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38 Dolly and a Real Gentleman

           Alittleaheadofusontheothersideofthestreetacartwithtwoveryfinehorseswasstandingbeforesomewinevaults;thecarterwasnotwiththem,andIcannottellhowlongtheyhadbeenstanding,buttheyseemedtothinktheyhadwaitedlongenough,andbegantomoveoff.Beforetheyhadgonemanypacesthecartercamerunningoutandcaughtthem.Heseemedfuriousattheirhavingmoved,andwithwhipandreinpunishedthembrutally,evenbeatingthemaboutthehead.Ourgentlemansawitall,andsteppingquicklyacrossthestreet,saidinadecidedvoice:

           “Ifyoudon’tstopthatdirectly,I’llhaveyouarrestedforleavingyourhorses,andforbrutalconduct.”

           Theman,whohadclearlybeendrinking,pouredforthsomeabusivelanguage,butheleftoffknockingthehorsesabout,andtakingthereins,gotintohiscart;meantimeourfriendhadquietlytakenanote-bookfromhispocket,andlookingatthenameandaddresspaintedonthecart,hewrotesomethingdown.

           “Whatdoyouwantwiththat?”growledthecarter,ashecrackedhiswhipandwasmovingon.Anodandagrimsmilewastheonlyanswerhegot.

           Onreturningtothecabourfriendwasjoinedbyhiscompanion,whosaidlaughingly,“Ishouldhavethought,Wright,youhadenoughbusinessofyourowntolookafter,withouttroublingyourselfaboutotherpeople’shorsesandservants.”

           Ourfriendstoodstillforamoment,andthrowinghisheadalittleback,“Doyouknowwhythisworldisasbadasitis?”

           “No,”saidtheother.

           “ThenI’lltellyou

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