The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1921-06-03

PIE are always sensitive about the
mistakes due to inexperience. II ii
Foolish 70 be 50, but we can't help IT.
u man makes break through his
own cfuckleheadednes he can laugh
over II and pretend he enjoys III; but
u ne makes mistake simply because
ne doesn't know any better. he Is full
OF modification from the ROOF of his
nat down II seems TO jar his vanity.
About the most humlllatlng expert
ence o man can have Is TO get stung
m horse trade. The average man
doesn't know anything about a horse.
lie can see IL 1t has four legs and
tai and pair OF eyes, but no Is OBJ
livious to all the things that make
horse a good one or d poor one. II
ne gets the worst end OF a trade he
should DO q philosopher. and say that
while he Isn't a success at swapping
plugs, he can wind up a phonograph
or stoke a furnace better than any
man IN the country. But he gets mad
and the fact that he was stuck In such
= trade leaves sore place that never
heals.
II can remember break my first
wife made when we were newly mar
ried She Invited some folks to dlnner
and, after much deliberatlon, decided
70 have d roast duck as the chief dish.
and told the hired girl to 20 ahead
and prepare the bird Now, duck is
mighty fine eating. what there ID Of ii.
but there liz mighty little substance to
~ a duck lisa mere shell, Ii doesn't
run 90 meat at all, good nsngry
man could eat three ducks at sit
ring and look around for more.
MY wife, who had lived at hotels
and boarding houses all her life. sun
posed duck was d solid chunk Of
meat and thought there would be
enough OF the bird left. after the aim
ner, TO keep us III cold meat for
week, Wen. there were eight people
1T that dinner party. and each one
had . piece Of duck about the size or
q one-ceut stamp.
Everybody but my wife thought the
mistake was funny, but the most SUI
perticlal observer could see at glance
that her heart was broken. She tried
her blapedest to SMILE but right Ia
the middle Of the effort she broke
Off with yell, and left the room 10
weep a few stanzas and she never did
recover from that humiliation | tried
time and again 10 convince her that
there was nothing to be ashamed OF In
such q misadventure, but she thought
the finger Of scorn would be leveled
at her as long as she lived.
II can't sit here and moralize In this
Brain all day, but feel Just as sick
as anybody when / make break.
When the mayor was buried three
years ago there was big procession
In hts honor. A lot Of mounted men
led the parade, and II you were look.
Ing YOU doubtless saw me. was
riding d big black horse, when the
big black horse wasn't riding me. /
never supposed there was any trick In
riding horse. so when they asked me
to sit on foaming charger | didn't
hesitate a minute l got seaslck be-
fore 1 was on the mag two minutes,
and l let go the lines and hung to its
name and the fool horse cavorted all
over the street, so that looked like
the idiot who tries TO ride trick
mule at the circus.
MY evolutions simply broke up that
funeral parade and turned it into
JOY ride. I really wasn't to blame In
any way, but whenever l think OF the
episode a cold sweat breaks out Oh
me. and feel like offering myself to
the hrst conner for seventeen cents