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Show B l 1 1 "JHllll'V MULK hTOUV. j I II TUB KAMSA STATMXAX TI.LM A (. K HJ UOUU AHN UlT AH S.NUL1JIIUAN. I i B Uloult CVa.IU.rlm.) Br One of the best atoriee of the year Ii H; , M told by Jerry Hlmpsou, Kpularly m knowu na the Hncklesa Hocratee of ft H Medicine Iodge. Jlehadbeeatalklng r H about the attemlt of the old partlei to m ' 'H capture the Alliance vute, when he jfl cemred tbe astute politician to the im Jvausaa mule, ' if "Out In Kansaa.tald ha "there Is a if boy whohadtAUgbt his mule to squat J. when he touched him on the Uank 1 a. , M with his heels, and one day, when he f i B waa tldlug beside an l.ngllshntau, the V, ' H mulesudJenlyaAtdownoululiauiKhea. U 'What', the matter with your uiuleT' f, J oatd the l.ugllshiuaii. Why,' sold r A the boy, "he's a setter. Don't )ou see t. S thatratilltout tlureT' Tho Kngllsh. ) w lunii was much astonished. !J a "They rode on and the mule squatted H, ,' ,8 again. 'W list's ho doing nowfoald m the l.ugllshiuau. Ha'eMttln'agalii,' m M laid the boy. 'Don'tyou see that Hook !1 Jj ofqusll?' lly this time tbe 1 ngllsh. , i i I man was dying to own the inule. V j "An animal he could rido that was , . i Also a setter would but rlceleos to such ' i a Mmml as he. lie oRerod to buy ' ' ; the mule, but the boy didn't want to t g '71 sell him. Mnally he conseuted to I ,t! swap the mule for the l.ngllihmau'a lit ' 1 tlnebay hoiseanjflud toliuot. f Lxet c I "ThuKugllshmaumouatedthumule, 11 j I the boy mounted the hoiso aud they Jfl) I i ' rode on together, After awhile they t k came to a crctk, and tho l.ngllihmau Hi. j f drew up his feot to keep tlteiu frulu HI; ' i . i gettlngwet. About half way thnugh i I 'I j the creek the water got so drip lint he i)l (I had to draw Ida feet up to the mule's j S I Aa'soou as theloot het) touched the " f mule'allankheKiuatted right In the . , middle of the treek, 'What's the ' I matterwlth our blirsted inulo now? ' a ,1 I ulJ tbe Ilnglislinian. 'I told jou ho ' i M j it as a setter, aud he's Juit&igood for 1 !' , suckers m lor anything tlM,"' |
