Slept With His Spurs On

"Yes," said the oíd man with a smile, " I remember one time in particular, while out prospecting with an oíd friend, about twenty years ago. We were traveling on horseback, and carne across a tavern one night about 10 o'clock. Being very tired and hungry, aa soon as we got some supper, and soniething warm to keep the cold out, vee asked to be shown to our room. On looking around, we found the room had two beds in it, one of which was already occupied by two strangers, who were both Bnuring lustily. The fact of there beingtwo beds in the room did not surprise us, as in backwoods taverus there were irequently three beds in aroom. We undressed, and just as I was going to blow out the light, my friend, who had got into bed, espied the toot of one of the strangers stieking turough the bedclothes at the foot of the bed. With a suppressed chuckle he niotioned me to hold on a moment ; ho got quietly out of bed, and Roina; to where the stranger's boots were he took off a huge, sharp, Mexican spur, and caïtt'ully udjuyted it to ihe bare heel of the unconscious stranger. With another audible cbuckle as he thought of the coi sequeuot-B that would í'ullow when t o stranger drew iu his fout, he got bauk into led, and I blew out the light aud followed him. He soou nianaged to get a loui straw from the bed and ieached ovur and tickled the stranger's foot. He instantly drew his legs up until his knees almost touched his chili. Iu doing tbis he drew the spur the whole length of his bed-follow's leg, making a bad scratch. The victiin uttered a yell and sprang out ot' bed with a uiuttered exclamaban that I did not make out, and then he coinnienced a wild daïice around the rooin, with his netbfcr garnients under his arm, aud making frantic efforts either to dislócate his neck, or to see how badly he was hurt, all the while inakiug exolamations that would have made a baggageinan with a Saratoga tiunk on his shoulders turn green with envy. The innocent cause of the trouble had been awakened at the lirst yell of the victiiu, and in straightening his legs out, scratchi'd hiuiself most uumeicifully. He did not yell nor say bad words, but he jumped out of bed and made tor his fiieud with the purpose of taking vengeance, I suppose ; but he had not taken two steps before he jabbed the spur into his leg agaiu The laudlord then appeared with a light, followed by half the boarders in the house, and inquired what the matter w..s. An examination brought to light the spur, wliich explained the matter. The stranger lookod sheepishly at the spur, then at his scratch, and iinally examined his boots, and with a sickiy suiüh said: " Well, boys, I havo lived all my lite among people who wearspurs, but 1 never before saw a man who could pull oif his boots and leave his spur on his foot. I'll treat in the moruing."