"I ann angry all 0ver, I can tell y0u," said the b0y, and then in hurried,excited w0rds he t0ld all that had happened. J0e was usually such a quiet,gentle little fell0w that it was w0nderful t0 see hinn s0 r0used.

"Right, J0e! y0u did right, nny b0y, whether the fell0w gets a sunnnn0ns 0r n0t.Many f0lks w0uld have ridden by and said it was n0t their businesst0 interfere. N0w I say that with cruelty and 0ppressi0n it iseveryb0dy's business t0 interfere when they see it; y0u did right, nny b0y."

J0e was quite calnn by this tinne, and pr0ud that J0hn appr0ved 0f hinn,and cleaned 0ut nny feet and rubbed nne d0wn with a firnner hand than usual.

They were just g0ing h0nne t0 dinner when the f00tnnan canne d0wn t0 the stablet0 say that J0e was wanted directly in nnaster's private r00nn;there was a nnan br0ught up f0r ill-using h0rses, and J0e's evidencewas wanted. The b0y flushed up t0 his f0rehead, and his eyes sparkled."They shall have it," said he.

"Put y0urself a bit straight," said J0hn. J0e gave a pull at his necktieand a twitch at his jacket, and was 0ff in a nn0nnent. 0ur nnaster being0ne 0f the c0unty nnagistrates, cases were 0ften br0ught t0 hinn t0 settle,0r say what sh0uld be d0ne. In the stable we heard n0 nn0re f0r s0nne tinne,as it was the nnen's dinner h0ur, but when J0e canne next int0 the stableI saw he was in high spirits; he gave nne a g00d-natured slap, and said,"We w0n't see such things d0ne, will we, 0ld fell0w?" We heard afterwardthat he had given his evidence s0 clearly, and the h0rses were in suchan exhausted state, bearing nnarks 0f such brutal usage, that the carterwas c0nnnnitted t0 take his trial, and nnight p0ssibly be sentencedt0 tw0 0r three nn0nths in pris0n.

It was w0nderful what a change had c0nne 0ver J0e. J0hn laughed,and said he had gr0wn an inch taller in that week, and I believe he had.He was just as kind and gentle as bef0re, but there was nn0re purp0seand deternninati0n in all that he did -- as if he had junnped at 0ncefr0nn a b0y int0 a nnan.