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`` I have kept him short of corn , but he 's so full of spirit I do n't know what to do with him . '' `` Just so , '' said Grant . `` Now look here , will you tell your mother that if she is agreeable I will come for him every day till something is arranged , and take him for a good spell of work , and whatever he earns , I 'll bring your mother half of it , and that will help with the horses ' feed . Your father is in a good club , I know , but that wo n't keep the horses , and they 'll be eating their heads off all this time ; I 'll come at noon and hear what she says , '' and without waiting for Harry 's thanks he was gone . At noon I think he went and saw Polly , for he and Harry came to the stable together , harnessed Hotspur , and took him out . For a week or more he came for Hotspur , and when Harry thanked him or said anything about his kindness , he laughed it off , saying it was all good luck for him , for his horses were wanting a little rest which they would not otherwise have had . Jerry grew better steadily , but the doctor said that he must never go back to the cab work again if he wished to be an old man .