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Show Making Sure. A story is told of a farmer who was having trouble with his horse. It would start, walk about 20 yards or so, then stop for a few seconds and start again, only to repeat the performance. per-formance. After watching this exhibition exhibi-tion for some time a friend overtook the farmer during one of the horse's long waits. "What's the matter with the horse?" he asked. "Is it lame?" 'Not as I knows of," answered the farmer very crossly, "but he's so dnshed feared I'll say 'whoa' and he won't hear me, so he stops every now and then to listen." The Tatler. |