. Seen from the saddle . louds float-ing over them separated in flaming masses, 86 or grew black in heavy blocks. From thehill they saw their great shadows pass slow-ly over the top of the green forest. If we had any such historical associationthis would be as beautiful as a view ofRome from the Villa DEste, said Philis-tina. D. turned right about in a manner whichwould have been agitating to Dolly, butwas received by Worchester with phleg-matic indifference as all being in a dayswork. * No historical association, indeed ! Willyou tell me why the Pequot War and Cap-tain John Mason, of Windsor,
. Seen from the saddle . louds float-ing over them separated in flaming masses, 86 or grew black in heavy blocks. From thehill they saw their great shadows pass slow-ly over the top of the green forest. If we had any such historical associationthis would be as beautiful as a view ofRome from the Villa DEste, said Philis-tina. D. turned right about in a manner whichwould have been agitating to Dolly, butwas received by Worchester with phleg-matic indifference as all being in a dayswork. * No historical association, indeed ! Willyou tell me why the Pequot War and Cap-tain John Mason, of Windsor, are not asmuch matters of history as the fights be-tween the Sabines and the Romans ? Orthese paths, trod by the men who origi-nated this government of the people, by thepeople, for the people, are not as sacred asthe walks traversed by Cicero ? There isone point of resemblance, however, I grantyou, which makes the view of Hartford asinteresting as that of Rome. Both aredrained into their own rivers. Let us gohome. VIII. ARDON my whispering, read-er, but the habit has takenfast hold. Philistina has beenbuying a horse, and the affairhas been conducted with somuch secrecy and so much diplomacy thatloud speech has not been indulged in dur-ing the negotiation. The first thing one has to learn when onegoes into the horse business is to assume anair of indifference. No matter if horsebackriding is the one essential to your health,no matter if your ambition to ride or love ofthe exercise renders the thought of a horse-less existence insupportable, conceal yourreal emotion. What you have got to fightin the man who sells you your horse is acool reluctance to enter into business rela-tions with you. Hed like to have you havethe horse. He likes you, likes the way youtalk, likes your looks. If he was not aplain man and no flatterer hed say hed rather you have the horse than anybody heever knew on so short an theres a little matter between him anda lady over to Willimantic
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