Who taught you to do it ?" asked Bab, as she and Betty walked up and down admiring them.
"Horse blankets," answered Ben, soberly.
"What!" cried both girls, stopping to stare.
"Our horses all had their names on their blankets, and I used to copy 'em.

The wagons had signs, and I learned to read that way after father taught me my letters off the red and yellow posters.

First word I knew was lion, 'cause I was always goin' to see old Jubal in his cage.

Father was real proud when I read it right off.

I can draw one, too." Ben proceeded to depict an animal intended to represent his lost friend; but Jubal would not have recognized his portrait, since it looked much more like Sancho than the king of the forest.