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"I wonder what luck in horses 

 this time," said Nimrod. "I hope 

 they are safe." 



The Tevi exchanged glances. 



"Well, we have done our best," 

 Bobbie exclaimed, in dogged tones 

 that suggested history. 



" You may as well tell them now, " 

 said Sally. "We'll never be able not 

 to, it is too good a story." 



"There is one thing a tenderfoot 

 can count on in buying horses out 

 here. He will get the worst of it," 

 Nimrod said consolingly. 



"That's right," and Bobbie 

 fetched a deep sigh "you saw the 

 thing I was riding to-day? Well, 

 that's my latest." 



"Go on, Bobbie. It is all in the 

 day's work. ' ' His wife's eyes twinkled 

 sympathetically. 



" Well, there is a chap here with the 

 most of his palate gone, talked as 

 though he had a hot potato in his 

 mouth, fishy eyes, dirty, lazy, Dick 

 Jones, he is a duffer." 



" Katy is all right for Pet, but the 

 'Captain* Lusk you know, who owns 

 this lodge, had nothing I wanted to 

 ride, so I decided to send Jones to 



