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Show O'RAFFARTY HOLDS ON. Ills Horse Started to lluu but Nearly Palled flm Td ' Patrick ORafYarty, a Russian gentleman gentle-man from the Argentine republic, who at present is engaged in the frivolous and poetic capacity of porter at the Sullivan house, near the Rio Grande We.-tern depot, had a very narrow escape es-cape this morning with his life; in fact it looked at one time as if l'at would become material for an excellent ex-cellent wako in a very short time, and that he wouid bo rushing tho growler with the angels this very afternoon. Bui l'at was snatched bv Jim (lilies-pie (lilies-pie riirht from the jaws of 'death, and he is now doing business at the old stand. 1 he cause of l'at s jeopardy is this: ll.i wjis driving along md putting on airs in a dog crt. when, in front of the Cullen hotel, the horse saw the iti'vnnco agent of "All The Comforts of a Home" company, wearing an overcoat without any fur on the collar. The sight so frightened the beast that he kicked und broke the sinirlelree and began to run awav. But l'at caught the bruto by the tail and held on. I The wnv he held on to that tail showed what a hummer he is to stay. The horse ran a block, when (iiliespie suecee led in topping him, and extricated O'RalTi-rty )i'"m bis ier-ilous ier-ilous predicamntit. Wlien he got out l'at said: "l"hat did you think of that now? Be janus. I would have stopped that basic, 'if Ihad to pull his tail nut, be gorra!" |