"After the act De Mott rushes over tearin' at his collar like it's chokin' him.
"'Don't you even know the difference between a horse and a dog?' he yells at me.
"'If you sees this hound cough it up in the stretch often as I have, you calls him a dog yourself,' I says.
"I don't furget again after that, 'n' things go along smooth as silk from then on.
"The show runs along fur a week, but it don't make good.
"'The waving corn for this outfit!' says the chicken to me, Saturday night. 'The citizens of Peoria, Illinois, will have a chance to lamp my art before long.'
"She's got it doped right. We hit the road in jig-time. Banks makes a speech before we leaves.
"'Ladies and gentlemen,' he says, 'I thank you for your good work. Mr. De Mott will represent me on the road. I hope you will be a happy family, and I wish you success.'
"Outside of the chicken, I'm not stuck on the bunch. They're as cheap a gang as I'm ever up against. This De Mott guy is a cheese right, but he sure thinks he's the original bell-wether. He's strong fur the chicken, 'n' this makes the others sore at her. They don't have much to do with me neither, 'n' she don't fall fur De Mott, so her 'n' me sees each other a lot.
"She's a bug over hosses 'n' the track. She wants me to tell her all about trainin' a hoss 'n' startin' a hoss 'n' fifty other things besides.