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"Ah! and you left me that morning, a fine, upstanding young country cove, but to-day ah, to-day you are a bang up blood a gent, inside and out, a-riding of a magnificent 'oss and all on account o' follering the instructions in that 'ere blessed tome as I sold you for five bob! And dirt-cheap at the money!"
He then communicated in most unrepresentable language, that he was on his way to buy "an 'oss," and Jorrocks informing him that he was a perfect connoisseur in the article, the Baron again assured him of his distinguished consideration.
"'Twould take off a man's head, Miss, as easy as a pipe-stem!" Miselle nodded, without attempting a defence, and the man added presently, "'Undred 'oss power, Miss. Drives all the works." "Do come out, Miselle! I shall go crazy in another minute!" screamed Optima; and the two young women hastened to overtake the rest of the party, who were already in the street.
'How far do you make it, then? asked Leather, tucking in the beef. 'Why, from here to Hardington is about six, and from Hardington to Bewley, four ten in all, replied Sponge. 'You can stay at Bewley all night, and then it is but a few miles on in the morning. 'And whativer am I to do for clothin'? asked Leather, adding, 'I've nothin' with me nothin' nouther for oss nor man.
Man Jack you behold a 'oss as is a 'oss though, mark you, John, a leetle bit roundish in the barrel and fullish in the shoulder still, a animal, John, as I'm burning to cock a leg over."
"Turpin, the great highwayman!" answered the young student, without lifting his eyes from the page, through which he was spelling his instructive way. "Oh! he be's a chip of the right block, dame!" said Mr. Dunnaker, as he applied his pipe to an illumined piece of paper. "He'll ride a 'oss foaled by a hacorn yet, I varrants!"
"Great Stone Frigate!" he exclaimed, as he burst into a laugh, "this 'ere 'oss wouldn't bolt no faster nor a turtle. If I didn't tow 'im 'ard we'd never get into port." I walked most of the way over the steep grades, whereupon my guide, every inch a sailor, became my friend. Arriving at the summit of the island, I met Mr.
"Yes, Martin, I think you had," answered Barnabas, and swung himself somewhat awkwardly into the saddle. "Very good, sir!" sighed old Martin, his gray head drooping. "I done my best for the 'oss and you, sir, but I know I'm a bit too old for the job, p'r'aps, and " But at this moment Peterby approached. "Sir," he inquired, a little anxiously, "do you feel able well enough to ride alone?"
Not me! Let 'im as fetches 'im pay 'im. 'Ere, she says, 'some of yer help to put this old man on the bottom of my cart, and look sharp, or Conklin'll be here in a minute. So they shoves the poor old thing on to the floor of the cart with a sack of 'taters to keep him steady, and Eliza that's her name 'its the 'oss with a long stick as she carried instead of a whip, sets off at full gallop, and was out of sight almost before you could say so.
"That 'oss," he said, "ain't what she was, it's true, but there's a lot of work in 'er yet. She may not be much to look at but she's worth forty quid to me ay, and one to spit on!" Sir Timothy counted out some notes from the pocketbook which he had produced, and handed them to the man. "Here are fifty pounds," he said. "The mare is mine. Johnson!"
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