Evening star., 1914-10-10

legged aOnkeys.
$175. When the horse was led out for
our inspection Joined with her In ex-
pressing admiration of his looks, but
when the owner with very great show
OF fnality named his price I told Jane
to come on home, that we had agreed
on SIS as a maximum and there was
no use spending time looking at SITS
horse.
Works as Per Plan.
AS 1 had hoped it would and had
planned that it should. the desire of
possession had begun to work. Jane
had driven her old auction Grow bait"
all summer and had banked on a good
looking horse making just the appeal
1t did. She insisted that we wait a bit
and that she be given a chance to do
the talking.
AS that was wholly in line with the
program. I demurred, but assented
Say. the way that old codger insisted
on s175-wouldn't take $17499, he de-
1ty of my understanding with him. The
war in Europe had boosted the price of
horses. he contended, and he intimated
that agents of the kaiser or the car
had been looking at this particular an
1mai with view to buying him as
cnarEer Tor major general or a field
marshal or something of that sort
I began to get scared for fear Jane
might fall for it" and decide to pay
more for the horse than had been
agreed upon. But she hadn't any such
a new one to me. She refused to make
any oner at all. merely announcing
that we would buy the horse if the
price was right. Had the other fellows
talk been in earnest she certainly would
have had him at a disadvantage AS it
was, the necessity of CONDUCTING a
monologue seemed to embarrass him a
good deal.
Mighty Fond of Horse.
The horse had to be sold, he finally
admitted, and he was mighty fond of
It. It he was right sure we'd be kind
and gentle and feed it well, he might
take $3.50, though it was practically
giving the animal away.
Oh. yes. we'd be good to the horse.
but We wouldn't pay $3.50.
He didn't think a lady ought to take
advantage of a mans necessity. But
he had a note to meet and had to have
the money. Give him $3.50 and take the
horse. but never tell the price or they'd
lock him up on charge of lunacy
Notes We're inconvenient things. be-
yond doubt. but $3.50 was too much
money for that particular horse.
Great guns Did she think this was
the day they gave horses away with
every pound of tea? This, madam, was
ond-hand one. nor something dug out
of the trash pile for a rummage sale.
If she merely wanted an animal to
eat up surplus hay and oats he had a
three-legged mule in the barn that
he'd trade her for a last years birds
nest.
No. thanks. She didn't have any last
years birds nests on hand just then.
with two-legsed donkeys and didn't
care for three-legged mule.
He looked at me and looked at him.
but Jane was looking at the horse, and
there wasn't Il CULVER of an eyelash to
indicate II there was any particular
point to her remark.
Refuses to Make Offer.
No, she wouldn't make an offer. We
weren't looking for a horse to exhibit
on the show circuit. We wanted one
20 drive to a Dayton wagon and to do
little light plowing. But 1t was about
time to put dinner on to cook, and we'd
have to be going.
And that note was due tomorrow!
Well, he was game, and It wouldn't be
the first time he's had to pocket loss.
horse, he'd close the deal and his chill
dren could do without shoes this win
ter.
But we didn't have S140 to invest in
horse. Did he think the fall rains
were likely to set in soon? Tell his
wife we intended to call some day
soon IL we succeeded in finding a
horse that hadn't doubled in price be-
cause 1t had been looked at by agents
of the kaiser or the car.
His wife was powerful fond OF Jane
and would be happy to have her call.
He liked to make his wife happy. And
just for his wifes sake he was going
to make Jane a present of the horse
rhaA faA 10 fIo h,