The Playfellow: And Other Stories (Classic Reprint)

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Excerpt from The Playfellow: And Other StoriesHis nature was anything but cruel, and he rather loved an easy, re¿ective sort of life, except when called to go to the sea, then, indeed, he awoke the echoes with his deep - toned bark, and forgot alto gether his usual dignity and composure. It was never necessary to call the groom to take a horse to the stable when Neptune was on the hall-steps not only would he lead the horse to the yard, but remain with it until the groom came. Ou one occasion the horse intrusted to his care, by an unexpected jerk of his head, got the bridle out of the dog's mouth, and broke away: instead of running after the horse, as a mindless dog would have done, N eptune rushed to the servants' hall, dragged the [groom from the table, who followed the dog until he saw the runaway browsing in the avenue.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.