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"Except twopence," said the fellow

"Yes--"

"Well, twopence ain't to be sneezed at, and if I was you--"

"Co him short

"But--my mare, what about h"

The Baghed, and, blunderbuss

in hand, prepared to alight, but, in the act of doing so, paused: "Was the rascal armed?" he inquired, over his shoulder "To be sure he was," said I

The Bagot back into his seat and took up the reins

"What now?" I inquired

"It's this accursed ain, d'ye see--twice yesterday and once the day before, she

bolted, sir, and on a road like this--"

"Then lendhis head

"But why not?" said I ierous road, and I don't intend to be left

unarerous road; I never have been and I never will,

and there's an end of it, d'ye see!"

"Then do you mean to say that you refuse your aid to a

fellow-traveler--that you will sit there and let the rogue get away

with all the money I possess in the world--"