| Show T tho the mules toll tall J N Y times when alben tho the bright sunshine com ing do dortu an through mazes of rigging and clouds of unfurled canvas gave an fill airo airoff early fearly summer to the pierrepont dock jiin in brooklyn yesterday erday borni morning ng six idle men gathered on the warm warin side of a it warehouse and disca discussed dmd the ener enervating vatin influence of spring spang to them the distant ships seemed asleep upon the horizon the tile water lapped against the pier heads heRds with drowsy murm murmur and the fiend ish shriek of ft a pass passing illg tugboat died away away like a lullaby one man felt fe t sure that nature expected people veople to rest in in springtime and the others agreed that it was a sin to work any creature ex except capt a mule this un fortunate animal received mention because e a 11 long legged file backed pc imen I 1 of the tile species chewed ii piece f nn in old carpet on the pier and at uncertain and spasmodic in tervala tried to kick a hogshead and two barrels into the rive the talk turned upon th the vii the vindictiveness vindictive nesa and tile untamable nature of aules nules elul es the mule on oil the tile dock lock was thought though t to be an unusually vicious animal Wick wickedness edne and a miscellaneous desire to smash things could be s seen een in his eye and hid his feet seemed ju just at the kind fur effective kicking but no one dares fool around d that mule said a man with an unnatural growth of oakum fool around him long said enid a cross eyed man mail hed kick the daylights out of a mans malls grandfather if that mule struck you once your whole bamily would die said a third man in confidence ill att a good cigar that no man in this crowd dares go up and tickle im 11 ill mako make it 5 ifancy if any man will twist his tail challenged a ship ch chandless chandlers chand lers diers agent 0 as the mule beat a tattoo against the post on the pier yes ill make it ten stuff sneered a lazy looking vagrant a little apart from the crowd who mo says stuff demanded the age agent nt in a voice like a prize fighters maybe like to twist that mules les tail ma 1 I think I 1 could do it heres 10 that says you cant ill goye 0 ly e the money was put ut into the hands of a ships supply contractor and the details were properly ar ranged the lazy man was to twist the tile buies mules tail if ho lie could get near enough with all his m strength and was to esca escape e unhurt the crowd was to stans stand at a respectful distance and see fair play the lazy nian man swung his coat over his arm borrowed a chew chev of navy plug and went down the pier ta the le clovd crowd f followed slowly th the in mule ule showed a strong desire to eat not only the approaching men but the pier itself itsel f but his viciousness viciousness was restrained by a strong ropo rope halter baiter the lazy man tossed his coat upon a barrel and grasped the mules tat tail j with both hands the crowd held its breath tho the twister wound the tall tail into a hard bard knot and pulled the mule from side to side ai as far as the halter baiter would woul d permit the mule made no effort thoresent to resent the bui indignity il 1 1 ity the lazy r roan nan then again t threw r e w his coat ovee over his arm and taking tho the money golley from the tile contractor sauntered up montague st the crowd wai was speechless did you see that at length h asked kel one of the tile men of a stevedore who leaned over a barrel yes i saw it mule any ally spunk had he r haan hadn t he ile NV why ly man the grossest besst mule mul e in brooklyn n tile biggest kicker then why in ill flit thunder inder he be lift that man clean across governors lland well ita its like this isyou if you owned t eliat 1 a t mule a had him trained to do that same trick once a week he lie kick would he not much that mule knows his owner now make no mista mistake kc tp |
