. Lewis Arundel; or, The railroad of life . self by a glance that his charge was in safety,quitted the stable by a side-door. In the meantime, the occupant of the loft had not been soon as Joe became engrossed by the foregoing conversation,the sound of a fine saw at work might have been perceived bya more delicate organization than that of the sturdy groom; andat the moment in which he left the stable, two of the bars of therack were silently removed, and through the opening thuseffected, a man cautiously lowered himself, and, resting his feetfor an instant on the naanger, dropped ligh
. Lewis Arundel; or, The railroad of life . self by a glance that his charge was in safety,quitted the stable by a side-door. In the meantime, the occupant of the loft had not been soon as Joe became engrossed by the foregoing conversation,the sound of a fine saw at work might have been perceived bya more delicate organization than that of the sturdy groom; andat the moment in which he left the stable, two of the bars of therack were silently removed, and through the opening thuseffected, a man cautiously lowered himself, and, resting his feetfor an instant on the naanger, dropped lightly into the boxoccupied by Tartuffe. This feat was accoiuplished so quietly,that the horse, which happened not to be lying down, but wasstanding, trying, through its muzzle, to nibble the straw of itsbed, was scarcely startled, merely raising its head, and staringat its unexpected visitant. This individual now producedfrom his mysterious pocket a handful of oats, and holding themout, allowed Tartuffe to smell and nibble at them; while the. OR, THE RAILROAD OF LIFE. 539 animal was thus engaged, he removed the muzzle, worn for thepurpose of pi-eventing it from eating its litter, or otherwisegaining access to any food of which the trainer might disap-prove. His next proceeding was to draw out that ingenious in-strument of torture yclept a twitch, which, for the benefit of tlioseof om* lady readers who do not happen to be gifted with a stablemind, or to have encouraged sporting tendencies, we maydescribe as a short, thick stick, or handle, about two feet long,terminated by a loop of stout whipcord, or leather, into whichthe upper-lip, or, occasionally, the ear of the horse is inserted;then, by twisting the stick, the loop can be tightened so as toproduce any amount of agony the inflicter may desire : thephilosophy of the matter being, that the animal, finding hisstruggles exactly double his pain, soon has sense enough to choosethe lesser of two evils, and, therefore, stands still
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