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     ;'Got a fine hoss thar��' sez I�察�'reckon I never see such a purty color��' sez 

I。   'He is purty��' sez he�察�'per'aps too purty for ME to be a´drivin'�察�but he 

isn't fast。'    'I ain't speakin' o' that��' sez I�察�'it's his looks that I'm talkin' of�察�

whar   might   ye   hev   got   him��'   'He   was   offered   to   me   by   a   fr'en'   o'   me 

boyhood��' sez he�察�'he's a pinto mustang��' sez he�察�'from Californy�察�whar they 

breed 'em。' 'What's a pinto hoss��' sez I。               'The same ez a calico hoss��' sez 

he�察�'what they have   in cirkises�察�but   ye never see   'em that color。'                  En   he 

was   right�察  �for   when   I   looked   him  over   I   never   DID   see   such   a   soft   and 

silky coat�察�and his mane and tail jest glistened。                  'It IS a little too showy 

for   ye��'   sez   I�察  �'but   I   might   take   him   at   a   fair   price。 What's   your   fr'en' 

askin'��'     'He   won't   sell   him   to   anybody   but   me��'   sez   Lummox�察  �'he's   a 

horror o' hoss traders�察�anyway�察�and his price is more like a gift to a fr'en'。' 

'What   might   that   price   be�察  �ef   it's   a   fair   question��'   sez   I�察  �for   the   more   I 

looked at the hoss the more I liked him。               'A hundred and fifty dollars��' sez 

he�察�'but my fr'en' would ask YOU double that。'                    'Couldn't YOU and ME 

make   a   trade��'   sez   I�察  �'I'll   exchange   ye   that   roan   mare�察  �that's   worth   two 

hundred�察�for this hoss and fifty dollars。'               With that he drew himself up�察�

and   sez   he�此  �'Mr。   Borem��'   sez   he�察  �'I   share   my   fr'en's   opinion   about   hoss 

tradin'�察�and I promised my mother I'd never swap hosses。                        You ought to 

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     ;That's so� ─�said Mrs。 Bigsby�察 �I'm wonderin' ye dared to ax him。; 

     Dan'l   passed   his   hand   over   his   mouth�察  �and   continued�此   �'I   dunno   but 

you're right�察�Lummox��' sez I�察�'per'aps it's jest as well as thar wasn't TWO 

in the Bank in that bizness。'         But the more I looked at the hoss the more I 

hankered arter him。         'Look here��' sez I�察�'I tell ye what I'll do�         �I'll LEND 

you   my   hoss   and   you'll   LEND   me   yourn。       I'll   draw   up   a   paper   to   that 

effect�察�and provide that in case o' accidents�察�ef I don't return you your hoss�察�

I'll agree to pay you a hundred and fifty dollars。              You'll give me the same 

kind    o'  paper    about   my    hosswith     the  proviso    that  you    pay   me   two 

hundred for him��'        'Excuse me�察�Mr。 Borem��' sez he�察�'but that difference of 

fifty makes a hoss trade accordin' to my mind。                It's agin' my principles to 

make such an agreement。'; 

     ;An' he was right�察�Dan'l�察─�said Mrs。 Bigsby approvingly。 

     But Dan'l wiped his mouth again�察�leaving�察�however�察�a singular smile 

on it。    ;Well�察�ez I wanted that hoss�察�I jest thought and thought� �I knew I 

could   get   two   hundred   and   fifty   for   him   easy�察  �and   that   Lummox   didn't 

know anythin' of his valoo�察�and I finally agreed to make the swap even。 

'What   do   you   call   him��'   sez   I。  'Pegasus��'   sez   he��'the   poet's   hoss�察  �on 

account o' his golden mane��' sez he。 That made me laff�察�for I never knew a 

poet ez could afford to hev a hoss��much less one like that�                   �But I said�此�

'I'll borry Pegasus o' you on those terms。'            The next day I took the hoss to 

Jonesville�察�Lummox was right�此�he wasn't FAST�察�but�察�jest as I expected�察�he 

made      a  sensation�      �Folks    crowded      round    him    whenever      I  stopped�察�

wimmin followed him and children cried for him。                    I could hev sold him 

for three hundred without leavin' town�             �'So ye call him Pegasus��' sez Doc 

Smith�察  �grinnin'�察  �'I   didn't   known   ye   was   subject   to    the   divine   afflatus�察�

Dan'l。'    'I don' offen hev it��' sez I�察�'but when I do I find a little straight gin 

does   me   good。'     'So   did   Byron��'   sez   he�察  �chucklin'。   But   even   if   I   had 

called him 'Beelzebub' the hull town would hev bin jest as crazy over him。 

Well�察  �as   it   was   comin'   on   to   rain   I   started   jest   after   sundown   for   home。 

But it came ter blow�察�an' ter pour cats and dogs�察�an' I was nigh washed out 

o' the buggy�察�besides losin' my way and gettin' inter ditches and puddles�察�

and I hed to stop at Staples' Half´Way House and put up for the night。 In 

the mornin' I riz up early and goes into the stable yard�察�and the first thing I 



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sees was the 'ostler。      'I hope ye giv' my hoss a good scrub down��' I sez�察�'as 

I told ye�察�for his color is that delicate the smallest spot shows。               It's a very 

rare color for a hoss。'        'I was hopin' it might be��' sez he。          I was a little 

huffed at that�察�and I sez�此�'It's considered a very beautiful color。' 'Mebbe it 

is��' sez he�察�'but I never cared much for fireworks。' 'What yer mean��' sez I。 

'Look here�察�Squire��' sez he�察�'I don't mind scourin' and rubbin' down a hoss 

that   will   stay   the  same   color   TWICE�察      �but  when    he   gets   to  playin'  a 

kaladeoskope on me�察�I kick��' 'Trot him out��' sez I�察�beginnin' to feel queer。 

With that he fetched out the hoss�             �For a minit I hed to ketch on to the 

fence to keep myself from fallin'。           I swonny� �ef he didn't look like a case 

of measles on top o' yaller fever'cept where the harness had touched him�察�

and that was kinder stenciled out all over him。              Thar was places whar the 

'ostler had washed down to the foundation color�察�a kind o' chewed licorice� �

Then I knew that somebody had bin sold terrible�察�and I reckoned it might 

be   me�    �But   I   said   nothin'   to   the   'ostler�察  �and   waited   until   dark�察  �when   I 

drove him over here�察�and put him in the stables�察�lettin' no one see him。                  In 

the mornin' Lummox comes to me�察�and sez he�此�'I'm glad to see you back��' 

sez   he�察  �'for   my   conscience   is   troublin'   me   about   that   hoss   agreement�察  �it 

looks too much like a hoss trade��' sez he�察�'and I'm goin' to send the hoss 

back。'    'Mebbe your conscience��' sez I�察�'may trouble you a little more ef 

you'll step this way��' and with that I takes his arm and leads him round to 

the stable and brings out the hoss。 

     ;Well�察 �Lummox   never   changes   ez   much   as   a   hair�察  �ez   he   puts   up   his 

eyeglasses。      'I'm not good at what's called   ;Pop'lar Art�察�' sez he。 'Is it   a 

chromo�察�or your own work��' sez he�察�critical like。 

     ;'It's YOUR HOSS��' sez I。 

     ;He looks at me a minit and then drors a paper from his pocket。 'This 

paper��' sez he in his quiet way�察�'was drored up by you and is a covenant to 

return to me a yaller hoss with golden mane and tail or a hundred and 

fifty  dollars。    Ez   I   don't   see   the   hoss   anywhere   mebbe   you've   got   the 

hundred and fifty dollars handy��' sez he。 'Suppose I hadn't the money��' sez 

I。   'I should be obliged��' sez he in a kind o' pained Christian´martyr way�察�

'ter  sell YOUR  hoss   for two hundred�察 �and   send   the  money  to   my   fr'en'。' 

We looked   at each other steddy for   a   minit   and then I   counts him  out   a 



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hundred and fifty。       He took the money sad´like and then sez�此�'Mr。 Borem��' 

sez he�察�'this is a great morril lesson to us��' and went back to the office。                In 

the   arternoon   I   called   in   an   old   hoss   dealer   that   I   knew   and   shows   him 

Pegasus。 

     ;'He wants renewin'��' sez he。 

     ;'Wot's that��' sez I。 

     ;'A  few   more   bottles   o'   that   British   Blonde   Hair   Dye   to   set   him   up 

ag'in。    That's wot they allus do in the cirkis�察�whar he kem from。' 

     ;Then   I   went   back   to   the   office   and   I   took   down   my   sign。 'What's 

that   you   re   doin'��'   sez   Lummox�察  �with   a   sickly   kind   o'   smile。 'Are   you 

goin' out o' the bizness��' 

     ;'No�察�I'm only goin' to change that sign from ;Dan'l Borem; to ;Borem 

and Lummox�察�' sez I。          'I've concluded it's cheaper for me to take you inter 

partnership   now   than   to   continue   in   this   way�察  �which   would   only   end   in 

your hevin' to take me in later。         I preferred to DO IT FUST。'; 

       VII 

       A rich man�察�and settled in business�察�John Lummox concluded that he 

would marry Mary Bike。              With that far´sighted logic which had always 

characterized   him   he   reasoned   that�察  �having   first   met   her   on   a   liner�察  �he 

would find her again on one if he took passage to Europe。                      He didbut 

she was down on the passenger list as Mrs。 Edwin Wraggles。                       The result 

of their interview was given to Mrs。 Bigsby by Dan'l Borem in his own 

dialect。 

     ;Ez far as I kin see�察�it was like the Deacon's Sunday hoss trade�察�bein' 

all 'Ef it wassent。'     'Ef ye wasn't Mrs。 Wraggles��' sez Lummox�察�sez he�察�'I'd 

be tellin'   ye   how I've   loved   ye   ever sence   I   first seed   ye。   Ef   ye   wasn't 

Mrs。   Wraggles�察  �I'd     be   squeezin'   yer    hand��'   sez   he�察 �'ef   ye   wasn't  Mrs。 

Wraggles�察�I'd be askin' ye to marry me。'               Then the gal ups and sez�察�sez 

she�此�'But I AIN'T Mrs。 Wraggles��' sez she�察�'Mrs。 Wraggles is my sister�察�and 

couldn't come�察 �so   I'm travelin'   on   her ticket�察 �and that's how  my  name   is 

Wraggles on the passenger list。'            'But why didn't ye tell 

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