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The landlord rang the hostler's bell to attract the attention of the stable-man, for the approach of the visitors had been deadened to noiselessness by the snow, and when the hostler had come to the horse's head the gentleman and lady alighted, the landlord meeting them in the hall. The male stranger was a foreign-looking individual of about eight-and- twenty.
No, sir ee; I'll sell my shirt first!!" The horse trade and its dire consequences were recalled to mind. The other circumstance occurred at home. Opposite our house in Bethel stood the old stage tavern where "man and beast" found accommodation, The stable-man was rather dissipated, but possessed of some humor.
He turned sharp to the left, and leaving the stable-man to stare after them, the lanthorn swaying in his hand, he led the way westward at the same steady trot. The chase had begun. More than that, Mr. Fishwick was beginning to feel the excitement of it; the ring of the horses' shoes on the hard road, the rush of the night air past his ears exhilarated him.
No, sir ee; I'll sell my shirt first!!" The horse trade and its dire consequences were recalled to mind. The other circumstance occurred at home. Opposite our house in Bethel stood the old stage tavern where "man and beast" found accommodation, The stable-man was rather dissipated, but possessed of some humor.
Thomas Jefferson, the black stable-man, reported him as partaking of a sumptuous supper with unimpaired relish. The thought of her favorite, crunching his feed in the stall close at hand, gave her a sense of companionship as she ate her own solitary meal. Her father had been called in consultation to a neighboring town and would not return until the following day.
This was done in a few minutes, and the stable-man, as we walked out to the carriage, came forward and presented his little bill. As I ran it hastily over before paying it, I saw that the rascal had charged for services which he had not rendered. With the design of making the most of a chance-customer, he had put down in his account a charge for greasing the wheels of the carriage.
"You speak very good English for a stable-man." "I have not always been a stable-man." "I dare say. I should give a good deal to know what you have been. Come, James, tell me what the trouble was. I have influence; I might help you." "I am past help;" which was true enough, only the real significance of his words passed over her head. "I thank you for your kindness."
I'm unstrung, Mr. Annixter, and I'm running for my life. They're not ten minutes behind me." "Come on, come on," shouted Annixter, dashing stablewards, his suspenders flying. "Here's a horse." "Mine?" exclaimed Presley. "He wouldn't carry you a mile." Annixter was already far ahead, trumpeting orders. "The buckskin," he yelled. "Get her out, Billy. Where's the stable-man? Get out that buckskin.
The Captain said if I was sleek enough to trade a lightning-rod agent out of a horse with a patent right, I ought to be pensioned. He said he'd send word to the stable-man that it was all right, which I suppose he did. At any rate, I sold out to the proprietor inside of an hour. I then decided to go immediately to Findlay and see what grounds they had for wanting to arrest us.
The stable-man lifted him on to his horse when he started, I suppose, and he would have been there yet if he hadn't been helped off. Bah! For Jack had a supreme contempt for any man who was less than a centaur. By this time they had turned off the main thoroughfare, and were travelling over a bit of old stage road which was anything but easy riding.
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