Mr. Ad. I. Pose.

Maoriland Worker, Volume 3, Issue 76, 23 August 1912, Page 4

Mr. Ad. I. Pose.

Mr. Ad I Pos? lms had trouble with his hor;;o lately It arose this way: The horse (his name was had played up and kicked all Ins trams and <-tltor shackling, gtar to small fragments, and if anybody approached him with a view to putting now fakes on him. he just swung round find kicked again. Mr. Ad I Pose was ve r y indignant orer the affair, and was heard explaining to a ♦'rieml what an ungrateful beast the horse was. It srems that this was not the first time Grafter had played up. A few weeks before he hnd done just as bad, sa.vine he had to work too long for a very short feed of oats, and absolutely refused to turn tihe mill any longer under such circumstances. After a time, when Mr. Ad I Pose began to run a little, short of profits he arranged with a friend cf his" tn arrange a. sort of tribunal where the questions outstanding between him and fjrafter should be gone, into and an arrangement made whereby Grafter should go on as before. Under this agreement it war- arranged that no other horse except Grafter should be called in to turn the mill, but if be fell off in his number of revolutions h" had to go n handful of oats rhnrt for every one imVed. Seeing now that he had preference of work and was getting a fair bellyful of oats, with n bit of chaff chucked in. Grafter settled down to the weary plod a«a in. One day, fueling a bit off, the old horse was not getting abound-as fast as usual, and Mr. Ad I Pose came and asked if lie couldn't get! a move on. This rankled in old Grafter's breast, as lately he had begun to think that Mr. Ad I Pose got through life a good deal easier than 'lie did. f-'o when spoken to in "■his manner be stopped, arid iifier a little vhile began t> en:-" himself of his .gear .'l'/ain. Mr. Ad I Pose sent at unco' for his friend of the wig to talk J o Hi.- lior.s<\ hut. the uncrnteful ben:;*: would imt listen h> :-. word he said, oven aUhmigii the wig-owner was a very nmiabl' 1 p;oniliiniui ;iu ! full of ;.'in:d intention:; — especially for Mr. Ad I .Pose. However. +h<\v passed a law fo that oIJ Grafter bad to listen io the gentleman in the wig, pud after a lot of soft soap beiim apnlied to Hie nld animal lie was sot. to his appointed task once again.

But old Grafter sometimes has an idea even now that the work would be a lot easier if Mr. Ad I Pose had to turn a few revolutions of the mill. The old horse thinks that it does not seem right that there should bo an arrangement whereby old Sloggor should .ha-vo to work to raiso the grain and ho should have to mill it, ;is he remarks that tho only thing loft for Mr. Ad 1 Poso to do is just to ttiKo it.