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Show Depended on the Clan. "I ran across a county fair out In the southwest lust f nil," said tho traveler, trav-eler, "anel waa considerably Interested In a ' -'it raco In which there waa a big i' iM. Thero wore all aorta of horses, and It wns owners to rldo, and I bud a seat In the Judges' aland. When tho raco wus finally run, ouo particular horse rnmo In lengths abend, and another an-other twenty rods behind. It was dcail easy to make a decision, but tho Judge) hesltnted so long that I asked whit was tho matter. ' " 'Why,' replied one, 'we are wsltlnt to aee If old Hill Harper, tho one who came In lust, has his guns along.' " 'Hut what difference done thai moke?" "'A heap, my friend. If he hasn't got his guns along he's dlitanerd In this race, but If ho has then he's I"' to be declared tho winner or some o! us will get (hut." |