Harper's story booksA series of narratives, dialogues, biographies, and tales, for the instruction and entertainment of the youngEmbellished with numerous and beautiful engravings . up in the centre of it from a Crotonpipe laid for the purpose under ground. Ah, Duke! said John, you are watering the horses ; let mehold the halter for this one while he drinks. No, Johnny,* said the Duke, not this one, but you mayhold the next one. This is Caesar. Im a little afraid of Caesar,hes so treacherous. What do you mean by that ? asked Johnny. Why, he is so fugacious, said the Duke, so amazing fondof dod
Harper's story booksA series of narratives, dialogues, biographies, and tales, for the instruction and entertainment of the youngEmbellished with numerous and beautiful engravings . up in the centre of it from a Crotonpipe laid for the purpose under ground. Ah, Duke! said John, you are watering the horses ; let mehold the halter for this one while he drinks. No, Johnny,* said the Duke, not this one, but you mayhold the next one. This is Caesar. Im a little afraid of Caesar,hes so treacherous. What do you mean by that ? asked Johnny. Why, he is so fugacious, said the Duke, so amazing fondof dodging off. Ive got the stable door open now just to let in alittle sunshine, and he would not want any better fun than to getout and keep me running after him half an hour, all up and downFourteenth Street. You shall hold Dolphin when I bring himout. So John waited quietly till Cassar had done drinking, and theDuke had led him off to his stall, and had brought back anotherhorse named Dolphin. The Duke put the halter of this horse intoJohns hands, and he stood still, holding it while the horse horse stopped now and then, and turned his head toward John- THE DUKE. 31. THE DUKE AND CSSAK. 32 THE DUKE. The Dukes clock. His opinion of its exactness. ny, and looked very earnestly at him, wondering apparently at hishaving been put under the charge of so small a groom. John remained about ten minutes in the stable, watching all thetime the hands of the Dukes clock, so as to be sure not to staytoo long. The Dukes clock was a double-faced monitor, beingcuriously constructed in the wall which separated the stable on oneside from a little room adjoining it where the Duke slept. It had,accordingly, one face toward the stable and another toward theDukes room, so that, in whichever place the Duke might be, hecould always tell, by looking up, how the time was going. Theclock, moreover, was an excellent one, and the Duke was as proudof it as of any thing in his possession. At length, w
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