HORSE-DEALING 



he, " I sent my boy with it to the knacker's in Maiden 

 Lane, and told him to sell it for the most he could get." 

 " Then,'' said I, " you have sold it all right ? " and he 

 answered yes. 



Thinking he looked rather dejected, I said, " Now, what 

 did you get for it ? " " Well," said he, "you would hardly 

 believe it, the boy brought me back eighteenpence. This 

 is my first and last attempt to become a horse-dealer." 



In my experience it was the cheapest living pony of 

 which I had ever heard. 



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