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Van's drivin' it. He sees us, stops, 'n' comes up the side road to where we are. She don't hear him till he's right close. Then she backs away from Rainbow. "'I thought you might become tired of your sudden interest in hunting, Mr. Van Voast, she says. 'And I should like to own this horse I was just looking at him, she tries to say it haughty, but it don't seem to scare him none.
"Printed on the card is 'Mr. William Dumont Van Voast, 'n' in pencil, 'Union Club, New York City. "The next day I gets a wire from Peewee in answer to mine. "'Sound as a dollar. Eighteen hundred bones buys him. P. W. Simpson, it says. "I phones Mr. Van, 'n' he says to go to it so I wires Peewee. "'Check on delivery if sound. You know me. Ship with swipe first express. Blister Jones.
'That's too large an order, Mr. Van Voast I can't fill it. "'You don't think this mare can beat Macbeth? says the young chap. "'No, sir, I do not, says Brown. 'Nor any other hunter I ever saw. There might be something in England that would be up to it, but I don't know what it would be and money wouldn't buy it if I knew.
"'Is that the best you have? says the young chap, when I gets back with her. "'Yes, Mr. Van Voast, says Brown. 'And she's as good as ever stood on four legs! She'll carry your weight nicely, too. "'Is she fast? says the young chap. "'After racing at ninety miles an hour, anything in horse-flesh would seem slow to you, I presume, says Brown.
When I had telephoned to the hospital the next morning, I went to the office and found a message on my desk. It read: "Have everything possible done. Send all bills to me. He must come here to convalesce." It was headed Morrisville, and was signed, "W. D. Van Voast." That same day Blister was taken to a big, airy, private room with two nurses in attendance. For a time it seemed hopeless.
There's somethin' about him makes you think the best ain't near as good as he wants. I tells him to come along with me, 'n' when we gets up to the showroom he sticks a card at Brown. "'Yes, indeed Mr. Van Voast! says Brown, when he squints at the card. 'You're almost the only member of your family I have been unable to serve. I believe I have read that you are devoted to the motor game.
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