Black Beauty - Anna Sewell

32 A Horse Fair No doubt a horse fair is a very amusing place to those who have nothing to lose; ...

There was one man, I thought, if he would buy me, I should be happy. He was not a gentleman, nor yet one ...

streets, and about halfway up that we turned into a very narrow street, with rather poor-looking houses ...

33 A London Cab Horse Jeremiah Barker was my new master's name, but as every one called him Jerry, I shall ...

After driving through the side street we came to the large cab stand where Jerry had said “Good-night”. On ...

was gently drawing the end of it over my back when I was to go on; but generally I kne ...

34 An Old War Horse Captain had been broken in and trained for an army horse; his first owner was an officer o ...

terrible bomb-shells whirled through the air and burst into a thousand pieces. “I, with my noble master, went ...

musket fire, and the flying of shot near us; but never had I been under such a fire as we rode thr ...

was only once wounded, and then not seriously; and when the war was over I came back again to Englan ...

35 Jerry Barker I never knew a better man than my new master. He was kind and good, and as strong for t ...

beyond a jog-trot.” Then slashing his jaded horse, he set off as hard as he could. Jerry patted me on t ...

front, going so near the wheels on each side that half an inch nearer and they would scrape. Well, ...

“'So glad!' he said, 'so glad!' Poor young fellow! I wonder what it was that made him so anxious!” Jerry ...

to their cabs. ...

36 The Sunday Cab One morning, as Jerry had just put me into the shafts and was fastening the traces, a gen ...

same, and I have laid by more money in the savings bank than ever I did before; and as for the wife ...

Polly would always cheer him up, and say, “Never mind, father, never, mind. “'Do your best, And leave the ...

preachers?” said Larry. “'Tis not for me to lay down plans for other people,” said Jerry, “but if they ...

37 The Golden Rule Two or three weeks after this, as we came into the yard rather late in the evenin ...