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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 what?'' I gasped, for this was 

 an animal well worth seventy or eighty. 



" Thirty - five pounds, and not a penny 

 less." 



I said nothing. All I did was to climb off 

 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 peiichant for the 

 non-jumping, weedy thoroughbred. 



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

 have got over acting like a fool." 



