They took the hitching post and a few fence palings, which scraped the paint from a wheel.

Sinton missed the lines at the first effort, but the dragging post impeded the horses, and he soon caught them.

He led them to the barn, and ordered Billy to remain in the carriage while he unhitched.

Then leading Billy and carrying his packages he entered the yard.
"You run play a few minutes, Billy," he said.

"I want to talk to the nice lady." The nice lady was looking rather stupefied as Wesley approached her.
"Where in the name of sense did you get that awful child ?" she demanded.
"He is a young gentleman who has been stopping Elnora and eating her lunch every day, part of the time with the assistance of his brother and sister, while our girl went hungry.