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Show MULE OF PECULIAR COLOR Driver Explained With Patience Just How the Animal's Strange Appearance Appear-ance Was Brought About. Two mules, drawing an army service wagon, caused a sensation in Knights-bridge Knights-bridge a short time ago. . One mule was poor but honest in appearance, brown in color ; the other was a delicate deli-cate shade of green. The green mule was solemnly unconscious of the attention atten-tion he was attracting. "Effects of war oats?" asked a facetious United States soldier. A workman rubbed his eyes and then muttered, "camouflage." The A. S. C. driver looked thoroughly ashamed of the turnout. He stopped to pick up a crate. "What is the matter mat-ter with your pony?" asked a mild man. "I am tired of being asked it, and it isn't a pony," replied the driver. "It is all through the chemical. Goodness Good-ness knows what color it will be tomorrow. to-morrow. Its coat was very light once, and the other mules used to kick it. We washed it in some chemical dye to make it darker. The sergeant can't remember tho name of the dye, and now that it is wearing off, it is a different color each day. You are the last person I shall explain it to." He drove off furiously a khaki driver ov a slate-gray lorry drawn by one honest hon-est brown mule and one shameless mule of an esthetic shade of greea. Loudon Mail. |