“Yes, ye haven’t been long.”
“No, and I have been so successful that I wish to be generous to all I meet to-night, and, if you are not too proud, I’ll begin with you.”
“How so, sir?” said Bob.
“You complained when last we spoke that you wanted good clothes in order to make a respectable appearance?”
“I did. What of that?”
“Why, I am a rich man and you poor. I’ll exchange clothes with you, and give you a purse full of money to start you a-fresh in life. What say you? I have taken a particular fancy to you, and like you.”
“I have not any objections,” said Bob, much amused at the horseman’s strange freak. “But where can we change?”
“Oh, this old barn will do, but we must be quick,” said the stranger, dismounting.
Bob soon exchanged clothes with the horseman; but he couldn’t help but remark that his companion had a very large amount of gold coin about him.
The stranger told him he had been out collecting for a very large London firm.