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upon ; here was sense and good intent as hostages 

 for his afler- conduct. 



Now, had he found himself expected to aid and 

 abet a repetition of his young friend's former follies, 

 he would have cut the thing at once, and have left 

 him to make as great a simpleton of himself as he 

 wished ; but the case was altered. He now found a 

 sensible young man, willing — nay, wishing — to be 

 led the right way ; so he determined to serve him to 

 the best of his own judgment and experience. 



" "Well," cried Mentor, " what do you propose by 

 keeping horses — in other words, what are the pursuits 

 in which you mean to use them? We can then 

 decide on the kind of horse required." 



"Why, I mean to hunt this winter." 



** There can be no reason you should not," replied 

 Mentor ; but somehow it struck him his young friend's 

 peculiarities must be a good deal altered before he 

 could make any figure (unless a bad one) by the 

 cover side. However, he said nothing. 



" Why I particularly wanted to see you was this : 

 there are six of Mr. 's horses advertised for sale 



