He stooped quickly and recovered it before the younger man could give him service.

"I shall run Mustapha on the sixteenth at Staunton against Carter's York," he said, in a shaking voice.

"Have you seen that Barbary mare Dick has gotten over from England ?" "No," answered the young man.

"I'll take a look at the stables before I go.

What is your book, sir ?" "It is"-- said the Major.