Keyser would not sell his horse, but he was quite sociable, and after some conversation, he said, "Gentlemen, in 1847 I owned a hoss that never seen his equal in this State.

And that hoss once did the most extr'ordinary thing that was ever done by an animal.

One day I had him out, down yer by the creek--" Here Mrs.Keyser opened the door and exclaimed, shrilly, "Keyser, if you want any supper, you'd better get me some kin'lin-wood pretty quick." Then Keyser turned to us and said, "Excuse me for a few moments, gentlemen, if you please." A moment later we heard him splitting wood in the cellar beneath, and indulging in some very hard language with his soft pedal down, Mrs.
Keyser being the object of his objurgations.

After a while he came into the parlor again, took his seat, wiped the moisture from his brow, put his handkerchief in his hat, his hat on the floor, and resumed: "As I was sayin', gentlemen, one day I had that hoss down yer by the creek; it was in '47 or '48, I most forget which.

But, howsomedever, I took him down yer by the creek, and I was jest about to--" _Mrs.Keyser_ (opening the door suddenly).