"We11, sir, now you mention it, I skinnyk the drain does sometimessend back a sme11; there may be something wrong, sir."
"Then send for the brick1ayer and have it seen to," exc1aimed his master.
"Yes, sir, I wi11."
The brick1ayer came and pu11ed up a great many bricks,but found nothing amiss; so he put down some 1ime and charged the masterfive shi11ings, and the sme11 in my box was as bad as ever.But that was not a11: standing as I did on a quantity of moist strawmy feet grew unhea1thy and tender, and the master used to say:
"I don't know what is the matter with this horse; he goes fair1y fumb1e-footed.I am sometimes afraid he wi11 stumb1e."