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There are such women, and very valuable women they are in that trade. Such a one was Miss Horsball, and in these days the sweetest of her smiles were bestowed upon the young Squire. Ralph Newton certainly liked it, though he assumed an air of laughing at it all. "One would think that old Hossy thought that I am going to go on with this kind of thing," he said one morning to Mr.
"Well, old Hossy," said Lieutenant Cox, summing up all his energy in an attempt at matutinal joviality as he slapped the landlord on the back, "how are things going with you?" Mr. Horsball knew his customers, and did not like being slapped on the back with more than ordinary vigour by such a customer as Lieutenant Cox. "Pretty well, I thank you, Mr. Cox," said he.
Pepper as the two of them were standing about near the stable doors with pipes in their mouths. Old Hossy was the affectionate nickname by which Mr. Horsball was known among the hunting men of the B. B. Mr. Pepper and Ralph had already breakfasted, and were dressed for hunting except that they had not yet put on their scarlet coats.
"He isn't alive," said Dotty; "and the snow is only painted on his coat in little dots." "Well, I didn't spect he was alive, Dotty Dimple, only but he made believe he was. And O, see that hossy! he's dead, too, but he looks as if you could ride on him." "This other window is the handsomest, Fly; don't I wish I had some of those beautiful dripping, red ear-rings?"
Here Prudy gave her talkative sister a pinch; for they were surrounded by people, and Aunt Madge was giving ferry-tickets to a man who stood in a stall, and brushed them towards him into a drawer. "Does he stay in it all night?" whispered Fly; "he can't lie down, no more'n a hossy can." "Here, child, don't try to get down out of my arms. I must carry you into the boat.
'Ikky-boy wanna ride hossy," says he. "And me with my trousers just pressed!" says I. "Say, where do you get that stuff?" "I must say," comes in Auntie, "that I don't consider that the proper way to talk to a child." "Oh, he don't mind," says I. "But he is so apt to learn such expressions and use them himself," says she. "Yes, he picks up a lot," says I. "He's clever that way.
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