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Show A Bad Complication. This Cuss avenue rcshlcnt knows ahcut as much of horses us ho does of iho technique of tiger hunting, but a fuw weeks ago lie paid 9200 for a 9100 horse, and since that bus- looked upon himself as an equine authority. Sunday Sun-day afternoon he was In the bay window win-dow enjoying his morning paper aud a cigar. Hearing a cllckeiy-cllckety-click on thu asphalt ho looked out, glared, dropped hU paper and eyeglasses eye-glasses and dashed out as though ho were going to pull n lire alarm. "HI, therol Stop that team," ho shouted. "Haiti" und all the prome nuders on the block obeyed, but the horse trolled along. "Teu dollars to tho man who brings mo thuthorso dead or nlive!" whooped tho citizen now too much excited to bo luold." "That infernal liveryman lias hired him out nnd me paying the highest price for his keep. I'll show hltn. Ten dollars dead orullve," In a Rictmrd-tho-Thlrd volco. "for that horse " A lusty bicycler grasped tho situation mid two minute's later IimI caught the bits of tho horse. The rami In thu butrgy protested, sworu und threatened, but thu grinning wheelman troicd thu wholu outfit hack lo tho excited citizen. "Unhitch hliu," lie shouted. "Soiitu-body "Soiitu-body will pay hi money for tills. Call a patrol wugon. What's your name? "Then tho citizen turned palo and gapped: "Throe white feoll My horso has but two, mid lie's smnllerl My mistake, mis-take, gentlemen and Indies," for them wus a Crowd now. "Beg pardon," uud he started for the house. , But the man In thu huirgy jumped and wmted to light. The bicyclist demanded his 910 aud thu crowd Jeered. A policeman cime In time to tuferee, Thu wheelman gut his 910, tho real owner of thu horso accepted a humble apology, nud the liveryman ruUod the board tho ucxt day. Detroit Free Press. |