Bob Younger's Fate — page 213: what you’re looking at

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pha | BOB YOUNGER’S FATE, ‘“Haven’t none,’ growled the farmer. | “Oh, come, now; don’t attempt to stuff us in that. style. You can’t farm without horses. Ill give you any reasonable sum if you’ll sell us what you’ve ‘oad # “If I had any you’d steal ’em right before my eyes.”’ "eN o, I mean business with you, if you don’t prove stubborn.’’ Jake still looked somewhat doubtful, but Belton finally convinced him that he was really in earnest, - and so they at last struck a bargain. He was to sell his entire stock, which consisted of three horses, to the party for the sum of four hun- dred dollars, and on being released for the purpose, he called the animals in from the pasture, and pre- pared them for the journey. Theo then counted out the money and passed it over to the old fellow, who pocketed it witha satis- faction that clearly showed how fortunate he con- sidered himself in getting off so easily. With a friendly warning to the couple, Belton ‘rode off in the lead, followed in turn by Jones, who was seated on a nag that showed a disposition every few moments to lie down and rest, while Theo and Myra brought up the rear on the third horse, which objected decidedly to carrying double; but the lit- tle party got on famously, and in spite of some few difficulties which were from the necessities of the case forced upon them, they found it infinitely pre- ferable to walking. They stopped over night at a farmhouse, and early next day reached the city, tired out, but re- joiced to find that their present troubles were over. Theo embraced the earliest opportunity of mak- ing a confession to Myra of all his misdeeds com- mitted during the past six months, taking particu- lar pains not to smooth anything over; and it may be assumed as granted that she gave him a full par- don in view of the circumstances under which he had been placed and the peculiar temptations to which he had been saree eed. The joy of Myra’s parents at the appearance of GOoOmiiGc ayo le) cS (E(0) m