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So he got into the ring, and that mule he took after Ruben and chased him 'round that ring so fast Ruben could see himself goin' 'round t'other side of the ring. He wuz mighty glad to git out of thar. Then a gal cum out on hoss back and commenced ridin' around. Nancy Smith sed she wuz a brazen critter to cum out thar without clothes enough on her to dust a fiddle. But Deacon Witherspoon sed that wuz the art of 'questrinism; we all alowed it, whatever he meant. SO HE GOT INTO THE RING AND THAT MULE HE TOOK AFTER RUBEN AND CHASED HIM ROUND THAT RING SO FAST RUBEN COULD SEE HIMSELF GOIN ROUND T'OTHER SIDE OF THE RING HE WAS MIGHTY GLAD TO GET OUT O THAR THEN A GAL COME OUT ON HORSEBACK AND COMMENCED RIDIN AROUND NANCY SMITH SAID SHE WAS A BRAZEN CRITTER TO COME OUT THAR WITHOUT CLO'S ENOUGH UNDER TO DUST A FIDDLE BUT DEACON WEATHERSPOON SAID THAT WAS THE ART OF QUESTERNISM AND WE ALL ALLOWED IT WHATEVER HE MEANT
 purty near raised Steve." Wall, we went over to the cage, and it wan't no man at all, nuthin' only a durned old baboon; and Ezra wanted to shake hands with him jist 'cause he looked like Steve. Ezra sed he'd bet a peck of pippins that baboon belonged to Steve's family a long ways back. Wall then we went into whar they wuz havin' the cirkus doin's, and I guess us two old codgers jist about busted our buttins a-laffin at that silly old clown. Wall, he cut up a lot of didos, then he went out and sot down right alongside of Aunt Nancy Smith; and Nancy she'd like to had histeericks. She sed, "You go 'way from me you painted critter," and that clown he jist up and yelled to beat thunder--sed Nancy stuck a pin in him. Wall, everybody laffed, and Nancy she jist sot and giggled right out. Wall, they brought a trick mule into the ring, and the ring master sed he'd give any one five dollars what could ride the mule; and Ruben Hoskins alowed he could ride anything with four legs what had hair on. E HIM I JIST ABOUT PURTY NEAR RAISED STEVE WELL WE WENT OVER TO THE CAGE AND IT WARN'T NO MAN AT ALL NOTHING ONLY A DURNED OLD BABBOON AND EZRA WANTED TO SHAKE HANDS WITH HIM JIST CAUSE HE LOOKED LIKE STEVE EZRA SAID HE'D BET A PICK O PIPPINS THAT BABOON BELONGED TO STEVE'S FAMILY A LONG WAYS BACK WELL THEN WE WENT INTO WHERE THEY WAS HAVIN THE CIRCUS DOIN'S AND I GUESS US TWO OLD CARDERS JEST ABOUT BUSTED OUR BUTTONS A LAFFIN AT THAT SILLY OLD CLOWN WELL HE CUT UP A LOT OF DYE DOES THEN HE WENT OUT AN SOT DOWN RIGHT ALONGSIDE OF AUNT NANCY SMITH AND NANCY SHE'D LIKE TO HAD HYSTERICS SHE SAID YOU GO AWAY FROM ME YOU PAINTED CRITTER AND THAT CLOWN HE JEST UP AND YELLED TO BEAT THUNDER SAID NANCY STUCK A PIN IN HIM WHILE EVERYBODY LAUGHED AND NANCY SHE JEST SOUGHT AND GIGGLED RIGHT OUT WELL THEY BROUGHT A TRICK MULE INTO THE RING AND THE RING MASTER SAID HE'D GIVE ANYONE FIVE DOLLARS WHAT COULD RIDE THE MULE AND RUBEN HOSKINS ALLOWED HE COULD RIDE ANYTHING WITH FOUR LEGS WHAT HAD HAIR ON
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