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i6oBlack Bca?itj'."Hallo!" said one, "what's up with Seedy Sam?""He's ill in bed," said the man ; "he was taken last nightin the yard, and could scarcely crawl home. His wife sent atoy this morning to say his father was in a high fever andcould not get out; so I'm here instead."The next morning the same man came again.Sam.''" inquired the Governor."How is"He's gone," said the man."What, gone.^ You don't mean to say he's dead.''""Just snuffed out," said the other ; "he died at fouro'clock this morning; all yesterday he was raving—ravingabout Skinner, and having no Sundays. *I never had a Sunday'srest,' these were his last words."No one spoke for awhile, and then the Governor said"I tell you what, mates, this is a warning for us."
Poor Giui^er.i6lCHAPTER XL.POOR GINGER.One day, whilst our cab and many others were waitingoutside one of the parks where music was playing, a shabbyold cab drove up beside ours. The horse was an old wornoutchestnut, with an ill-kept coat, and bones that showedplainly through it, the knees knuckled over, and the fore-legswere very unsteady. I had been eating some hay, and thewind rolled a little lock of it that way, and the poor creatureput out her long thin neck and picked it up, and then turnedaround and looked about for more. There was a hopeless lookin the dull eye that I could not help noticing, and then, as Iwas thinking where I had seen that horse before, she lookedfull at me and said, "Black Beauty, is that you.-*"It was Ginger ! but how changed ! The beautifully archedand glossy neck was now straight, and lank, and fallen in; theclean, straight legs and delicate fetlocks were swelled; thejoints were grown out of shape with hard work; the face, thatwas once so full of spirit and life, was now full of suffering,and I could tell by the heaving of her sides, and her frequentcough, how bad her breath was.Our drivers were standing together a little way off, so Isidled up to her a step or two, that we might have a littlequiet talk. It was a sad tale that she had to tell.After a twelvemonths' run off atEarlshall, she was consideredto be fit for work again, and was sold to a gentleman.For a little while she got on very well, but after a longer gallopthan usual, the old strain returned, and after being restedII
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PART IIEarlshall ....A Strike for L
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