As a boy on the farm he had hungered for the possession of one of those sleek, handsome animals which men call thoroughbreds.

Then for a while he bought, sold and traded horses, for the mere pleasure it gave him to be near them.

Finally he came to Herculaneum with two such saddle-horses as made every millionaire in town (and there were several in Herculaneum) offer fabulous sums whenever they ran across the owner.

Next, he added two carriage-horses, in their way quite equal to the hunters.

Men offered to buy these, too, but Warrington was a property owner now, and he wanted the horses for his own.