First of all, the name "Mabel" obviously has to do with why it was selected. Second, this book is most famous for the surrounding circumstances -- the author's fraud and deception, using a pseudonym. But that has been covered well, and you can read all about it here:
The following, though, is new I think:
The Adventures of Mabel is a collection of stories about a young woman who can talk to animals, and in this chapter she has recovered her horse, Rex, from robbers. When Rex spots the robbers at a parade, she informs the police, who ask how she knows it was them, and...
"Because Rex — that 's the horse — said so," answered Mabel.
The policemen laughed and looked doubt- ful.
"We can't arrest them because a horse said so," said the Head Policeman.
Just then the other policeman, who had been feeling of the short man's coat, put his hand down into the pocket of it.
" What 's this ? " said the policeman, as he pulled out a long knife and an iron tool called a "jimmy," such as robbers use to break into houses. Both the men turned very pale.
"Oh — er — ah — I found this just now in the street," said one of them, very much confused.
" You did, eh ? " said the Head Policeman. " Well, it 's unlucky to find things like that. I'll have to take you to the Judge anyway, and see what he says. Come along, little girl."
Submitted April 26, 2017 at 04:46AM by Toaka http://ift.tt/2q7ErCZ
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