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Show Horse Had Long Memory v' 'J If Duncan McTulloch, bagplpo blower, blow-er, had moro music In his mechanical bladder than ho had in his soul ho would not havo been outrngoouBly assaulted as-saulted by a horso in Brooklyn nor bolted In lint, rot to speak of holng nrrestod by tho Adams street pollco. Dressed In real Highland kllfs, McTulloch Mc-Tulloch wont down Bridgo street at 9 o'clock on Saturday night. Tho Ftreot was crowded with podlors' wagons and Bhoppors. Tho laborer was willing will-ing and tho harvest seemed sure, and gayly tho McTulloch squeozod out his music. 'Heo-o-oo, Ho-o-o-o, Hi-l-M," went McTulloch. At Concord and Bridgo strode stood tho horso of Peter Harper. "HI! HI! HI!" wont McTulloch. Beyond, thq horso thoro wns an Assyrian As-syrian Bcrylng out fortunes by tho occult oc-cult canary route at n penny a poop. "Yo-ho, yo-ho, yo-ho-hl-ho-ho," ont McTulloch. Tho dispenser of fortunes pnvo him a penny to go away The McTulloch thought th coin wob a tanpl-ble tok-n tok-n of appreciation. "Ilo-ho-lio-ho!" wont McTulloch. Potor Harper's horso rearod and rushed at tho piper. "Holio!" wort McTulloch. Tho hors.0 butted him on tho bosom with his head, then reared ard smoto tho bagpipe blower obovo tho heart with his front feet, uslug ono attor tho other llko n pn-j list. Whon McTulloch's bnpplPs oxplrod In tho streot with a groan tho crowd pulled tho horso off. In a neighboring neighbor-ing drug store tho dents In tho bosom of tho Highlander wero smooth-od. smooth-od. Then tho pollco Interfered. Mc-Tulloch'B Mc-Tulloch'B catfo.was dismissed. Mr. Harper said last night that his horso was an old circus arlmal, bred in England. It was onco stolon by a wild McFnrldne, ho explained, and compelled ..to4 subset on haggis and heather. Now York HcriuU HK. |