CHAPTER XVII.
PREPARING FOR A JOURNEY.
Cranston was six miles away—too far to walk. The Misses Peabody did not keep a horse. Indeed, one would have been of very little use to them, for both were timid, and neither would have been willing to drive.
“You are not afraid to drive to Cranston, Andy?” said Miss Sally.
“No; what should I be afraid of?” asked our hero.
“You are not timid about horses, then?”
Andy laughed.
“I should think not,” he replied. “I only wish mother could afford to keep a horse.”
“I think they are terrible creatures. They are so strong, and sometimes they are so contrary,” said Miss Susan, with a shudder.
“Then you should use the whip on them, Miss Susan.”
“I wouldn’t dare to.”