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to a further examination, when it was found that the 

 horse was suffering from chronic lameness in both fore 

 feet, besides other infirmities too numerous to mention : 

 suffice it to say, that his value was not more than 5 

 or 6. 



The Captain immediately went to London, leaving 

 instructions for the groom to bring the horse by rail. 

 He took a cab to the Doctor's stables, but nothing was 

 known of any Doctor, and Jimmey, the groom, only 

 had a screw standing there at livery a few days, and he 

 had never been seen since the horse went away ; that 

 was all they knew about the man. Here was a pre- 

 dicament for the Captain to be in, and the horse on his 

 way to the town ! What was to be done with him 

 when he arrived ; for it was evident that he had been 

 done very brown ? At last he determined to take the 

 horse to the very dealer to whom he at first applied for 

 a horse. He would confess everything, and ask his 

 advice, and, if possible, get him to take the screw as part 

 payment for the horse he at first selected, or some other, 

 if that was sold. He accordingly met his groom and 

 gave the necessary instructions, and followed himself* 

 but when he arrived found the principal away at Lin- 

 coln Fair ; so he left the horse at livery, telling the 

 foreman he would come again on a certain day. When 

 the dealer arrived home with his horses, he found the 

 Captain's screw very comfortably quartered in one of 

 his best boxes. 



