have fallen out, and the poor chickens would have starved, for _she_ never _could_ stop the mules; and you know if _we_ had found them we would have _fed_ them. This was one more lesson of _experience_, and we started on. A few hours’ travel brought us into the little village of Lewis; and the next day being the Fourth of July, we concluded to stay _over_ and have some fun. We enjoyed ourselves very well; and as the end of the gala day drew nigh, people found that we were _travelers_ and gathered around us to trade _horses_. Well, we had one horse that wanted to _stop_ very often when we were in a great _hurry_, and having given us a great deal of trouble, we concluded to cheat somebody to get _even_ with Iowa any how. Of course we showed quite an unwillingness to trade; but when a fellow brought a fine young-looking horse around and warranted him safe and sound, and to work any place, we traded, thinking there was no harm in cheating a man when _he_ proposed the trade. We swapped even, and he throwing a saddle upon his new horse was soon out of sight. Proudly we buckled the harness upon ours, and everything being ready I drew up the lines to start, when behold! like the wife of Lot, his action had all vanished and he stood as immovable as Pike’s Peak. He was worse than the _other one_, for _she would go_ when the wagon was _started_, but _this_ one refused to go if you just stood him before the wagon without _harness on_. Then we pulled the wagon out of town with one horse and camped for the night. Of course we got him with a _warranty_, but where in the thunder was the warrantor? All had vanished. Many persons came around with old plugs, thinking that of course we would trade for anything that would _pull_. We told them he was the kind of a horse we wanted, and in the morning we would show them something.