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Show H A Near Tragedy Rj Thursday afternoon a horso was Ej found lying down on East Main street. Bfe Bovornl people tried to got the nulmnl Hv HP nnd llnnlly tlio marshal was sent BBB; , Tor nnd ho spent a hnlf hour with oth- Bi era trying to get him on his feet. No HTH oiio could Identify the Jiorso nnd no KL brunds worn visible. Exports looked Vjj Into his mouth, but bo had long since Hfi passed the time when the condition of flii tils teeth would reveal his nge. Hr ''Old bones," ns one of tho bystnnd- Bi drs called him, apparently hnd less v flosh tlinu would have supplied tho do- 1 rnnndn of Shylock, nnd even bin loose Bjf nnd wrinkled skin seemed ready to Hl fnll on. B So weak wns "old bones" that with HHj tho nsslstauco of a dozen men he was HJJ iinnblo to got on hlu feet. A confor- HH once of nmntcur velorlnarlaus was HK held nnd they decided that unless tho BBBj nitlmn! wns shot ho wns doomed to HBfi die? tho Blow death of starvation on Hfli ono of pur principal streets, so Mnr- HH sbnl Evnna wont nnd got his gun. HB When nil tho women In the nolgh- HHj borhooil who hnd been watching tho HJ proceedings 'hnd culled In their chll- HJi dren, closed ' their doors nnd pulled, HH f,mmmrfZiiav:- tliclr window Winds, when only ji' J n dozen hnrdened men wore left to HSl I witness tho .execution, the mnrshnl HH drow lilaiguii nnd pulled tho trigger, HJn The shell lu 1ho gun wns empty. I'oor HB old Dobbins, when he snw Hint his BBji frlondB meant business and lienrd tho HBj click and snap of tho gun, got up nnd HSj walked off, and whoever his owner HH! niny bo can now find him In tho city BBj' astray pound. BHi o |
