hiks's

Updated: May 19, 2025

He slid cautiously down the slanting roof until he came to the corner where he saw the dark group of horses. There were three tied to the peach-trees. He made his way back to Barney and whispered: "There are but three horses. If you are up to an adventure I think we can make this turn to our profit." "I'm up to anything, as the cat said when Biddy Hiks's plug ran her up the crab-tree."

Henry F. (Henry Francis) Keenan - The Iron Game: A Tale of the War