Show needed the trappings to lure other sucker I 1 the late chief justice NV william IllIam howard taft told with many characters characteristic chuckles chur kles this story to which an obvious political moral can be attached says colliers magazine an old quaker who wore the characteristic act old time quaker costume wide brimmed flat hat bat and shad bellied coat sold a horse to an ordinary citizen after the horse had traveled a few miles and the dope had died out it proved to have spavin ring bone bond heaves incipient blindness and other horse horae maladies in great anger and with much difficulty the stung purchaser dragged the decrepit wreck back to the man from whom it had been obtained at a fair price on seeing the irate buyer and the tottering horse approach the quaker flapped hla his hand band forbiddingly and cried out thee bought him of thine own volition I 1 thee bought him with thine eyes open yes but 1 I repeat thee bought bough thim him willingly I 1 did not force him on thee I 1 can do nothing for thee I 1 oh shut cupl said the victim 1 I dont do t ask you to tofake take the animal back I 1 just wanted to borrow your coat and hat bat so I 1 could sell hina him to some other sucker |