IN THE "ABILENE" COUNTRY 



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"There," he says, "now take your darned mule 

 away from here before I start something." 

 The farmer lost no time in getting away with 



NO ING AWAY * 



his mule, either. Old Dr. Asa, though in his 

 fifties, had a reputation as a scrapper in any 

 form, shape or manner. Knives, guns, fists or 



