check-rein's

Updated: May 16, 2025

"You'll get tired, mother, and you'll think the less o' reunions. We can visit along here any day. There, if they ain't frying doughnuts in this next house, too! These are new folks, you know, from over St. George way; they took this old Talcot farm last year. 'Tis the best water on the road, and the check-rein's come undone yes, we'd best delay a little and water the horse."

Sarah Orne Jewett - The Country of the Pointed Firs