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a profit was to be made, and to him a ^lo horse 

 which he could sell for ^15 next day, he not unwisely 

 argued was a better bargain than a 100 guinea one 

 which he might have to keep for a couple of months 

 for a possible pony's profit. 



After both had looked Lot 39 pretty critically over, 

 Mr. B., tilting his hat at the same time so forward 

 that its brim rested on the bridge of his big broad 

 nose, pompously thus held forth: "I wants this 

 'ere 'oss, W., and means a having of him;" and, 

 having so delivered himself, awaited a reply from 

 the younger man, who, less meekly than he expected, 

 said quietly, "Do you ? he does seem a usefulish sort, 

 and I, too, means a having a bid for him myself." 



"Now, young man," continued Mr. B. in his most 

 patronising tones, "I says / wants him, and it ain't 

 of no manner of use you opposing me, particular'' 

 (this coaxingty) " if I makes it worth your while to 

 stand out." 



" Right ! " was the accommodating W.'s rejoinder, 

 "give me a fiver if you buys him, and I'm no bidder." 

 And in this laudable arrangement, Mr. B. having 

 acquiesced, the pair parted, and in a few minutes 

 the foreman appeared with his keys, the company 

 cleared out of the stables, and the doors of the 

 latter were duly locked. 



There was the usual company present as the well- 



