'You'll have to be careful with this horse,' said Jim. 'He's got a devil of a temper, but I have tamed him down a bit. He had one of the biggest hidings he'll ever get, and it has done him good. He looks a well-bred horse.'
'He's by Fisherman out of Mermaid, and his name is Seahorse.'
'That's something like blood,' said Jim, enthusiastically. 'I'd like to send a couple of mares to him, if you will allow me.'
'With pleasure. It is the least I can do after all the trouble you have taken,' replied Shaw.
'I have some very well-bred mares,' said Jim, 'and I'll bring a couple over some day.'
Alec Beg was standing by, and muttered,—
'He's a blooming fool to let a man like him get hold of that blood. He's one of those prying sort of fellows. Hang me if I like him.'
It was not feasible that Alec Beg would like Jim Dennis, because the latter was an honest man.
When Jim Dennis took his departure, Alec Beg said to Rodney Shaw,—
'I don't think you are wise to let him get hold of the Fisherman blood. You ought to keep it yourself about here.'