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from a superior height? B 's horse 



went lame. Bleeding worked no im- 

 provement, the remedy seems as uni- 

 versal and as useless for horses, as it 

 was for human beings a hundred years 

 ago. When the leg swelled and stiffen- 

 ed, B 's mistress gave him money 



wherewith to buy liniment, and charged 

 him straitly as to the use of it. Two 

 days afterwards, on a Monday, the horse 

 trotted up to the door with four sound 

 legs under him. 



"I knew the liniment would cure 

 him." 



"But, Madame, 



"What! did you not buy the lini- 

 ment 1" 



"But no, Madame, 



"How is it then that the horse is well ; 

 what did you do to him?" 



"Madame, I will tell you. Doubtless 

 the liniment is good, very good, for 

 ordinary troubles, but the case was a 

 grave one, and not to be trifled with; 



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