Baxter Springs news., 1918-11-29

He was looking back at the horse, ut
the same time tugging and jerking on
the halter. You could see the white
In the horses eyes. and I knew right
away, from my experience with horses.
that this was q bad one, or, as we
would term him In the cavalry, an
"outlaw." The drunk was curslng and
swearing and kicking up ut the horses
head. The foreman saw this and d.
rected his barrage at the offender.
"How In HI do you expect to lead
a horse while looking at hlm3 Turn
your back to him, you lousy bum. You
are blocking the whole run. Turn
your back to him, I say. You can't
lead him that way. II I come down
there to you. I'll soon show you how
to get him aboard"
The bleary-eyed one became bewil-
dered and In his excitement lost his
footing on the slippery runway and fell
underneath the horse, at the same time
looscning his hold on the halter chain.
The horse jerked his head loose. reared
up, turned around and made a break
for the deck. The man on the gangway
tried to scramble out of the way. The
horse, in wheeling. let fly with both
heels and caught him below the right
ear with his near hind foot. With a
piercing shrek the drunk clasped both
hands to his head, fell over backward
and rolled down to the foot Of the gang
plank, and lay there In a crumpled
heap, the blood pouring from his nose,
mouth and the wound below his ear.
Upon hearing this shrek several of
the men leading their horses, In their
fright turned them loose, and there was
q mad stampede on the deck.
The pasty-faced horseman, whom I
had helped out little while before in
the argument about his bunk was
standing near the runway. holding on
to a horse. He turned his horse loose
and rushed to the bloody mass, which
was twltching with -convulsive shud'
ders. The foreman. on seeing this nc
cident, snapped out long string OF
curses, which almost froze my heart.
"what did tell you? Didn't I tell
you not to look at him? knew You
would get II, and damned good Job,
too; blocking that run with your fool
tricks"
Then he noticed the pasty-faced
horseman STOPPING over the bleeding
man.
"Get I'm by the heels. you cross be
tween a corpse and mummy, and drag
him out Of the way. We've bloody well
got to get this ship loaded to catch
the tide"
The pale-faced man kept on with his
examination without paying any atten-
tion to the foreman's instructions. The
foreman got blue in the face and bub-
bled over with rage.
'Do you hear what I tell you? Get
I'm out Of the way. This ship has got
to be loaded or I'll 60 down there and
pound some obedience into you."
The man still paid no attention. The
foreman was speechless. In a few Sec
onds the STOPPING man Strengthened up.
and looking the foreman straight In
the eye, calmly replied: "He's dead"
This did not seem to Tease the fore
man in the least and he beloved out:
'HOw do you know he Is dead2" The
man answered simply: "Im a DOCTOR
Then the foreman once again explod-
ed "A doctor! Blawst my headlights,
doctorl Well, II you're a doctor,
what in HI are you doing on a horse
shipT You ought to be rolling pills
for the highbrows."
The doctor never took his piercing
look from the eye Of the foreman. The
foreman was now like IN enraged bull.
Splitting oil over himself, he clustered
out: "Well. If he's dead, there Is no
doctor that can do him any good. A
couple o. you black skunks over there
addressing two negroes who were al
most blanched to a blush white and
who were trembling near by. get
ahold Of him and drug i'm out Of the
way" One Of the negroes, with Q
leeerlng grin. replied: II shipped on
this here ship to handle hOsses, and
| don't allow nohow that it's my work
to tote corpses around"
Just then the second foreman rushed
over, gave the negro q push out Of the
way, and, grabbing the heels Of the |
lead man, pulled him away from the |
run. 1 turned away. sickened with
disgust. The foreman then took an
empty Oat sack and spread 1t over the !
bloody head.
Just then the changing bell Of an am
oulance was heard and whlte-clothed
ioctor, followed by two men with a
'tretcher, pushed their way through
he crowd Of horses and hOrsemen.
They we're accompanied by a police
nan. The body was put into the am
,ulance and taken away, while the pO-
went on board the ship.
The pasty-faced doctor was holding
INTO the rail of the runway and cough
nR. I thought each gasp would be his
ast. The second foreman was talking
o him. The doctor paid no attention.
50lng up behind the doctor, the fore
nun cOOlly measured his distance and
Iwung on the point Of his Jaw. The
loctor crumpled up and fell on the
lock. At this cowardly and bastard