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"Well, I don't know as to that," said Ben Bolter; "but there's no doubt that Admiral Nelson is the man to lick the French, and I only hope that he may find their fleet, and that I may be there to lend a hand." "Ditto," said Bill Bowls. "Do," added Tom Riggles. Having thus expressed their sentiments, the three friends separated.
'Oh, the devil! exclaimed Mr. Bolter. 'You see, pursued Fagin, affecting to disregard this interruption, 'we are so mixed up together, and identified in our interests, that it must be so. For instance, it's your object to take care of number one meaning yourself. 'Certainly, replied Mr. Bolter. 'Yer about right there. 'Well!
Tom Long seemed to think there was something in this, and he lay thinking for a minute. "How did Gray look?" he said. "I don't remember." "Just the same as you don't look," said Bob, sharply; "so don't be a stupid and frighten yourself worse. Malay krises are not poisoned, and it's all a cock-and-bull story." "What is?" said Doctor Bolter, entering the room. "About krises being poisoned, doctor."
"When I went to see that poor little cripple Hunchie Slattery he told me that the very papers that were given to Mr. Bolter with the horse must prove Ida's ownership at one time of the mare. There was some kind of a quit-claim deed signed by her name, and that signature must be a forgery. "The horse could never have been sold in England, for the Bellethorne stable was too well known there.
He begged me to draw him a mill; this was very easy, so far as regards the exterior, that is, the wheel, and the waterfall that sets it in motion; but the interior, the disposition of the wheels, the stones to bruise the grain, the sieve, or bolter, to separate the flour from the bran; all this complicated machinery was difficult to explain; but he comprehended all, adding his usual expression, "I will try, and I shall succeed."
The sun had scarcely risen, when, after a hurried breakfast, the two young Berringtons had set out on an expedition in search of "Old Bolter," one of their horses, well so-called, who no unusual circumstance was reported missing.
The few drops of brandy gave him new life, and he displayed it by throwing himself on his knees before Doctor Bolter, and clasping one of his legs with his uninjured arm. "Don't go back, master," he cried piteously. "You have been so good to me that I could not bear to see you krissed. Stay away, and I will keep you safely. My life is yours, for you saved it; and I am your slave."
'What curious notions you have of love, jeered Ursula. 'And woman is the same as horses: two wills act in opposition inside her. With one will, she wants to subject herself utterly. With the other she wants to bolt, and pitch her rider to perdition. 'Then I'm a bolter, said Ursula, with a burst of laughter. 'It's a dangerous thing to domesticate even horses, let alone women, said Birkin.
Stables, which bids fair to outshine the old one, on which he has so long rested his colloquial reputation. This sparkling sally is to the effect that although he always knew she was the best-groomed woman in the stud, he had no idea she was a bolter. It is immensely received in turf-circles.
These were hardly given before he held up his hand, and in a few words thanked them, while the doctor was called away. "And now, my lads, we will go forward once more, and do the best we can. If we can only get a mile a day it is something, and every man will lend a hand. We will march at once. Yes, doctor? More bad news?" "Yes," said Doctor Bolter, bluntly; "our guide has broken down."
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