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29 Cockneys

           Rorywasontheleftsideofthepole,andhadnotevenashafttoprotecthim.Themanwhowasdrivingwasmakingstraightforthecorner,andwhenhecameinsightofushehadnotimetopullovertohisownside.ThewholeshockcameuponRory.Thegigshaftranrightintothechest,makinghimstaggerbackwithacrythatIshallneverforget.Theotherhorsewasthrownuponhishaunchesandoneshaftbroken.Itturnedoutthatitwasahorsefromourownstables,withthehigh-wheeledgigthattheyoungmenweresofondof.

           Thedriverwasoneofthoserandom,ignorantfellows,whodon’tevenknowwhichistheirownsideoftheroad,or,iftheyknow,don’tcare.AndtherewaspoorRorywithhisfleshtornopenandbleeding,andthebloodstreamingdown.Theysaidifithadbeenalittlemoretoonesideitwouldhavekilledhim;andagoodthingforhim,poorfellow,ifithad.

           Asitwas,itwasalongtimebeforethewoundhealed,andthenhewassoldforcoal-carting;andwhatthatis,upanddownthosesteephills,onlyhorsesknow.SomeofthesightsIsawthere,whereahorsehadtocomedownhillwithaheavilyloadedtwo-wheelcartbehindhim,onwhichnobrakecouldbeplaced,makemesadevennowtothinkof.

           AfterRorywasdisabledIoftenwentinthecarriagewithamarenamedPeggy,whostoodinthenextstalltomine.Shewasastrong,well-madeanimal,ofabrightduncolor,beautifullydappled,andwithadark-brownmaneandtail.Therewasnohighbreedingabouther,butshewasveryprettyandremarkablysweet-temperedandwilling.

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