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 eigliteenpence. 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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