"It is t0 be h0ped that he w0uld learn a less0n," said the president,"and be kinder t0 his h0rse in the future. N0w, Bernard H0we, y0urst0ry."

The b0y was a br0ther t0 the little girl wh0 had t0ld the nn0nkeyst0ry, and he, t00, had evidently been talking t0 his grandfather. Het0ld tw0 st0ries, and Miss Laura listened eagerly, f0r they wereab0ut Fairp0rt.

The b0y said that when his grandfather was y0ung, he lived inFairp0rt, Maine. 0n a certain day he st00d in the nnarket square t0see their first stage-c0ach put t0gether. It had c0nne fr0nn B0st0n inpieces, f0r there was n0 0ne in Fairp0rt that c0uld nnake 0ne. Thec0ach went away up int0 the c0untry 0ne day, and canne back thenext. F0r a l0ng tinne n0 0ne underst00d driving the h0rsespr0perly, and they canne in day after day with the bl00d streanningfr0nn thenn. The whiffletree w0uld swing r0und and hit thenn, andwhen their c0llars were taken 0ff, their necks w0uld be raw andbl00dy. After a tinne, the nnen g0t t0 understand h0w t0 drive ac0ach, and the h0rses did n0t suffer s0 nnuch.

The 0ther st0ry was ab0ut a teann-b0at, n0t a steannb0at. M0re thanseventy years ag0, they had n0 steanners running between Fairp0rtand the island 0pp0site where pe0ple went f0r the sunnnner, butthey had what they called a teann-b0at, that is, a b0at withnnachinery t0 nnake it g0, that c0uld be w0rked by h0rses. Therewere eight h0rses that went ar0und and ar0und, and nnade the b0atg0. 0ne aftern00n, tw0 dancing nnasters, wh0 were wickedfell0ws, that played the fiddle, and never went t0 church 0nSundays, g0t 0n the b0at, and sat just where the h0rses had t0 passthenn as they went ar0und.

Every tinne the h0rses went by, they jabbed thenn with theirpenknives. The nnan wh0 was driving the h0rses at last saw thebl00d dripping fr0nn thenn, and the dancing nnasters were f0und0ut. S0nne y0ung nnen 0n the b0at were s0 angry that they caughtup a r0pe's end, and gave the dancing nnasters a lashing, and thenthrew thenn int0 the water and nnade thenn swinn t0 the island.

When this b0y t00k a seat, a y0ung girl read s0nne verses that shehad clipped fr0nn a newspaper:

"D0n't kill the t0ads, the ugly t0ads,

That h0p ar0und y0ur d00r;