80 PRECEPT ATTD PEA.CTTCE. 



the trouble of saddling the horse. I think I shall 

 make up my mind to have him." 



Now, there is a vast difference between saying 

 " We think we shall make up our minds to have a 

 thing," and "¥/e will have it." Seller knew this, and 

 though Mr. Verdant had actually made up his mind 

 on the subject, seller did not know this, so brings 

 forward what seems an unmistakable proof of honest 

 intentions, by way of a clincher, in this way : — 



" Now you shan't have him till you have rode him, 

 I don't want you to say you bought an unpleasant 

 horse to ride, and that I sold him to you. Why I 

 know you can judge of a horse in ten minutes, up 

 and down the road here, as well as in ten hours — 

 bring him out. Bill." 



Now had Mr. Verdant said at once that he would 

 have him, seller would not have cared one farthing 

 whether his customer subsequently liked the horse or 

 not ; but he knew he was pleasant to ride, and so 

 perfectly quiet that the vs^orst rider in Christendom 

 conld not make him otherwise, and as he had speci- 

 lied ten minutes to be ample time for such a judge 



