"What the DEVIL----!" Dad said, looking round.

But only the young fellow was laughing.
Nell was different from Ned.

She was a bay, with yellow flanks and a lump under her belly; a bright eye, lop ears, and heavy, hairy legs.
She was a very wise mare.

It was wonderful how much she know.

She knew when she was wanted; and she would go away the night before and get lost.