I say, young man, will you warrant this horse ?" "No," said I; "I never warrant horses; the horses that I ride can always warrant themselves." "I wish you would let me speak a word to you," said he.

"Just come aside.

It's a nice horse," said he, in a half whisper, after I had ridden a few paces aside with him.

"It's a nice horse," said he, placing his hand upon the pommel of the saddle and looking up in my face, "and I think I can find you a customer.

If you would take a hundred, I think my lord would purchase it, for he has sent me about the fair to look him up a horse, by which he could hope to make an honest penny." "Well," said I, "and could he not make an honest penny and yet give me the price I ask ?" "Why," said the go-between, "a hundred and fifty pounds is as much as the animal is worth, or nearly so; and my lord, do you see.