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An Accident

           Sometimesthisstateofaffairswouldlastawholemonth,andthestock-keeperwouldbedriventohiswits’endbyhisbleating,bellowing,neighingarmy.Thenallofasudden,onefineday,withoutrhymeorreason,adetachmentwouldtakeitintotheirheadstomakeastartacross,andtheonlydifficultynowwastokeepthewholeherdfromrushinghelter-skelterafterthem.Thewildestconfusionsetinamongtheranks,andnumbersoftheanimalsweredrownedinthepassage.

           SuchwasthenarrativeofSamMachell.Duringitsrecital,aconsiderablepartofthetroophadfiledpastingoodorder.Itwastimeforhimtoreturntohisplaceattheirhead,thathemightbeabletochoosethebestpasturage.TakingleaveofLordGlenarvan,hesprangonacapitalhorseofthenativebreed,thatoneofhismenheldwaitingforhim,andaftershakinghandscordiallywitheverybodyallround,tookhisdeparture.Afewminuteslater,nothingwasvisibleofthestock-keeperandhistroopbutacloudofdust.

           Thewagonresumeditscourseintheoppositedirection,anddidnotstopagaintilltheyhaltedforthenightatthefootofMountTalbot.

           Paganelmadethejudiciousobservationthatitwasthe25thofDecember,theChristmasDaysodeartoEnglishhearts.Butthestewardhadnotforgottenit,andanappetizingmealwassoonreadyunderthetent,forwhichhedeservedandreceivedwarmcomplimentsfromtheguests.Indeed,M.Olbinetthadquiteexcelledhimselfonthisoccasion.

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