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Show RAPID FLIGHT OFTIME. Mule That Aged rive Years Between the Months of February and June. Mr. Justice Brewer, ,of tho United States supreme court, In lecturing te his law class at tho George Washing ton university, says tho American Spectator, told tho following story: , "I knew of a case once where twe darkles swapped mules. Ono of them was nn old' hand ut tho business, and In making the trndo ho represented his" m'.i'i to bo seven years old, and told of the many good traits the nnl mal had not. This was In February About two months later tho other darky began to realize that he had been victimized In tho bargain and that tho beast was fully 12 years old So he decided to go back nnd tell the swindler he had lied to him about the animal. However, owing to It being the busy season of furming, ho was not able to go until about the mlddis ol June. Ho Anally did go, and told hit man what he thought of his rascally misrepresentations about the mule. "You say," said the other fellow, "dat when you got de mule In February Febru-ary be was seven years old, and now It's June and he's 12 years old?" "Yes, I dot" was the angry response. re-sponse. "Well, sah, time sure do fly." |