Show TALES OF THE DAY Death of a ManyLived Mule Our train had pulled in on a siding to wait tran weclt puled the road to be cleared away and a number of men got down from the coaches and walked upi up-i and down the long platform attached to the freight shed Opposite this shed on I the other side of the highway was a I dense wood We ha been idling round for a quarter of an hour when suddenly some one discovered that a beer bottle I was swinging to a limb He out with his gun and began blazing away at i and his example was followed by every other j heeled We man in the crowd who was i had fred fifty bullets at the bottle and it was still untouched when there was a yell from the bushes and a native came yel crawling out on hands and knees to exclaim ex-claim claimWhat have I done that you all want to kill me Good gracious man were you in Goo shouted one of the crowd Right in thar stranger and seemed tome to-me the wah had come back I didnt Sit hit but youve done killed my mule I reckon rekon We ran over with him and sure enough there was his mule down on his back and kicking his last with four or five bullets In him fve bulIet Yo dun didnt mean to o cose said the owner but this ar mewel was all I had I dont say he was wuth what al prime mewel orter fetch but I could have sold him for 50 He was Informed that we would makeup make-up a purse to pay the damages and we cnJpped in and made I 165 He took the money and disappeared soon after and had a long start when a second native appeared and asked Bin any shootin yere Yes Shuto at that a bottle Yes Kill a mewel Yes Pay fur him Yes do you know anythipg about It No not much I sold the animal to Bill Wheezen bout an hour ago for 510 and I sorter reckoned he wanted him to play the old dodge with How much did you raise rase Sixtyfive dollars Wall thats pretty moderate He gin rally strikes them for a hundred a you otf easy Reckon Ill look him up and see ifhe cant work In a couple more this week Detroit Free Press < c j f p |