Democratic Sentinel, Volume 12, Number 47, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 14 December 1888 — Trying to Tell a Story. [ARTICLE]

Trying to Tell a Story.

Blinks was trying to tell his friend how a dog behaved when his master was about to mount a horse and ride away; “He put his foot in the stirrup to mount ” “The dog did?” “No, the man; and then it began to b-irk ” “The horse began to bark?” “No, the dog; and that made him shy ” “Made the man shy of the dog?” “Not at all; it made the horse shy, who raised his hoof ” “Who raised his hoof, the man or the dog?” “I said the horse. Then he tried to get into the saddle- ” “It’s preposterous to tell of a horse trying to get into his saddle. Perhaps you mean the dog ?” “I mean the man did.” “Say so, then. And did the saddle or the horse set up a bark?” “It was the dog, I tell you. The dog set up a ” “Saddle. Go on.” “What I commenced to tell you was how the dog ” “You told me that before. The man was about to mount the bark; what followed then ?” “Who ever heard of mounting a bark ?” “The saddle barked, then, did it?” “Won’t you listen? He threw the man ” “Dog threw the man?” “No, the horse; and then he broke and ran ” “Broke the saddle ?” “Confound you! If you interrupt me again I’ll break your head!” Blinks was then allowed to conclude his story, which wasn’t much of a tale after all.— Texas Siftings.