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other, with forefinger upraised, appeared to 

 menace me; "that's a good 'un, that is, and 

 if you doan't like my price, it's not a bit o' 

 use for you to try to higgle wi' me. I 

 wants thirty -five sovereigns for he, and I 

 doan't take not a penny less ; so now take it, 

 or leave it." 



"You want ivliatf' I gasped, for this was 

 an animal well worth seventy or eighty. 



" Thirty - fi^Q pounds, and not a penny 

 less." 



I said nothing. All I did was to climb ofi* 

 that horse, take the excellent agriculturist by 

 the arm and lead him into his own house. 

 Instinct told me where he kept the pens and 

 ink, and I never wrote out a cheque in such a 

 hurry in my life ! The young 'un turned out 

 one of the best hunters kind Fate has ever 

 thrown in my way. 



Only a short time since, a friend was re- 

 minding me of my early penchant for the 

 non-jumping, weedy thoroughbred. 



" Ah," I said, " I'm a bit older now, and 

 have got over acting like a fool." 



