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time with that young horse," said Mr. 

 Glasgow suavely, " you ought to have a 

 try at him, Lady Susan ; a lady will often 

 make a horse go when a man can't — at 

 least, some ladies can." 



Lady Susan cast her dark eyes upon him 

 and lauQ^hed. 



" Oh, I say, that's what they call blarney 

 over here, isn't it ? We call it humbug in 

 England, you know ! " 



None the less, her opinion of Mr. Glasgow 

 rose, and, so much is there in the manner 

 of saying a stupid thing, he was pleased 

 by the approval and did not notice the 

 stupidity. 



The emissary to the home of " the grand 

 dog " was already on his way over the hill, 

 speeded by injunctions from his friends to 

 " kick off the owld shoes and be hirrying." 

 The remainder of the party applied them- 

 selves to the agreeable device of damming, 

 at the upper end of the drain, the stream 

 that flowed through it, with the object, as 

 was explained, of "gethering a flood,'' which 



