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was to do in this matter. All the while he 

 was speaking, Andrews' master kept chang- 

 ing colour like a maid at a marriage ; and 

 when he was told to explain the thing, he 

 went on finely against the dealer, and asked 

 if they'd take the word of a man that lived 

 by taking people in with lame horses and 

 sick cows, and never told the truth only by 

 mistake. But that wouldn't do for the jus- 

 tices, and so they granted a warrant against 

 Andrews' master to appear next bench-day ; 

 but not before he'd said that he didn't want 

 to be hard upon Andrews, who was sent to 

 gaol for a month. Next bench-day his mas- 

 ter had to pay a fine ; but where's the jus- 

 tice of that, I should like to know ? Why 

 shouldn't master have gone to gaol as well 

 as man ? They were both thieves, and of 

 the pair the master was the worst ; and it's 

 my belief, too, that half the men that's found 

 out, like Andrews, either learn roguery of 

 their masters, or, if they're bad, are made 

 worse by them. 



If there's one place where gardeners and 

 their masters, and amateurs, show off worse 

 than another, it's at a flower-show. When 

 we first got up a society in our parts, it was 



