IQO THE MERRY GEE-GEE 



able to bet at all for a couple of races or 

 so lower down the card. Put a tenner 

 on for you ? Well, perhaps George 

 might ; I'll ask him if you like. They 

 hunt in twos and threes, and George 

 will certainly appear at the right moment. 

 George obliges. Tenner goes down, but 

 there's more to follow ; and I've known 

 of hundreds to go in one hand. I knew 

 a case of a clerk in the North who fell a 

 prey till he parted with all he could get 

 hold of, and afterwards drowned himself 

 in the reservoir ; but that's only a detail. 



The young gentlemen under notice 

 generally work about the coaches at 

 swell meetings, where game is pretty 

 plentiful as a rule. They are unobtrusive, 

 and won't hurt you ; take your money, 

 that's all — no vulgarity about them. 



Christian friends, would you like to 

 play the lumbering trick just for once ? If 



