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Oxford, authorising him to keep possession 

 of the said horses. 



Satisfied with this I desisted, and re- 

 monstrated with the man for not telling 

 me as much before. 



"So I should," he replied, "had you not 

 been so hasty." 



I acknowledged my error, and rewarded 

 him with half-a-crown ; went in and asked 

 him to follow me and have a glass of 

 purl, for it was a cold morning not that 

 I joined him in that favourite beverage of 

 a certain class. He locked the stable-door, 

 and told me that the mayor, having re- 

 ceived information of the ingenious con- 

 trivances of the pseudo-Colonel, and of 

 his entry within his jurisdiction, had had 

 him taken into custody; and that he was 

 then in Oxford gaol, and would be 

 brought up before the magistrates at 

 eleven o'clock. 



When my fellow-traveller came down 

 to breakfast I informed him what had 



