orse-thief

Updated: June 24, 2025

But when we caught him 'e 'ad the 'orse an' the bag an' the pistols." "When you caught who?" "The 'orse-thief. I mean this young man." "And you recognized him then?" "Yes, sir, I knowed 'im by the bag, an' the 'orse." "But you say he was a much larger man than this one." "Oh, yes, sir! He was more 'n six foot an' as big across the shoulders as two of 'im."

Kirk Munroe - Cab and Caboose: The Story of a Railroad Boy