172 ASHGILL; OR, THE LIFE 



money, put the horse through the mill and found he 

 could not stay, or rather that he suddenly had to turn 

 it up when hard pressed, owing to some impediment in 

 his throat. The " vets." of the day described it as spasm 

 of the epiglottis, but Dr. Shorthouse, in his more direct 

 manner, pronounced it a form of roaring and an 

 incurable malady. 



