cheated.
Five rods down the road. on the
banks Of creek, a man sat fishing.
He was summer boarder in the neigh.
borhood and was understood to be a
Wall street broker. He was fat and
serene. He was smiling and placid.
He not only fished for fish. but he
caught them.
bod CAST him, but I'd like to break
his neck!" muttered Abe as he watched
the man. He hasn't been beaten out
of $500 He hasn't had any troubles.
and go back on him.
And now that old bull has broke
loose" growled Abe as be slid off the
fence. IF he knocks off both his horns
and breaks his back l shan't care a
cent"
When the bull came charging down
the hill he saw the broker hauling in
the fish and charged straight at him.
The broker was used to other kinds of
bulls, and his first thought was to get
away from this sort. He scra mbled up
to fall down again. and but for Abe he
yNI111 hoy
farmer didn't get in front of the bull
to try to stop him, but as the animal
passed he was seized by the TAIL You
can steer bull as we'll as a boat if
you get the right sort of a hold Abe
had it, and he steered the animal on to
the bridge across the creek and then to
the right and twitched him off into the
water
"Say. that was we'll doner' exclaimed
the broker. as he came upon the
bridge. But for that trick of yours l
should have got it bad"
''Humph!" replied Abe.
"You've got gumption. you have"
"'YOu are a liarv'
'Why-why. what do you mean s1rY'
'I mean that I've paid $500 for a
farm worth about half that. | haven't
got the brains to last a rabbit over.
night"
Didn't you look at the farm before
you bought?'
mo. Took a feller's word for 1t,
and. oh. Lord. how have got cheated"
"Going to have a hard time to pull
through, eh?"
81 shall have to eat roots next win.
ter
'Let's take a little walk and look
your land over" said the broker as
he laid his fishing outfit aside. whats
that mound up there?"
Dunno" was the reply. Reckon
the Iniuns buried their dead there
after a great battle I've dug into it
and found arrowheads a-p!enty.'
81 owe you something for what you
did down there. You were a fool to
take any mans word about a farm,
but I guess can pull you out Of the
hole all right. Did you ever hear OF
high fnance?"
Cant say have"
"Well. I'm going to show you some.
I'm going to make this old mound
worth a couple Of thousand dollars to
you"
The broker had a collection of relics
and curios at home. and he sent for
certain things and had them planted
in the mound. Then he made call
on the nearest village editor. and
week later that editor was referring in
his paper to a great and historic find
on the farm Of Abel Jackson. There
was the tooth Of mammoth and
Greek and Roman medals and coins
among the things unearthed. Strangers
came poking around almost at once
Thev we're shown the relics. but they
could not secure permission to dig.
That farm was for sale. and the mound
went with it. Abe simply opened his
mouth and stared.
Two DAYS later the price went up to
$1,000 Abe was for taking it. but the
broker said:
"That's only half our figure! In three
or four days We'll dig up Julius
Caesars glass eye and see what they
say about that
When the eve was unearthed a pro-
fessor. who was very much interested
in the research. took it in his hand and
said:
.Tm, I'm! Ancient history says
nothing about the great Caesar having
a glass eye. but perhaps he had one
perhaps so! l think l will raise my
offer to $780,"
Not yet" said the broker to Abe
Jackson when he would have closed
with the offer. 1--WE must get our
figure for this old mound"
But we are the same as lying to the
people," was protested.
"That's the way most of the business
of the country is done today. Just APP
pear Indifferent and you'll get your
price. seem to remember that