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engage a stable, hire a carriage and showy harness ; the 

 advertisement is put into one of the principal papers. 

 Coper No. 1 engages apartments in a fashionable 

 quarter, and takes the name of Col. Somebody. Coper 

 No. 2 dons a suit of livery and is for the time being 

 Col. Somebody's coachman. Coper No. 3 assumes the 

 humble grade of helper, which he is in truth. The trap 

 being set the spiders wait for the fly, who in general 

 turns up in the shape of a young Swell, who thinks he 

 knows, and who has never learned the Spanish proverb, 

 " That the man who knows, and knows that he knows, 

 passes a happy life ; the man that don't know, and 

 knows that he don't know, may pass a very tolerable 

 life ; but the man who don't know, and don't know 

 that he don't now, is a fool indeed." The swell 

 arrives at tbe stable and Coper No. 3 opens the door 

 and touches his hat, (they are already very polite), the 

 Swell asks Coper No. 3 " Is this the stable where the 

 horses advertised are to be seen?" at the same time 

 showing the advertisement. "Yes sir'" is the reply. 

 " Are you the coachman ?" " No sir, coachman is gone 

 to the house for orders." " Oh, then, you are helper I 

 suppose," at the time, sliding a shilling into Coper No. 

 3's hand, and thinking he shall get some information 

 out of him respecting the horses. "What sort of 

 horses are they ? are they quiet ? " " Yes, sir ? " " Do 

 you know anything wrong about them ? If you tell me 

 and I buy them I'll make it all right with you." " No, 

 sir, I don't know of anything wrong, but if I tell you you 

 won't let out to master or coachman." Swell thinks he 

 is in for information this time, and promises not to speak 



