 | 1886 - 772 pages
...the wagons. Two months out, our horse died; then they let Lucy ride. It wasn't in the agreement, and I had no money to pay for it; but it was a thing they couldn't very well refuse her, particularly as somehow she was beginning to lose strength.... | |
 | West (U.S.) - 1886 - 696 pages
...the wagons. Two months out, our horse died; then they let Lucy ride. It wasn't in the agreement, and I had no money to pay for it; but it was a thing they couldn't very well refuse her, particularly as somehow she was beginning to lose strength.... | |
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... of their own, and some horses. I had a horse for Lucy — that was all I could afford. As we traveled only five or ten miles a day, it was easy for me to walk beside her; they let Meg ride in one of the wagons. Two months out, our horse died; then... 