StNicholas [serial] . jock, forgetful of himself, was determined to give his horse a chance for ST. NICHOLAS. Vol. XXVII. NOVEMBER, 1899. No. FOR THE SAKE OF A HORSE. By Ian Maclaren, Author of Beside the Bonnie Brier Bush, etc. In the days of long ago I used to live in thesummer-time upon a farm in one of the richplains of Scotland, where the soil was deep andwe could grow everything, from the fragrant redclover to the strong, upstanding wheat. Onereason why our farm bore such abundant cropswas its situation; for it lay, in the shape ofthe letter V, between two rivers which metupon
StNicholas [serial] . jock, forgetful of himself, was determined to give his horse a chance for ST. NICHOLAS. Vol. XXVII. NOVEMBER, 1899. No. FOR THE SAKE OF A HORSE. By Ian Maclaren, Author of Beside the Bonnie Brier Bush, etc. In the days of long ago I used to live in thesummer-time upon a farm in one of the richplains of Scotland, where the soil was deep andwe could grow everything, from the fragrant redclover to the strong, upstanding wheat. Onereason why our farm bore such abundant cropswas its situation; for it lay, in the shape ofthe letter V, between two rivers which metupon our ground. One of the rivers was broadand shallow, and its clear water ran overgravel, brawling and fretting when it cameupon a large stone, and making here and therea pleasant little fall. This river in the winter-time could rise high and run with a strong cur-rent, and there were days and sometimes weekswhen we could not send our men and horsesacross its ford. We never hated this river, be-cause, although it could be angry and proudwhen the snow was melting on the distant hillor a big thunder-cloud burst in the glens aboveus, it was never tre
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