A Kicker

A tc.imster in Eureka, Nev., persisted in nsing a particularly vicious mulo, and for tho following reason : "I usei to have a swectheart back in Injianv that I waa orful gone on, and tbis yero mulé lias so many pints in common that my iieart just ycarns over lier. She were as likely a gal is evor run bare-footed iu a corn-field, but sho were too obstinate to enjoy good health. She'd look you right smiling in the eye, and you'd think thar were moro sugar in her nor in a New Orleans merlasses hogsheod, but ii' you laid yer hands on her onexpected like, she'd kick tho breeching all to flinders in less tlian a minute. That's just the way with tliat mule ; but you get into a place where the mud's deep, and the rest oí the toain kerflumnaixed, and cali out to her for assistancc, and blust my eyes if she won't pull herself clear out of her hide to help you out of your trouble. That were the very way with Nancy, and I keep the mule outer love for that gal."