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only have involved him in altercation with a set who 

 would be sure to support each other, and by which 

 he would only subject himself to low ridicule, if not 

 abuse — we know not; but he determined to have 

 nothing more to do with the regular low dealers, but 

 would try and find among the single horses he had 

 seen being ridden up and down the fair for sale, 

 something he might buy, treating only with the 

 person in charge of it. 



Seeing a good-looking bay horse going down the 

 street, with a bit of ribbon in his bridle, which he 

 had already seen enough of a fair to make him aware 

 indicated the horse was for sale — "Young man!" 

 said he, calling the attention of the rider. 



Now a word shows those accustomed to such 

 places whether the speaker is, or is not so ; if, instead 

 of " young man," he had said " bay horse," it would 

 have told the rider he was addressed by one accus- 

 tomed to the usage and diction of fairs : however, 

 " young man" pulled up. 



Now a man accustomed to this kind of thing on 

 the horse stopping, walks up to him, asks a leading 



