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I watch that fleshy wife of his with fear and tremblin'. Every time she goes nigh the bed I expect her to trip over a young one and fall. And if she fell on that poor rack-o'-bones," with a wave of the hand toward the invalid, "'twould be the final smash like a brick chimney fallin' on a lath hencoop." At that moment the "brick chimney" herself entered the rooms and the nurse accosted her.
And he's only smashed up a little some way. They had to hold him on the horse " "What! Leslie, my Leslie, my boy!" gasped Mrs. Ford. "Leslie? No, indeed! Nothing the matter with him only riding the rack-o'-bones. The 'Tenderfoot' man, and the cowboys say it served him right.
Then, indeed, did Leslie prove himself a better horseman than he looked, and, for all time to come, his full ability to "stick." Riding ahead at a smart pace, but not her pony's best, Molly heard the footfalls behind her and swerved out of the way not a minute too soon! Evidently, the maligned "rack-o'-bones" would otherwise have ridden her down.
Maybe he'll warm up after a bit, and I'll take that back that I said about your riding. I reckon you're all right. Anybody must be who can stick on the rack-o'-bones you've got. Touch him up a little I'll set the pace." Away she sped while the gaunt creature which Leslie bestrode planted his forefeet firmly on the ground and refused to lift them thence.
As they slowed up at the upper end of the street and began to turn, a man on the sidewalk said confidentially: "Say, cap', if you handle that old rack-o'-bones just right, he'll distance anything on this road. When you want him to do his best let him have the rein; don't pull a pound. I used to own 'im I know 'im."
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