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try. ' Rub down my horse and give him four quarts 

 of oats,' he said to the hostler at the stable, and then 

 he went into the house to get his own supper. Later 

 he went back to the stable. 'Have you had your 

 supper, Bell? 5 he asked. Bell whinnied 'No.' 



'Why haven't you fed my horse?' Harry said 

 to the hostler. 



'She has had her supper,' said the hostler. 



'You are mistaken; she has not.' 



'I know she has/ answered the man. 



'Did you feed her yourself?' inquired Harry. 

 " 'No, but I told my boy to.' 

 ; 'Then Harry hunted up the boy. 'Did you feed 

 my horse ?' he asked. 'No,' said the boy, 'someone 

 called me to the telephone and I forgot it.' 



" 'There,' said Harry, 'what did I tell you ? Bell 

 said she had not been fed, and she never tells lies. 9 " 



Another story: 



JOHN AND BYRON 



John was a negro boy, full of fun and frolic. Byron was a 

 large, white horse. Both lived and worked on Grandma Hud- 

 son's farm. 



John had a habit that Byron disliked. While he was eating 



