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so that he'd heerd folks say that the fir-trees was a-rub- 

 bing themselves against one another " — one such winter 

 as this Old Lai had not been seen for three weeks. 

 This fact did not cause any anxiety to his friend the 

 ostler. But one Sunday afternoon, when he had " four 



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o'clocked his horses " and was putting a sack over his 

 shoulders preparatory to going down to his cottage, who 

 should come up to him but one Trojan — a fox-hound 

 and a respected member of Old Lai's team. The fact 

 that Trojan had part of his harness on, set the ostler 



