i8 OCCASIONAL HAPPY THOUGHTS. 



In the meantime, I can be looking about on my own 

 account. 



Let me see, Gloppin, Swopler, and Tom Bowman, are all, 

 so to speak, my agents, looking out for something that'll 

 exactly suit me at a low figure. Pretty sure to get one out 

 of the lot, and if there's anything nearer home, I shall hear 

 from Clumber, the Flyman, when I call on him. 



Happy Thought. — Much better to get it through Gloppin, 

 Swopler, or any friend. No necessity to go to a horse- 

 dealer then. Prejudice against dealers. Why 1 If I want 

 a coat, I go to a dealer in coats ; I don't get it through a 

 friend. If I want a hat, I go to a dealer in hats. If I want 

 a fish, I go to a dealer in fish — a fishmonger ['' And would 

 you were as honest a man." — Shakspeare]. But, if I want 

 a horse, the person we avoid is a dealer in horses. Why ? 

 Think it out. 



