Show WHY THE OX WAS MUZZLED old welsh plowman took timely precaution t ton to save the tall of the leader the oxen were harnessed tandem fashion stocky little welshmen Welsh men they were from the western bills ellla usurpers usurp ers there for the true sussex ox x la Is re red they eyed me with an expression 0 of plaintive inquiry and I 1 noticed that the rear ones moist metat black noso was waa guarded by a string muzzle through wl rh ph he be snorted at me in a manner hardly inviting confidence tho the old plowman smiled indulgently while I 1 admired them why do you muzzle the rear one onea I 1 inquired look at the Vo kothera thera cra tall tail an boll ace he fie chuckled ad and certainly the leaders tall was waa not so EO bushy busby as it should be there arent many oxen used now for farm work I 1 asked ile iio shook lila life head only a few just here an there may mayhap maylian liap lie ho answered horses an stem plows a done cnway with em sides there aint many smiths left now nii aa can shoe an ox rara flare run fun it Is I 1 teti tell ye kin the bews on oil em cm throw era em we a have to tie up their logs lees an hold their necks down wl a pitchfork hal flat ha bal I 1 rare run fun it Is lad ird 1 I 1 looked at the wide spreading pointed horns borns and thought of 0 the usual run of village smith smithies les 1 I imagine any smith would bo be anfims to learn the art I 1 remarked the old man agreed with alth me lie bad the rosy childish fa face e ot of the countryman his bis eyes were gray green the color of 0 the channel sea below the edge of the down his grizzled head shook as am he cut into his bread with tho the pointed blade of a big pocketknife no things aint as they were he said slowly manchester guardian |