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being exposed for sale in a similar manner to the bay. 

 He hailed him, not as we say, ** Brown Horse!" but 

 in some way equally showing himself not "at home" 

 in a fair. He was told it belonged to the Reverend 

 Mr. Somebody, ten miles off. A horse sent by a 

 member of the church boded, or ought to bode, his 

 being what he was represented by the pretended 

 servant of the divine ; in charity we will suppose 

 that if sent by such holy person, he vvould be so. 

 After getting the horse out of the fair, a person comes 

 up, and addressing the man, says — 



" Come, you had better take my offer ;" and, pro- 

 ducing a handful of (we will suppose flash notes), 

 adds, " Five-and- forty is no bad price." 



" Thank ye. Sir, can't take it," says the man. 



Then up comes a very gentlemanly-looking man, 

 and addressing our hero, says, " I should be sorry to 

 interfere with you, Sir ; but should you not agree for 

 the horse, would you be kind enough to buy him for 

 me? I will wait at the inn opposite ; the fellow was 

 most impudent to me early in the day, and I don t 

 v.ant to have anyihing to say to him." 



