The Kenna record. (Kenna, Roosevelt County, N.M.) 190?-1924, 1912-01-26

TEAM
By MAX ADELER

KeSser has on his farm rs a hand,
an Irishmah named Pat Doolan. One
eg M Doolan's duties IS to take care
of n team of mules. They are very &c
centric mules, and some of his expert
ences with them have been peculiar,
One day last winter the near nule, by
one of those extraordinary accidents
which never happen to any four-legged
animal but a mule, managed while
rubbing his hind quarters against a
board fence, to get his tell through a
hole in one of the boards. Keyser's
boy saw it there, and, Selling tough
stick, tied the tail of the mule firmly
to It; and when the mule found that
he could not get away, he stood there
as calmly as If he never expected any.
thing else. After awhile Mr. Doolan
called the mule several times with
out producing any motion from the
animal. Thereupon, in furious rage,
he rushed at it with club and, whack-
ing It over the head, said
Wont mind, won't We Be the pow
ers, I'll knock the head off of ye II
We don't"
Then he hit the brute another blow,
end the mule, making one convulsive
effort, pulled down four panels of
fence, and starting at trot, ran the
fence against Mr.. Doolan, knocked him
down, scraped the fence over him,
tore his clothes, and knocked the skin
off Of him In half dozen places When
he arose the mule was flying around
the barn-yard with four boards and
post still hanging to it's tail. Mr.
Doolan looked at the animal a min
ute and then exclaimed:
Mother of Moses! But I'd awe a
thousand dollars TO know how that
haste liver fixed that stick on his tail
and crawled through the hole in the
fence,"
Mr.. Doolan and his wife lived on the
farm in a little cabin in the corner of
o 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 a rope of
considerable length. Mr. Doolan'g
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
OFF the bricks and came to the ground
with thump. Mr.. and Mrs. Doolan
awoke in great agitation, and Mr.. Doc
Ian said:
What the divil's that Is it an airth.
quake, Biddy"
Then the mules gave another Jerk,
and Mr. Doolan said;
"Begorra IT isl Dye feel that now
Shakin' like ship in a galel'
Mr.. Doolan ran for the door, In.
tending to escape before the roof fell
in, but the door opens outward and
the rope was against it, Then he
concluded that it was not an earth
quake, but robbers, and he went to
the window to reconnoiter. 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 nothing; he gazed from the
window on the left side, and nothing
was there; he peeped through the
easement on the right side. and moth
ing appeared. Then he was scared,
and he said:
"Biddy, acushla, but don't 1t bate
Banagher? believe it's the ould boy
himself"
AT that moment the mules united in
a pull and they succeeded in turning
the cabin completely upside down;
the bedstead, the stove, and the crock.
cry were piled upon the Doolans as
they lay against the ceiling. in man
ner that was awful to behold.
Half-wild with fright, they crept to
the window and reached the oSen air.
II Yves moonlit night, and the mules
were grazing close by, with the rope
around the pump. Mr.. Doolan under.
stood the situation in a moment, and
he expressed his opinion of those ami
mails In the Ballyhgdeen dialect with
such vigor and righteousness that he
started al the ROSTERS for miles round
to growing.
Next morning he resigned, but he
reconsidered his determination after
keyser fixed the cabin up again for
him, and he is still chief engineer Of
that team. lie ties, the mules in the
stable, now, at night. though.
Made Sure Of Saving Pump.
Simeon IOpoc Woo t,cuolfx, - -