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I knew, and her worth to me was not ten cents except 

 for experiment. I did not tell him what I wanted her 

 for. 



" AVill you sell this mare?"' I inquired. 



He said she was a pet in the family; "the old 

 women could drive her." Tliev can drive all such 

 cripples as this, but not far in a day (I did not tell him 

 that). 



"Whom did you get her of?"' 



"Marshal. He keeps this crockery store right 

 here. His father raised her. Let us go in and talk 

 with Marshal." 



" Mr. Marshal, can vou tell me this mare's life from 

 a colt?" 



" I can, nearly so. She was owned by Yardcee "Wes- 

 ton. At three 3'ears old my father bought her. Siic 

 had always been in the family until I sold her to this 

 man." 



" How old is she now ?" 



" T went V- three." 



" How long has she been stiff?" 



"She was foundered when she was eight years 



old." 



"According to that, she has been stiE fifteen 



years." 



*'Yes." 



" How was it done?" 



"Father let the hired man have her to drive, and he 

 nearlv drove her to death. She has been stiff ever 



7? 



SHICC. 



" Did you ever try to do anything for her?" * 



"Yes; we did everything we could. She has been 



