| Show HE BELIEVE IN CRUELTY an old rancher with a wagon load of potatoes was driving a gray mare and a sorrel mule along the road near san rafael yesterday when a train came along the mule plunged and kicked till he found he could not run away and then with the proverbial perversity of his kind planted his fore feet into the ground and refused to budge the old mare made two or three attempts to pull mule wagon and load but gave it up and balked too the old man tried coaxing petting pett 1139 and leading but the team would only settle hack back in the harness in a most determined ter mined manner several people happened along and each had some advice to offer take a club and beat the heads off them suggested one throw throw mud in their mouths and forget about balking advised another pour shot in their ears twist lawis t their tails put barley beards in their noses no said the old man calmly and firmy firmly they way may have some reason for balking balking I 1 dont believe in crue cruelty ity 11 he examined the collars but found them all right then he tried to start the team again but without success so he set to work and took off the entire load of potatoes sack at a time climbed on the seat clucked to the team and touched the mule lightly with his whip the stubborn stu oborn brute sat down beat him to death yelled a disgusted teamster no sir I 1 dont believe in cruelty to animals replied the old man still unruffled he wrapped the lines around the brake walked a quarter of a mile to a house and secured a broom then he swept every speck ot of dust out of the bed now you brutes youve got no excuse for not pulling declared the old man there was blood in his eye as he pulled a rail off a neighboring ence and climbed up on the seat with it A penitent mule with humps all over his back the size of bee hives ambled into san rafael hall an hour later with a load of potatoes 1 I 1 was a little slow explained the old man team balked and I 1 dont believe in cruelty san feancisco post |
