Piute Chieftain | 1917-12-20 | Page 7 | No Time to Make a Swap

NO alm to make a swap an indiana man was traveling down hie Oh ohio loona on a steamer with a mare and two colt when by a sudden careen careen of the boat nil all three were tilted into the water waier tile the hoosier IIo osler as he rose puffing and blowing above water caughe hold of tile the tall of the colt not hav h I 1 ng a t doubt but that the natural instinct of bf theun the animal would carry jil him m ashore the old milre made for the land but the frightened colt swam lustily down the current with its owner still hanging banging fast let go of the colt and hang onto the marel shouted sli soule some of ills friends boolin Boo lil I 1 exclaimed the IIo Ifo osler Fp spouting outing tile the water from ills mouth its mighty fine telling tile me to let go hie colt but to a man who cant efant swim tills this aint exactly the alie to time for swapping horses