86 Cj^c Camv of a ^pur. 



If this should meet his eye, and there are any 

 trifling inaccuracies herein, I am open to correction; 

 but question, nevertheless, whether he will care to 

 " father " the story by setting me right, although I 

 am sure the matters I have narrated will not have 

 been forgotten by that portly personage, although 

 it might be difficult for him to recall many of the 

 numerous transactions in which he has been engaged 

 when " the boot was on the other leg." 



THE CAREER OF A SPUR. 



T is now several years ago, aye, some seven 

 or more, but I remember the snug little 

 double window in which I was then exposed 

 to view, as well as if it were but yesterday. How 

 superbly plated we were — that highly-burnished row 

 of which my mate and I composed a pair! and Mr. 

 Saddleflaps, in selecting a stand for our accom- 

 modation, neatly covered with scarlet cloth, had 

 not displayed any lack of taste — for I trow that 

 our kindred, even in the shops of the first saddlers 

 in London itself, could not have outshone us — nor 

 had they, Til warrant, their silvery brightness dis- 

 played to greater advantage than ourselves. There 

 we were perched in a row, watching day by day the 



