"Bless the boy! he is as horsey as his old grandfather." "But do look at his mouth, grandpapa, and ask the price; I am sure he would grow young in our meadows." The man who had brought me for sale now put in his word.

"The young gentleman's a real knowing one, sir.

Now, the fact is, this 'ere hoss is just pulled down with over-work in the cabs; he's not an old one, and I heard as how the vetenary said that a six-months' run off would set him right up, being as how his wind was not broken.

I've had the tending of him these ten days past, and a gratefuller, pleasanter animal I never met with, and 'twould be worth a gentleman's while to give a five-pound note for him, and let him have a chance.

I'll be bound he'd be worth twenty pounds next spring." The old gentleman laughed, and the little boy looked up eagerly.