MR. SPONGE'S SPORTING TOUR. 



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CHAPTER XXXUI. 



A SWELL HUNTSMAN. 



AK " ama-a-zin' poplar" max. 



One evening the rattle of Puff's pole-chains, brought, in addition 

 to the usual rush of shirt-sleeved helpers, an extremely smart, 

 dapper little man, who might be either a jockey or a gentleman, or 

 both, or neither. He was a clean-shaved, close-trimmed, spruce 

 little fellow ; remarkably natty about the legs— indeed, all over. 

 His close-napped hat was carefully brushed, and what little hair 



