Humphrey and Pablo
returned to the cottage, we need hardly now say, very much out of
spirits at the separation.
"Oh, Massa Humphrey," said Pablo, as they rode along, "Missy Alice and
Missy Edith go away-I wish go with them. Massa Edward go away--I wish
go with him. You stay at cottage--I wish stay with you. Pablo can not
be in three places."
"No, Pablo; all you can do is to stay where you can be most useful."
"Yes, I know that. You want me at cottage very much. Missy Alice and
Edith and Massa Edward no want me, so I stay at cottage."
"Yes, Pablo, we will stay at the cottage, but we can't do every thing
now. I think we must give up the dairy, now that my sisters are gone.
I'll tell you what I have been thinking of, Pablo. We will make a
large inclosed place, to coax the ponies into during the winter, pick
out as many as we think are good, and sell them at Lymington. That
will be better than churning butter."
"Yes, I see; plenty of work for Pablo."
"And plenty for me, too, Pablo; but you know when the inclosure is
once made it will last for a long while; and we will get the wild
cattle into it if we can."
"Yes, I see," said Pablo. "I like that very much; only not like
trouble to build place."
"We shan't have much trouble, Pablo; if we fell the trees inside the
wood at each side, and let them lie one upon the other, the animals
will never break through them.
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