I've 'eard it said by them as knows, that he
sometimes traded hosses in the dead of night and forgot to leave one
in exchange for the one he took away. However that may be, he never
got caught at it and so died an honest man. It seems that he borrowed
one of Colonel Grand's riding hosses to go after a doctor one night,
some years ago, and didn't return it for nearly eighteen months. He
wouldn't 'ave returned it then if the Colonel 'adn't seen 'im riding
it in Van Slye's street parade out in a little Indiana town during
county fair week. I was with the show at the time, w'ich was afore old
Van Slye sold out to Tom Braddock. Well, Tom and Mrs. Braddock begged
so 'ard for the old scamp that the Colonel not only let 'im off but
took 'im back to Baltimore to train hosses for him. That was about
five seasons ago, and it was the first time any of us ever laid eyes
on the Colonel.
"Tom Braddock and 'is wife lived in Baltimore in the winter time,
where she kept little Christine in school from November to March. The
rest of the year she teaches 'er 'erself. I might say that Christine
is a specially well-edicated child and well brought up.
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