...ns:ptext="ptext" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/strict"> The wagon train was crossing a stream, and a teamster was belaboring his mules with all his might to keep them from drinking. The General 's horse was drinking near by, and General Hill told the teamster to stop beating the mules so unmercifully. The muledriver invited him to attend to his own business, as he himself proposed to do as...