"The New England seed planted in Nebraska will flower into bloom some day." Sergeant Whitley came at that moment and asked them to go and see the new horses provided for them, and the three went with him, friends bound to one another by hooks of steel.

The horses given to them by special favor of Sheridan in place of their worn-out mounts, were splendid animals, and Sergeant Whitley himself had prepared them for their first appearance before their new masters.
"They'll do! They'll do!" said Dick with enthusiasm.

"Grand fellows! They ought to carry us anywhere!" "Upon this point I must confess myself somewhat your inferior," said Warner in his precise manner.

"The mountainous character of our state keeps us from making horses a specialty.

You, I believe, in Kentucky, pay great attention to their breeding, and so I ask you, young Mr.Mason, if the horse chosen for me is all that he should be." "He asks it as a matter of condescension, Dick, and not as a favor," said Pennington.
"It's all right any way you take it," laughed Dick.