Greenbrier independent. [volume] (Lewisburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1980, 1919-01-03

S''nnrcro. req nocE1rChicf around
his neck. wearing blue shirt with the
sleeves rolled up 70 the elbows. and
in his right hand coiled lariat. II
die ones heart good to- see him ropc
the horses which broke lorS" ruon
Watching his first performance knew
l was correct when | figured him us
having Mexican blood in his veins.
\ hleary-eyed drunk was trying to
lead horse by the halter up our rum
! He was looking back Mt the horse, ut
/ the same time Juggling and jerking on
the halter. You could see the white
/ In the horses eyes. and knew righ;
away, from my experience with horses,
that this was a bad one. or. as we
would term him in the cavalry, an
{ Outlaw. The drunk WAS curSing and
swearing and kicking up at the horses
head. The foreman saw this and d.
rected his barrage ut the offender.
"iiow in HI do you expect To lead
horse while looking ut him? Turn
your back to him. you lousy bum. You
are blocking the whole run. Turn
your back tn him, say. You cant
Lead him that way. If I come down
! there To You. I'll soon show YOU how
/ To get him aboard"
! TIL" bl"ary.cyCd one became bewil-
{ der"d and in his excitement lost his
/ footing on the slippery runway and fell
( underneath the horse. ut the same time
l""S"ninS his hold on the halter chain.
I The horse icrkcd his head loose. reared
M. turned around and made break
, f"r IN" deck, The man on the gangw:y
: tried to scramble out of :hc way. The
horse, in wheeling. lot fly with bot"
, heels and caught him below the r!.ht
, ear with his near hind foot. With
: piercing shrek the drunk claspcd both
hands TO his head. fell over backward
and rolled down tn the foot of the gang
plank, and lay there in a cru,unlC,i
heap. the blood pouring from his i.,.,c,
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
mad stampede on the deck.
The naSty-faccl horScman. whom 7
had helped out II little while before in
! the argument about his bunk was
.
/ Ia horse. He turned his horse loose
and rushed to the bloody mass. which
! was twitching with convulsive shud-
! derS. The foreman. on seeing this ar-
/ cidcnt. snapped out long string al
| curses. which almost froZc my heart.
"What did 7 tell YOU? Didn't 7 tell
! you not to look mt him? I knew YOU
would got II. and Il damned good Job.
too; blocking that run with your fool
, tricks"
Then he noticed the pasty-faccd
/ hOrScinan STOPPING ever the blccdin"
/ man.
Get i'm ny the heels. YOU cross ne
( tween - corpse and mummy. and drag
; him ont of Lii" way. We've bloody we'll
! got TO get this ship loaded to catch
! the tide"
The palc-fnccd man kept on with his
! examination without paying any at.cn-
ton to the forcmnn's Instructions The
| foreman got blue in the face and huh
blcd over with rage.
"Do YOU hear what tell You? Get
i'm out Of the way. This ship has got
to he loaded or I'll go down there and
pound some obedience into YOU"
The man still paid no attention. The
| foreman was SpecchlcSS. in Il few sec
onds the STOPPING man Strengthened up.
! ana looking the foreman straight in
the eye. calmly replied: "fIc'S dead"
| This did not seem to Tease the fore
! man in the least and he beloved out !:
| GLOW do YOU know he is dcadt" The
! man answered simply: "I'm Il doctor"
| Then the foreman once again cxplOd-
ed "A doctor. Blawst my headlights.
| Il doctor! We'll. If you're doctor.
what in HI are you doing on horse
| ship? You ought to be rolling pills
I 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 MI over himself. he clustered
out: "Well, If he's dead. there IS no
doctor that can do him any good. A
| couple q you black SkunkS over there
addressing two negroes who were nj
most blanched to n blush white and
who were trembling near by, get
| ahOld Of him and drag i'm out of the
way" One OF the negroes, with a
leeering grin, replied. ~ shipped on
this here ship to handle hosscs. and
l don't allow nohow that it's my work
10 tote cOrpses around"
Just then the second foreman rushed
over, gave the negro push out of the
way. and. grabbing the heels of the
dead man, pulled him away from the
run. turned away, sickcncd with
disgust. The foreman then took IN
empty ont sack and spread il over the
I bloody head.
lust then the changing hell Of an am
bulancc was heard and whitc-clothcd
doctor. followed by two men with a
strctchcr pushed their way through