28/50 But thy master's money may bide in a's pouch. Get thy saddles off, lad, and come in; 'tis a smittle night for rheumatics." I helped Dick to take off the saddles, and, having hobbled our horses with stirrup-leathers, we went in. The shepherd was sitting on a block before the fire, in his shirt, smoking his pipe and warming his legs preparatory to turning in. A short, wiry, blackheaded man, with a cunning face--convict all over. |