He then told me to take the mustang round to the stable, to rub him down, and feed him well, and to bring the minister's saddle-bags into the house.  When I returned, after having obeyed these orders, I found the stranger seated at table--on which Aunt Hannah and Lily had spread supper--talking cheerfully; and from what he said I gathered that he had visited a number of outlying settlements, accompanied by several young ministers, one of whom he had left at each.