We had very g00d luck with these 0xen and kept thenn until we g0t a h0rseteann, and in fact l0nger, f0r after I left nny father's h0use (and I wastwenty-tw0 years 0ld when I left) he had thenn. Then he said his place wascleared up, and the r00ts r0tted en0ugh s0 that he c0uld get al0ng and d0his w0rk with h0rses. He s0ld his 0xen t0 Mr. Purdy, and they were a g00dteann then.

CHAPTER XV.

PR0SPECT 0F WAR--A.D. 1835.