"Or winded?"
"Not since I've had her."
"Want to swap hosses?" Buck asked.
"What you got?" Abe Lincoln asked with interest.
"I got one what'll stand hitched. I'm goin' to be honest as you and tell you my hoss has stiff legs. From what I git, my hoss is just about such a hoss as your hoss. How'll you swap, sight unseen?"
Abe Lincoln aked a few questions which proved beyond a doubt to Buck Thompson that the lanky youth was as green as he looked on the horse-trading proposition, and he was delighted both for the stakes involved and the effect of his deal on the Clary Grove Boys, when Abe Lincoln agreed to the trade.
"Where's your hoss at?" Buck inquired.
"Out back of Offutt's store. Where's yourn?"
"He's to home—but I'll bring him."