THE HAWKER’S HORSE
An old hawker in Edinburgh, who owner 1 rather attenuated animal, happening tc ;all at a public-house for his customary ’lass, gave his horse in charge of a boy with strict injunctions to be careful of it ind promising him a penny for his pains He had no sooner been served with hi; ham, and had raised the glass to his lip j than the boy ran in to tell him that hi; horse had fallen. Seizing the urchin at urce, he cried—" Ye little rascal, tak’ that’ with a whack on the ear). “ Thai’s sonu V your pranks ; the beast would never ha; fa’a had ye no been leanin’ against i/!”
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Dunstan Times, Issue 2479, 3 May 1909, Page 3
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115THE HAWKER’S HORSE Dunstan Times, Issue 2479, 3 May 1909, Page 3
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