Suvy

No sooner had he appeared on the street, after duly stabling "Suvy" at the hay-yard, than a hundred acquaintances, suddenly transformed into intimate friends, by the change in his fortunes, pounced upon him in a spirit of generosity, hilarity, and comaraderie that cloyed not only his senses, but even his movements in the camp.

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"Suvy," said he, "a failure is a chap who couldn't make a fire in hell.

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"You're a friend of mine, Suvy, and even if you weren't, you'd have to last to get back."

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Van felt a great final quiver of muscular energy shake the living dynamic by his side, as Suvy poured all his fine young might into one supreme effort at the end.

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He leaned far forward, awkwardly, following Suvy about.

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Suvy followed obediently, but the pointed rocks played havoc with his feet.

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Suvy had headed more obliquely than before against the current, and having encountered a greater resistance, with his strength somewhat sapped, was toiling like an engine.

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"Up stream, boy, up stream," said Van, as if to a comrade, for he had noted the one likely place to land, and Suvy was drifting too far downward.

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Already Suvy had started to rise, to drop himself backwards on his rider.

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Already wearied, and famished for drink, Suvy nevertheless rose to the needs of the moment with a strength incredible.

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