Show THIS on your it was shortly after the world war when the government disposed at auction all of their leftovers left overs that farmer seth parker of missouri bought a lot of army mules seventeen of em now farmer parker was either a practical joker or a poor mathematician as was indicated by his last will and testament in which after due disposition of his farm land to his three sons he bequeathed to them the seventeen mules as follows to eldest son ezra he willed half to his second son enoch he bequeath ed a third and to his youngest son ephraim a ninth seth had besig bated doc watson as executor and ad doc had driven over behind his mule to carry cany out the wishes of hi old friends it was a tough problem this division of the mules and doc was about ready to give it ur up if the old geezer had left eight eighteen ee instead of seventeen he said sadly it would have been easy and here young ephraim timidly offered a suggestion if lend us your mule doc he ventured wed have eighteen doc wilson sniffed what do you mean lend lena you my mule he snapped well said ephraim 1 I been fi gerin that if you lend us your mule half ol 01 or the eighteen would be nine for ezra a third would be six for enoch and a ninth would be two for mo rn nine an six an two that makes seventeen aw an have your mule back clipped |