HARK FORRARD! 89 



the money. He said, "Well, see here, if you 

 can come to Salem on Friday morning, I reckon 

 I can show you a splendid lot of horses, elegant 

 high-headed horses." As Salem was almost on 

 the way here, Fairfield said that we might as 

 well call there. We did so, and arrived there 

 at five this morning. Salem is a village con- 

 sisting of one long, narrow street, like all the 

 other villages about here, with a wooden side- 

 walk on each side of the road. As we drove 

 in, it became evident that every horse within 

 ten miles had been brought in to be shown to 

 us. Both sides of the road were lined with 

 horses hitched to the palings. Every man who 

 had brought a horse expected us to buy, and 

 was quite offended if we did not at least ride 

 it. If we did so, and said the horse did not 

 suit us, they promptly said, " What are his 

 points that don't suit you ? " They would then 

 proceed to recount the numerous virtues pos- 

 sessed by the horse. I was very nearly let in, 

 though, by the very identical chap that got us 

 to go to Salem.' 



