"Don't ask
questions, Peleg, but just let me take a horse for an hour or two,
that's a good man."
"Can't do it, Master Rover -- against orders, sir."
"Oh, yes, you can. We won't hurt the beast. We are bound to get
to Cedarville and back before ten o'clock. Do you want us to drop
on the road from exhaustion and be frozen to death?" and Tom put
the question in all seriousness.
"No, no, certainly not!"
"Then bring out a horse. That black will do. Here, take the
quarter, Peleg, and much obliged to you. Hurry up."
"Was there ever such a boy!" grumbled the man; but, nevertheless,
he arose and got the black horse ready for them, hooking the
animal to a small cutter.
"Remember, if the captain learns of this, I don't know nothing
about it...," he called out, as the two boys drove off by a back
way, out of sight of the main building of the institution.
"Peleg is all right, if you know how to handle him," said Tom, as
he took the reins from Dick.
"I'll let him out a bit, and we'll drive to Cedarville in a
jiffy."
"Tom, you're getting more cheeky every day," was Dick's comment,
yet he was far from displeased over what his brother had
accomplished.
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