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"I can't do that. I was told to take you to Sanpritchit: that's where I'm goin', and I'm goin' to bring back a box belongin' to Captain Fluke. That's what I 'in goin' to do." "I cannot get there in time," I said. "I didn't know it was so far. Take me to Stipbitts, and I will give you a dollar; then you can go along and attend to Captain Fluke's box.
"But I'll tell ye what ye can do," said the man, "if ye choose to wait here a little while. The boss of this house went over to Stipbitts last night to see his mother, and I expect him back putty soon, and I guess he'll let ye have his hoss. Ye see the people about here ain't used to hiring hosses, and we is. People as keeps hotels is expected to do it."
I have already paid for the drive to Sanpritchit." "Have you got as much as a dollar and a half about you?" asked the boy. I replied that I had. "All right," said he; "give me that, and I'll take you to Stipbitts." The bargain was struck, I was taken to Stipbitts, and an hour afterward I was on my way to my home at Arden.
Of course, with this conveyance, and seventeen miles between me and Sanpritchit, it was absurd to suppose that I could get there before the yacht sailed. It was ridiculous to go an inch farther on such a tedious and useless journey. "Boy," I asked, "where is the nearest railroad station?" "Stipbitts," said he. "How far?" "Five miles." "Take me there," I said. The boy looked at me in surprise.
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