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the Sunday School Convention, we do the next 

 best thing possible, we send our wife." 



The following advertisement appeared in the 

 same issue: 



Whether a special reduction was made to one 

 taking out at the same time licenses to fish, 

 hunt, and get married does not appear. 



It was necessary that John have both a sad- 

 dle and a pack horse for his journey back to 

 Pinedale, and we made a trade by which 

 Shorty and Bill passed into his possession and 

 I acquired his horse Heart, retaining Button. 

 My purpose was to use the former, which was 

 the heavier animal, as my saddle horse and to 

 pack Button. It was with much regret that I 

 parted from the faithful Bill. He was not 

 much to look at, but he was all horse; and 

 Shorty, too, in spite of his tendency to buck, was 

 an affectionate little beast and had endeared 

 himself to me. 



All of the animals were in excellent condi- 



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