I 'ATES AN' DETESTS 'ORSES, AN' THEY FAIR LOATHES ME.

"H'are you buying 'orses or looking for hinformation?" he asked.

Yer says, and werry truly, just now, that changing the stable don't change an 'orse into a hass, or a hass into an 'orse.

"And now, Number Ten, tell me what coloured 'orse you are ridin'? "A chestnut?

Nigger wanted to plunge right away, but I stopped 'im. "'No,' says I; 'we don't know 'orses, but we does know mules, leastways as much as anyone does know mules.

She tills a patch o' spuds besides, An' burnt like copper in the sun, She tosses 'ay all day, then rides The 'orse 'ome when the job is done.

she sez, 'this 'ere dear 'orse,' she sez, ''as bin and ate my rose!'

I say, old man, don't you race after my bus like thisyou'll only tire your 'orse.