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Monkey Brand moped, and swore the horses moped, too. "When I goes round my 'orses in the mornin' they look at me like so many bull-oxes askin' to be slaughtered," he said. "Never see sich a sight. Never!" Old Mat for once was glum. His eye lost its twinkle, and his walk its famous lilt. Mr. Haggard was genuinely sorry for the old man. "Miss her, Mr.
But he had a request to make and prefaced it with many a 'Beg y' pardon, Sir. Could the Major see his way to letting the Slane-M'Kenna wedding be adorned by the presence of four Battery horses to pull a hired barouche? The Major could, and so could the Battery. Excessively so. It was a gorgeous wedding. 'Wot did I do it for? said Corporal Slane. 'For the 'orses o' course.
'Neither wild 'orses, nor blood 'orses, nor race 'orses nor cart 'orses, nor Suffolk punches began Vessons whose style was cumulative, and who, when he had made a good phrase, was apt to work it to death like any other artist. 'Oh, you're drunk, Vessons! said his master. 'Shall drag it from me, finished Vessons. Reddin knew this was true, and felt rather hopeless.
"Me 'ead's that queer, nurse; it seems to get queerer every day. I can't 'elp worryin'. I keep thinkin' of them 'orses." Always the horses.... I said to Sister, "Is No. 24 really ill?" "There's a chance of his being mental," she said. "He is being watched."
So the party tramped on and ugly Sally looked after them with dim eyes; but Mrs. Tregenza's thin voice dried them. "A bad come-along o't for a gal to walk 'pon sich a day. They did ought to a got her a lift to her weddin', come what might." "Maybe 'tis all wan to them poor dears. A coach an' four 'orses wouldn' make that cheel no better pleased.
A curious-looking man, with red-stained skin, dark beady eyes, a scanty growth of beard, and a loud, assuming voice. "You don't believe that no 'orses is pulled?" he reiterated. "I didn't say that no 'orse was never pulled," said Journeyman. He stood with his back leaning against the partition, his long legs stretched out.
I wonder you 'ave the face to " "Be thankful that one of us has a face to have," I said shortly. "Among other maladies you suffer from irritation of the palm. Yes?" He stared at me. "Don't know about the palm in particular," he said, after a while, "but being so much with the 'orses it do tend to " "That'll do," I said hurriedly.
"By Jove! those are the kind of 'orses they hought to 'ave on hall the teams," remarked another. "Are you the lad who is going to drive to-day?" asked another of Bob. "Yes, gentlemen," answered Bob, "I'll show you how we stage it in this country." Bob mounted the box, gathered the lines, and pulling the horses strongly by the bits, he sang out to the Englishmen, "All aboard!"
"Them big rats is nuts on 'orses," the trolley driver kept on repeating. Cossar surveyed the controversy for a moment. "Get the things out of that waggonette," he said, and one of his men, a tall, fair, dirty engineer, obeyed. "Gimme that shot gun," said Cossar. He placed himself between the drivers. "We don't want you to drive," he said.
The footsteps drew nearer, paused, and after a moment were audible again in the yard below. "Good Lord it's Gavel!" "Eh?" The boy drew closer to her shoulder. "It's Gavel, come in a sweat for 'is 'orses. I didn' reckernise 'im for the moment dressed out in a fur coat an' Trilby 'at. But it's Gavel, an' 'e's walkin' straight into Glasson's arms. Stand by to do a bolt soon as 'e turns the corner."
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