Year: 1872

accustomed To caVort regardless OF


the constitution as amended, OF
tthe rights of man. Mules are
pretty much alike the world O
yer. only the Texan mule is lit.
| tie more so. s 80


| | rode one the other day and


I'm going to try TO tell you about


1t won't be very well written, be.
cause my right arm has been in
sling, and have more bruises
than bones. You see | fell in love
with a girl--deep as forty foot
weIl--l mean my love, not the
girl-she isn't deep a bit--and as
my luck would have it, another
fellow fell about the same distance
At the same time.


He's not a bad looking chap,
aud wears store clothes on week
days. He parts bis hair in the
mid lie, and oils it up with berga-
mont and cinnamon. He HIS his
name printed on pieces of PASTE
board, and drops them round pro.
miscuously for fear people might
forget that A. Browne Swivel
wasn't about, l had to acknowl-
edge the fact that between this
fellow and myself; in the affections
Of the divine Araminta, it was
nip and tuck, withihe dog a little
ahead.


| put on my best clothes one
day and walked over to the gals
house, intending to move on her
works. and have the little thing
settled without further debaie.-
My rival was there, and seemed
to have on lis best clothes That
dida't amount to much, for knew
that at ten o'clock. six hours af-
ter my arrival, he'd have to wend
his winding way home, for the old
lady he boarded with didn't allow
irregular hours.


If he got to his frugal couch,
or rather the house containing it,
he might skin his knuckles and
kick his boots of, but he wouldn't
get in after that llouf', aud 1the
hay-mow is not very pleasant
bedroom IN flea time. But ] was
soon relieved Of all anxiety We
Lad a diversion that broke up the
setting.


.Araminta is possessed of a lit
tie brother-I hate girl brother!
If they are little they play tricks
on you with impunity, knowing
that you are in love with their sis.
ter and won't resent an insult.


While we were talking In a
small way, and looking volumes
of love at the girl and wrath at
each other, we heard a feariul
yell in the garden and running
out, found her little brother on
the ground in active convulSions.
He had been trying to eat his way
through the melon patch. 1t was
a disgusting failure, for he could
not have rbursted open and gone
into the contents of more than
ten or twelve.


AS it was, it looked as if there
was going to be a death in the
family, and Araminta screamed a
scream and yelled at us to go for a
doctor. '


We both took = in the situation
at a glanee--the that got the
doctor first would get Araminta
for life. Ny rival went over the
fence like a deer and seized the
only horse in the stable. He bri-
died and saddled the animal in
doublequick time, while | found
nothing left me but a niue. /
seized blind bride, and rushing
at the animal, felt something whiz
over my head that l am sure was
pair Of heels. They narrowly
escaped my skull, but carried off
my hat. Nothing daunted, l
seized the creature by the ear,
put on the bride, unfastened the
chain by which be was haltered,
and led bin from the stable. He
went out willingly, SO much so,
indeed, that l had some difficulty
in keeping up, and Lad not the
creature stopped on the outside to
give vent TO lis feelings in a pro-,
longed bray, | could not have
mounted, AS it was. before he
got through with his musical en-,
tertainment was on bis back. -s
The least seemed somewhat
astonished at this performance
and stood turxing it over in his
mind for minute, while /
+dug my heels vigorously in his


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