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He culled several times, the final combing causing much mental strain and strong will. Into a barley sack went his saddlery, with a reserve of many straps, buckles and horse-brushes, all collected at odd moments. Rifle, revolver, field-glasses, everything underwent a thorough overhaul.
The Brigade arrived in some dozen or more trains, each carrying what corresponded to a squadron, its baggage, which consisted of all sorts of heavy cases and things more or less breakable such as personal baggage, and saddlery in sacks, and also motor bicycles and vehicles.
You'd started in pricin' the stable, and kind of milled around and ast me what I'd sell the kitchen for, and afore I knowed it, you'd 'a' had me selling the hotel for less than the stable. I figure you'd made a amazin' hand at shootin' craps." "Let's step over and buy that saddle, and the rest of it. Will you engineer the deal? I don't know much about Western saddlery." "Shucks!
'What a sweet day! said he. The company yawned all together and betook themselves to an aimless investigation of all Hummil's possessions, guns, tattered novels, saddlery, spurs, and the like. They had fingered them a score of times before, but there was really nothing else to do. 'Got anything fresh? said Lowndes. 'Last week's Gazette of India, and a cutting from a home paper.
This tobacco will hang in your dress, and saddlery doesn't interest you. MRS. G. Everything you do interests me, Pip. CAPT. G. Yes, I know, I know, dear. I'll tell you all about it some day when I've put a head on this thing. In the meantime MRS. G. I'm to be turned out of the room like a troublesome child? CAPT. G. No-o. I don't mean that exactly.
"It may be so; it may be so," murmured the priest, more to himself than to us; but I saw that he was much troubled, so, getting up, I said to Paddy: "Are you able to ride farther on to-day?" "If I'd another sup from the cup, sir, I think I could," whereat Jem Bottles laughed again, and I gave them both a drink of wine. "What are you going to do with all this saddlery?" said I to Bottles.
There is no buying one here, unless a field officer is killed, or dies. "By the way, Hitchcock's horses are not sold, yet. They were not put up, yesterday. I have no doubt that some arrangement can be made about them, and the saddlery." "That would be excellent, sir. As I told the general this morning, I have some rubies and other stones. I have no idea what they are worth.
Though seldom fatal, there is no cure for the complaint but complete change of climate. We now set about making preparations for the journey. Seventy-five roubles bought a capital one, including bridle. Here let me advise those visiting Persia to follow my example, and buy their saddlery in Tiflis.
In the short space of seventeen days from the first commencement of our preparations, we had completely organized and fully equipped a party for interior exploration. Every thing had been done in that short time men hired, horses sought out and selected, drays prepared, saddlery, harness, and the thousand little things required on such journeys, purchased, fitted and arranged.
Before the end of the pumice-stone or Retama plains had been reached, it was nearly dark. Sundry small accidents occurring to stirrup-leathers, bridles, and girths for the saddlery was not of the best description delayed us slightly, and as Tom, Dr. Potter, Allnutt, and the guide had got on ahead, we soon lost sight of them.
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