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"And that very minute," said the woman, "a young lady came by on 'orseback, an' the minute she sees me she stops her 'orse an' gets down." "I never seen nothing like the quick way she done it," said the husband. "Sharp, like she was a soldier under order. Down an' give the bridle to the groom an' comes over." "And kneels down," the woman took him up, "right by me an' says, 'What's the matter?
An' he took the little gel as was left with 'im the night o' the great storm nigh eighteen years ago that blew down three of our biggest elms in the church-yard " "Did you know?" exclaimed Clifford, eagerly "Did you see ?" "I saw a man on 'orseback ride up to Briar Farm, 'oldin' a baby in front o' him with one hand, and the reins in t'other an' he came out from the farm without the baby.
But Charlie Tagg 'ad got better things to do than to dream, and 'e sat up in bed arf the night thinking out a new plan he'd thought of to get that money. When 'e did fall asleep at last 'e dreamt of taking a little farm in Australia and riding about on 'orseback with the Sydney gal watching his men at work. In the morning he went and hunted up a shipmate of 'is, a young feller named Jack Bates.
The broad moist countenance was again uplifted, a hint of patronage now tempering its good-natured apathy. "Sort'er 'ockey on 'orseback." "That must be sufficiently dangerous," Mr. Iglesias remarked. "Bless you, yes. Players breaks their backs pretty frequent, and cuts the ponies about most cruel "
She desired nothing so much since that scene in the office as to ignore his existence. "'E was 'urt shockin' bad this awft'noon," Mrs. Stout related. "Out 'orseback ridin', and 'is 'orse ran away with 'im, and fell on 'im. Fell all of a 'eap, they say. Terrible terrible! The pore man isn't expected to live. 'Is back's broke, they say. W'at a pity! Shockin' accident, indeed."
'D'y' think I want to be took into that rotten 'ole of a Port Said, or maybe Alexandria, and that end of the Mediterranean fair lousy with U-boats. Besides, we'll get 'ome quicker this way, I says, and allows her to pass on. In the mornin' we run onto the beach, and 'ardly there when a crowd of Ayrabs come gallopin' down on 'orseback to us.
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