The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1913-07-11
THE TAIL OF
A BULL
By M. QUAD
Copyright. 1912, by Associated Lit
erary Press.

fence with MS mead In his nanuS. DC
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 a little money he had
bought a forty acre farm to find that
he had been badly cheated.
Five rods down the road, or the
banks of a creek, a man sat fishing.
He was q 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 fshed 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.
He hasn't had a girl call him a fool
and go back on him.
and now that old bull has broke
loose" growled Abe as he 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 scrambled up
to fall down again, and but for Abe he
would have got a horn or two. The
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 q 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 well donew exclaimed
the broker, as he came upon the
bridge. But for that trick Of yours !
should have got 1t bad"
"Humph!' replied Abe.
you've got gumption. you have"
"You are a liar".
"Why-why, what do you mean sirT
81 mean that I've paid $500 for a
farm worth about half that. l 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 It
and, oh, Lord, how I have got cheatedp'
Going to have a hard time to pull
through, eh?"
II shall have to eat roots next win,
ter"
lets take a little walk and looh
your land over" said the broker as
he laid his fishing outfit aside. whats
that mound up thereT"
Dunno" was the reply. Reckon
the Injuns buried their dead there
after a great battle. I've dug into 1
and found arrowheads a-plenty."
~ owe you something for what yo'
did down there. You were a fool t
take any mans word about a farm
but I guess I can pull you out OF tn
hole all right. Did you ever hear o
high finances"
Cant say I have"
"Well, I'm going to show you some
I'm going to make this old noun
worth a couple Of thousand dollars t
you"
The broker had a collection Of relic
! and curios ut home, and he sent 70
certain things and had them plante
I'm the mound. Then he made a ca
on the nearest village editor. and
week later that editor was referring !
his paper to a great and historic nm
on the farm Of Abel Jackson. Ther
was the tooth Of a mammoth an
Greek and Roman medals and coin
among the things unearthed. Stranger
came poking around almost at ono
They were shown the relics, but the
could not secure permission to oil
That farm was for sale, and the noun
went with It. Abe simply opened d
mouth and stared.
Two days later the price went up I
$1,000. Abe was for taking it, but tn
broker said:
THAT'S only half our figure! In thre
or four days we'll dig up Juliu
CdeSdE > SiuSS cyc ohu w
say about that"
When the eye vas unearthed q pr
n fessor, who was very much intereste
. In the research, took 1t in his hand an
& said:
ri "Um! UNI! Ancient history say
nothing about the great Caesar havin
a glass eye, but perhaps he had one
81 perhaps so! I think I will raise m
offer to $500"
III mot yet" said the broker to Ar
NI Jackson when he would have close
with the offer. 1--WE must get on
y figure for this old mound"
III |"But we are the same as lying to tn
nj people," was protested.
III That's the way most Of the bushes
Of the country is done today. Just al
%I pear Indifferent and you'll get you
a price. ! seem to remember this
Ml Pliny had a brass ear. If he didn
y then old Socrates did and Wen hav
It on top tho ground"
I'll "Um! Umw said the professor whe
81 the ear was found. ut may be Pliny'
. and It may be Socrates, but I think
can raise nv offer to 50. 1000"