ME. SPONGE'S SPORTING TOUR. CO 



To which Mr. Sponge shortly after rejoined as follows : — 



" Bantam Hotel, Bond Street. 

 "Dear Waffles, 



" Tours to hand — / am glad to receive a disclaimer of any 

 unworthy imputations respecting the hrown horse. Such insinuations 

 are only for horse-dealers, not for men of high gentlemanly feeling. 



" I am sorry to say ive have not got out of the horse as I hoped. 

 Lord Bullfrog, who is a most cantankerous fellow, insists upon 

 having him bade, according io the terms of my letter ; I must 

 therefore trouble you to hunt him up, and let us accommodate his 

 lordship with him again. If you ivill say where he is, I may very 

 likely know some one ivho can assist us in gelling him. You will 

 excuse this trouble, I hope, considering that it ivas to serve you that 

 I moved in the matter, and insisted on returning him to his lordship, 

 at a loss ofbOl. to myself, having only given 2bOl.for him. 

 " I remain, dear Waffles, 



'* Yours sincerely, 



"H. Sponge. 



" To W. "Waffles, Esq., Imperial Hotel, Lavcrick Wells."' 



" Layelick Wells. 

 " Dear Sf-oxge, 



"I'm afraid Bullfrog ivill have to make himself happy without 

 his horse, for I hav'n't the slightest idea ivhere he is. I sold him 

 to a cockneyficd, country fied sort of a man, who said he had a small 

 ' hindepenclence of his own ' — somewhere, I believe, about London. 

 He didn't give much for him, as you may suppose, when I tell you 

 he paid for him chiefly in silver. If I were you, I wouldn't 

 trouble myself about him. 



" Yours very truly, 



" W. Waffles. 

 "ToH. Sponge, Esq." 



Our hero addressed Mr. Waffles again, in the course of a few 

 clays, as follows : — 



"Dear Waffles, 



" I am sorry to say Bullfrog won't be put off xviihout the horse. 

 He says I insisted on his taking him back, and now he insists on 

 having him. I have had his lawyer, Mr Chousam, of the great firm 

 of Chousam, Doem, and Co., of Throgmorton-strcet, at me, who says 

 his lordship will play old gooseberry ivith us {five don't return him 

 by Saturday. Fray put on all steam, and look him up. 



" Yours in haste, 



" To W. Waffles, Esq.'» " H. SPOXGE. 



