'I should be obliged,' sez he in a kind o' pained Christian-martyr way, 'ter sell YOUR hoss for two hundred, and send the money to my fr'en'.' We looked at each other steddy for a minit and then I counts him out a hundred and fifty.

He took the money sad-like and then sez: 'Mr.Borem,' sez he, 'this is a great morril lesson to us,' and went back to the office.

In the arternoon I called in an old hoss dealer that I knew and shows him Pegasus.
"'He wants renewin',' sez he.
"'Wot's that ?' sez I.
"'A few more bottles o' that British Blonde Hair Dye to set him up ag'in.

That's wot they allus do in the cirkis, whar he kem from.' "Then I went back to the office and I took down my sign.

'What's that you re doin' ?' sez Lummox, with a sickly kind o' smile.