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Chapter 20

           Consequently,theponybeingdeterredbynoconsiderationsofdutyorobedience,andnothavingbeforehimtheslightestfearofthehumaneye,hadatlengthstartedoff,andwasatthatmomentrattlingdownthestreetMrChuckster,withhishatoffandapenbehindhisear,hangingonintherearofthechaiseandmakingfutileattemptstodrawittheotherway,totheunspeakableadmirationofallbeholders.Eveninrunningaway,however,Whiskerwasperverse,forhehadnotgoneveryfarwhenhesuddenlystopped,andbeforeassistancecouldberendered,commencedbackingatnearlyasquickapaceashehadgoneforward.BythesemeansMrChucksterwaspushedandhustledtotheofficeagain,inamostingloriousmanner,andarrivedinastateofgreatexhaustionanddiscomfiture.

           Theoldladythensteppedintoherseat,andMrAbel(whomtheyhadcometofetch)intohis.Theoldgentleman,afterreasoningwiththeponyontheextremeimproprietyofhisconduct,andmakingthebestamendsinhispowertoMrChuckster,tookhisplacealso,andtheydroveaway,wavingafarewelltotheNotaryandhisclerk,andmorethanonceturningtonodkindlytoKitashewatchedthemfromtheroad.

           

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