Dobbins
CXInittcn Pop The 3oupnal By “Demo
Old Dobbins was the most con-;
trary animal under heaven when i
he chose to be, and I think my j
readers will fully agree with me ,
ere this recital of my adventures }
is ended.
He it understood that old Dob- j
bins, or, as we generally styled!
him, old Dobs, was, during week j
days, my plow mule. Quiet and ,
bidable part of the time, always j
ready and never known to kick.
In fact he hadn't energy enough
■to kick, lie was about three years
my senior and I could boast ot
having seen sixteen summers.
In the spring I would hitch old
Dobs to a turning plow, hie away
to the stubble field and turn the
soil until the sun would smile so
beamingly from out the deep blue
heavens that the dingy brown hair
of old Dobs would show some I
moisture under the collar and
backhand. About this time the |
aroma of freshly turned soil would ,
become wearisome to my olfactory j
nerves. Then I would leave old
Dobs and skip nimbly away to
some shady nook and bunt wild
onions or roll my trowsers over
my knees and catch minnows, put
ting them in pens built of pebbles
in the edge of the water. 1 never
gave myself any uneasiness about
old Dobs, lie liked standing still
•—with bis nose on a level with his i
knees, under lip dropped, eyes al
most closed, hind foot resting on
toe and whole demeanor betoking
sleepiness—as well as I liked play.
But one day, when returning from
a fishing excursion, an empty field
— a horizon unbroken by the mel
ancholly and dejected looking fig-'
ure of old Dobs met my startled
gaze. It was easy to follow the
trail of the plow which he drag-j
ged after hiifi. I found him at the
barnyard gate, with head down
and eyes closed as I had often seen ,
him in the field, a picture of con
tentment. On being questioned,
by my father, 1 told him 1 had
gone to the branch for water and
old Dobs had deliberately walked
oil. 1 was reprimanded for my
carelessness but forgot it ere 1 had
got, back to the field.
As 1 said, old Dobs was my plow
mule during week days. On Sun
day he was raised to the dignity
of a saddle animal, and when 1 j
was astride his back 1 was as proud
as any captain on bis prancing I
charger. Hut, with all his gentle- j
ness, old Dobs had a habit of some
times going on when I wished to,
stop, or stopping when 1 wished
to go on.
I
It whs owing to his former mood
one Sunday that 1 was almost teas |
ed and tormented out of my sens- j
«*•
1 had, for some time, been east
ing amorous glances at a "sweet
sixteen" who was about fourteen j
years of age, and bad, at last,mu>
to red up enough courage to ask i
permission to accompany her to
church. One of my companions
acted as “go between," that is, he
carried my note to her and brought
back the reply. Sunday morning
came and 1 was ready and had old
Dobs saudled long before church
time. After two or three long
hours of strolling aimlessly around
l mounted and rode away with my
head almost touching the deep
blue above, and my feet some
where near the red clay road which
was beginning to dry under the
mild influence of the spring sun
shine. All went well until 1 came j
opposite her home, when, instead j
of yielding to a gentle pull at the
bit, Dobbins marched resolutely!
on. In vain did I jerk, kick and
pull. 1 might n.s well have tried
to stay old Father Time. I jerked
until the reins blistered my hands.
1 kicked and flounced in the sad
dle until 1 wore the rear side of
my Sunday trowsers thread bare,
but still old Dobbins plodded on in
that sober manner which charac
terized all his movements. I could
lave dismounted but he would
lave marched on and left, me. I
sontinued to jerk and kick and tug
it the bit until we came in sight
if the church. Old Dobs walked
piietly up to the limb to which 1
lad been accustomed to hitch and
stopped.
It would be useless for me to
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JRiFFiTN & MORROW.
tell how angry and mortified 1 was
or how unmercifully 1 was tor
mented by the boys. But just the
same old Dobs had broken up my
first love affair. I was desperate
ly in love with rny fair, black-eyed
beauty, but never again did I have
the courage to offer myself as her
escort.
I was afterwards informed that
she was so vexed at my being un
I •
; able to stop that she went to bed
and cried herself to sleep.
Old Dobs remained mine exclu
sively until my father’s death
when he was sold. As he was led
away he looked at me with such
sad, pleading eyes that 1 stole
around the corner of the house and
, shed a few tears. I have never
seen him since and as that has been
many years ago, 1 suppose he has
gone the way of all flesh. Peace
be to his ashes.
BIG MAIL CONTRACT.
For the next ten years, if noth
ing unforeseen occurs, tin; Inter
national Mercantile Marine Com
pany, otherwise known as the
American line, will draw *700,000
to $800,00 ) annually from the fed
eral treasury as compensation for
carrying the mails between New
York and Southampton. England,
and other European ports. The
contract has been awarded to the
company by Postmaster General
Cortelyou. Notwithstanding the
large sum involved the American
line was the only tirrn to submit a
bid. This is because, though nom
inally the contract was open to
competitive bidding, the American
line was the only corporation that
came within the provisions of the
law regulating the award of the
contra -t.
REGARDED AS A JOKE.
Conway, Oct. 14.—The excite
ment occasioned by the threat of
the sheriff to prosecute members
of the mob which I\ nched Frank
Brown, the worthless negro, has
about subsided and the man who
tied the rope around the negro’s
neck has spoken out and defies
proseem ioo. I he whole matter is
regarded here a> a tempest in a
tea pot affair and the question ot
prosecution is regarded more in
the way of a joke than anything
else.
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