The Washington herald., 1914-05-04
Statesmen, Real and Near.
BY FRED G.. KELLY.

When he was prosecuting attorney
Tout at Carson City. some years ago, z.
E. Roberts. now Congressman at-large
from Nevada, was persuaded one day
to take a chance on a horse and buck
board at a rattle.
For the sake of being agreeable, he
took a chance. which cost him So cents
and foolishIy imagined that the inca-
Ident was closed. The truth was that
his troubles were scarcely started.
Two or three days later. having for
| got all about his 63-cent investment
Roberts received a telephone call from.
ling saloon OF Carson City to ring him
lup and convey the glad tidings that
he had won the horse and blackboard
| Well this Is great luck" joyfully
exclaimed Roberts. and he thought II
twas.
| Yes. and er-uh. aren't you going 10
set en- up?" asked the friend.
| oh. yes. Yes. indeed. Certainly
replied Roberts. Tell the proprietor
there to set EN- up by all means and
send the bill to me"
Now. It seemed that practically the
entire population Of Carson City was
gathered together in that saloon at the
moment the friend called Roberts UP
to tell him of his good fortune. 80
! Roberts bill there for making good
! fellow Of himself amounted TO about
S2G So far his horse had cost him
S2sS3 And he hadn't ssen the horse.
When he did get look at his new
possession. he found that IL was "A
Thoroughly broken wild horse. with
virgin feet that spread DER the ground
like a Colored mans II was almost
as good a horse as one could expect TO
get for $3.50. however, and Roberts did
not complain.
He took his prize home and turned II
into a little enclosure back OF the house.
The next morning he found that II hah
felt the call Of the wild and had Jumped
the fence Feeling il necessary TO fol-
low up his investment. Roberts hired a
horseman TO search the countryside and
bring back his horse dead or alive The
man brought IL back at the end OF the
second day and Roberts paid him 20
which brought the cost of the horse 10
Sc. 81.
At the end Of the week ne still had
the horse in his possession. but his on
tire family. including valuable hunt
ing dog. were cripples. for the time be
ing. and the cost of surgical aid had
added to the overhead charges of acquH-
ing the animal Even at that the whole
cost was only trii" more than SO. and
many Of Roberts neighbOrs drove horses
that had cost them 50. so he really was
not out much. One evening. though. IN"
horse ran into two buggies and plat"
glass window all Of which were charged
UP to Roberts, and the total charged up
against the horse on Roberts books then
amounted to Sll7. II was then that
Roberts began to see that horse can
ca Try a joke too far. II he had wanted
horse in the first place he might haN"
reConciled himself to the situation. hut
to have had such horse dropped INTO
his lap out II a cIOudless sky-Oh. twas
too much. He even began 10 suspect
that the raffe had not been operated on
the level
R.t ~av o. hight pierced the black
horizon Roberts heard that a certain
Jan living near town desired to hIy
horse lie had never cared for the per
sonality Of that particular Jap ANYHOW.
and at once sought him TO make a
decker
How much OF MONEYS for hors" and
those blackboard o'' inquired the Jap
Now Roberts yearn"d to hand the man
$40 for his trouble and tell him e. TAX"
the outfit. hut he feared exciting his
suspicious. so he asked
Would g. be too much
The Jap took another careful Look al
the horse examined its teeth. and nnaiiy
agreed to paw the s..
To relieve his conscience Roberts CAV"
the money To A charitable organization.
and that night he slept IN" untroIhi"d
sleep OF babe
Little things rentsy te"ntsy hrt.-
things. wieI their influence IN tn" lives
OF future great and neaT-Eroat men
When JoseDhus Daniels was "a Young
ster starting in At tho primary school. hc
was assigned one day to SPEAK Little
piere Somebody handed him It'll"
verse about an editor and that suited
hl- purposes nicely Part Of il ran thus
They get IN free I" circUses. ami other
kinds ~ shows
HAVING ~, tied the piece. il 81 I'aule!s
thinking especially that about IN"
,ir..-,.- He thought that h., Ju,'. would
I.k.. p" %, an editor To add L. the CIR /
rgw-,tuc's. \ friend ~ the family GOT Z
,u.r.- JoSeDhus To- rCcIte the verse %
IN. If II" leading editors Of the locality. .
IT,, ID tor praised him. and rom then
,- l'arlslS' career vas ut ov' for him g.
he, grew up to be an editor and even
? ,a.iy TO run the State " North Car. .
liza the way he thought IL should be-
-'Iu. II WAS lust short easy step from
there ~ Incoming fuI!-riESri s,a;-s-
man
(, !. rssht. 1915, h, FrcI 9 Krli,. A.. rs'.. 90.