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Show her to the county seat to give her away, free. But Sadie's reputation was so bad no one would take her. So Heck decided to shoot the mule and write it off as a bad debt. It was then the tax collector, who had been trailing Heck all over the county, caught up with him. To all, it seemed Heck wasn't goin' to get away this time. Still, you can't evade a tax collector for nigh on to six months without havin' some inventiveness. Heck edged over to where Sadie stood. The tax collector edged with him. Sadie pretended sleep. And sure enough, when a little more edging had taken place, Sadie whaled away! The tax collector sailed clear across the street and only the tree in front of the apothecary stopped him. That Tax collector had so many broken bones he had to be sent to Kansas City to be doctored up. When the train arrived, dozens of men showed up. One lady noticed this and said to the tax collector. "For a tax collector, you seem to have a lot of friends come to see you off." No, replied the tax collector, he didn't know any of them. |