244 FIVE AC.KES TOO MUCH. 



in permanent capital, because it went into the ground, 

 became incorporated with it, and added just so much 

 additional value to it. The strawberries, having now 

 proved successful, ceased to be a current expense, but 

 entered into the total cost. The new teeth referred 

 to are not for the rakes, as might be supposed, but 

 for myself. Having heretofore mentioned some of 

 Dandy Jim s peculiarities, I omitted an explanation 

 of our last association and final separation. I was 

 not fond of driving the gallant steed so gallant that 

 he usually danced twenty feet to one side, and stood 

 on his hind legs whenever he saw the dress of a 

 woman^but I was occasionally forced to make use 

 of his services. The train happening to give out, 

 and being pressed to attend to some business in town, 

 I had him harnessed, and, with some misgivings, com 

 menced my journey toward the city. By great care 

 and discretion, I managed to make my &quot;way through 

 the village, which he cleared at full run, in conse 

 quence of a sudden whistle from a locomotive at 

 tached to a dirt train ; over the bridge, where he 

 shied from one side to the other, grazing both the 

 wheels against the heavy plank balustrade ; along 

 Jackson s Avenue, where he bounced up and down 

 on passing every market-wagon or hay-cart ; on board 

 the ferry-boat, to which he was only constrained by 



