He Was A-Saying.
A man lead a raw-boned, humblefaced mule down Clifford street yesterday morning, turned into Griawold and finally disappeared in a blacksmith's shop "Shoes? " queried the stalwart smith. " Yes." "Hind?" " Yes." " As I was a- saying when you came in— " Here be picked up one of the mules legs and was sent hali way across the shop by a twist of the animal's hip. He returned to the attack with unruffled calmness, ing"As I was a Baying' when you'nth* mule came in— " This time he got a hind foot in the ribs, and was almost knocked over his anvil. He braced up opened big eyes a little wider, and making another grab for the same foot he repeated : " As I was a-saying when the mule and you hove^ " This lime he got both feet in quic sucoession and was driven to the wall ten feet away. ' " What is it you are trying to tell me?" asked the owner of the mule. "Why, I was a-aaying as you turned the corner that if you brought that infernal brute to this shnp I'd break his back with a crowbar, and now you get him out or I'll do it ! "
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Manawatu Herald, Volume III, Issue III, 21 October 1890, Page 2
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199He Was A-Saying. Manawatu Herald, Volume III, Issue III, 21 October 1890, Page 2
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