`Stand back,' said the master, `and keep out of her way; you've done a bad day's work for thisfilly.' He growled out something about a vicious brute.

Numa selected a sleek, fatfilly and his flaming eyes burned greedily as they feasted upon her, for Numa, the lion, loves scarce anything better than the meat of Pacco, perhaps because Pacco is, of all the grass-eaters, the most difficult to catch.

The next morning Sheldon came in from the plantation to breakfast, to find the mission ketch, Apostle, at anchor, her crew swimming two mares and afilly ashore.

Twelvefilly foals did they conceive and bear him, and these, as they sped over the rich plain, would go bounding on over the ripe ears of corn and not break them; or again when they would disport themselves on the broad back of Ocean they could gallop on the crest of a breaker.

Who broke in thefilly, that no one else dare mount, though your coachman did pretend that he had tamed her before I took her in hand; but anybody could see that he lied—he was a great liar, that John—what’s that, a buck?” Richard abandoned the horses, and ran to the spot where Marmaduke had thrown the deer, “It is a buck!

But now all the benches were filled with guests, lord and lady, burgher and dame, when at last the Sheriff himself came with his lady, he riding with stately mien upon his milk-white horse and she upon her brownfilly. Upon his head he wore a purple velvet cap, and purple velvet was his robe, all trimmed about with rich ermine; his jerkin and hose were of sea-green silk, and his shoes of black velvet, the pointed toes fastened to his garters with golden chains.

As for Magdalen," he continued, addressing his wife and Miss Garth, "she's an unbrokenfilly. Let her caper and kick in the paddock to her heart's content.

"The maid is like the youngfilly, which kicks heels and plunges for very lust of life.

Well, I heard him say--"By Jove, she's a neat littlefilly!" meaning your humble servant; and he did me the honour to dance two country-dances with me.

He had, in fact, been a favorite steed of his master's, the choleric Van Ripper, who was a furious rider, and had infused, very probably, some of his own spirit into the animal; for, old and broken-down as he looked, there was more of the lurking devil in him than in any youngfilly in the country.