new pony if I would save my spending-money till I got a

third of the sum which one would cost, and so, though I

didn't hint of it to you when I was down at Culm, I've been

laying up and laying up, like an old miser; and last Monday

morning I found that I had got the sum, and so papa made up

the rest to me. But when I thought of you and those

miserable Culm people, and how you were making a fool of

yourself (as Ben T. said), I thought I'd like to—to—well,

let pony go, and help you a bit. So here's the whole sum (if

you get it safe), and you're just as welcome as you can be,