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trip, he was fully equal to the thirty miles from Peters- 

 ham to Leominster. We forgot to ask to have the 

 phaeton washed, and it looked so bad we stopped at a 

 watering-trough in the outskirts of the town and washed 

 off the shields with newspapers. After this we felt so 

 respectable and self-confident that we did not heed our 

 ways, until a familiar landmark in the wrong direction 

 brought us to the certain knowledge that we were 

 decidedly off our road. 



We saw a young man and he knew we were wrong, but 

 that was all he knew about it, so we turned back and 

 presently came across an older and wiser man, who said, 

 pityingly, "Oh, you are wrong, but if you will follow me, 

 I will start you right." We meekly followed for a mile 

 and a half perhaps, but it seemed twice that, then he 

 stopped and directed us to Princeton. We had no more 

 difficulty, but were so late at the Prospect House that a 

 special lunch was prepared for us, dinner being over. 



It grew very cold, and was dark before we got home, 

 but Jerry knew where he was going and lost no time. 

 Although he had been through about ninety towns, and 

 been cared for at over thirty different hotels, he had not 

 forgotten Leominster and his own stall. Do you suppose 

 he remembers, too, his old Kentucky home? 



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