94 CONVERSATIONAL HINTS 



Second Y. S. (relieved). Dear me, yes ; I 

 shouldn't think of giving a sov (quietly pockets the 

 sovereign which was ready in his hand, and sub- 

 stitutes a half -sovereign) . I always think ten bob 

 ample for a day like this. 



First Y. S.So do I. That's what I shall give 

 him. 



But the old, case-hardened, weather-beaten 

 shooter never has any doubt about the matter. He 

 has his scale of tips regulated according to the 

 quality of the sport and the amount of the bag ; 

 and though he may not give as much as some other 

 guns, the keeper knows him of old, appreciates his 

 good shooting, and likes him doubtless as well as 

 the more munificent tipsters. For in most cases 

 your keeper is a sportsman, and judges men who 

 shoot by their sporting qualities rather than by their 

 wealth. Of the keeper, then, enough has now been 

 said. 



