THE HAWKER'S HORSE.
An old hawker in Edinburgh, who owned a rather attenuated animal, happening to call at a public-house for his customary {lass, gave his horse in charge of a boy, .vith strict injunctions to be careful of it, .md promising him a penny for his pains. Me had no sooner been served with* 'his .lram, and had raised the glass to his lips, '.han the boy ran in to tell him that his horse had fallen. Seizing the urchin at once, he eried — " Ye little rascal, tak' that" i with a whack on the ear). " That's some >' your pranks ! tbe beast would never hae ia'n had ye no been leanin' against it !"
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Manawatu Herald, Volume III, Issue III, 30 July 1891, Page 4
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114THE HAWKER'S HORSE. Manawatu Herald, Volume III, Issue III, 30 July 1891, Page 4
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