Weekly Caledonian. (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1919-1920, 1919-04-02

ed thoughtful, he seemed to b mus
ing 10 himself, suddenly stEa ighten
ing himself, yes, yes, slowly, then "a
Ioud-I swan tew man, that + oss was
facing due south, sartin sa ltin that
is Just where he's gone, tn; II is tew
lay he wa headed due north the last
seed of him, with another sigh, So
as / was saying I've got tex due my
work alone, and with my t ew other
HOSES eatin their blamed h eads off
) l cant afford tew keep this one. Gosh
but hes Il powerful boss. MIR. Pad
dock had edged around pref, y near to
Josh while he was speaking, and now
leaned over and in Il half whisper
said, but why don't you get down to
, business, how much viii you take for
that outfit? altho | have no use for
that old rickety shack you call wag-
OF, nor very much for the horse
either, for that matter, brit seeing you
have mentioned selling 1 would just
like to get your price, at the same
time visions of the freight that horse
could haul and other heavy work
= -floated before him; Wa resumed Josh
you ware bound te~ know all the
, ticklers, and so I've told YER but |
/; kallate $50 in cash a nd a barrel of
, "patience" -four throw ed in tcw butte,
| will be my bottom fig ger, Betscy she
' says ter me just tothe I day, she says,
".yoshua we must has e some more of
II at patience flour right off," So if
yer says the word Mr.. Paddock I'll
leave ther whole rig er stannin right
the re where it be N its your proper
ty rom now on. Well uncle Josh
que. $ you have ma, lc out Il clear case
and | will accept your offer; as ne
ratl4 a. gleefully Sc ated himself to
write a check for $50 dollars. Mr..
Patd ock then told lEbcn to take Biz
zart around to the stable and make
sure he was fasten ed securely, and
after dinner he would take q nearer
look at his new property. Everybody
seemed satisfied, and the inhabitants
OF this peaceful little village went
early to bed and to profound slumbcr
as sual, that night. About midnight
an a wful uproar SHOOT; the village
from center to circun lference; but
few knew of Mr.. PaddL ock's new pur-
chase, contrary to the usual custom
in j. and so it was with no small
sense Of alarm that n2ighbors caut-
( iously opened their windows and
doors to find if possible what had
broke loose. 1t would be impossible
to describe that racket, mixed as it
was with squeels that would have nut
any Jack ass to shame, however those
who felt Draw? enough b venture out.
and fellow tbs sound were led direct
ly to Mr. Padd' )cks Stable, or perhaps
I should say hat there was let of
it, for Blizzard had nov come into
his own. He ha d Utterly kicked away
one side of the barn and then he had
fired out OF the barn eve wthinp with
in reach OF his heels, incirding one
other horse, one pig, seven hens from
their peaceful Ioost, and smash ed
several carriages to kndling wood,
that new horse had made a circuit
about the center post to which he was
tied, demolishing everything within
his radius. MI. Paddock was a prac-
teal man, and also being a thorough
business man he lost no time in get
ting back to his store where he at
once wrote Il letter to the QUartcr-
master General, of the Z. S. Army.
In three days Blizzard had been shin
ped and was on his way overseas, he
| I
the front line trenches Nov 10th, in
time to go over the top with the
Yankees and actually kicked the stuff
ing out of just 1852 Germans, thus
| turning the tide of battle and saving
, the day for the Allies. Hurrah for
Blizzard, Mr.. Paddock received a |
check for $4,000 from the greatfuli
armey, and now sports Gosaford- |
oldsmoblc.