"I'll tell you, Clarke, we have some riders here in the settlement.

Have you heard of Major McColloch's leap over the hill ?" "I have heard it mentioned, and I would like to hear the story," responded Alfred.

"I am fond of horses, and think I can ride a little myself.

I am afraid I shall be compelled to change my mind." "That is a fine animal you rode from Fort Pitt," remarked the Major.
"I would like to own him." "Come, draw your chairs up and he'll listen to Isaac's story," said Colonel Zane.
"I have not much of a story to tell," said Isaac, in a voice still weak and low.

"I have some bad news, I am sorry to say, but I shall leave that for the last.