172 THE FANCY. 



the meridian of life, full of health and 

 of activity and vigour, intimated to me 

 that he should like to accept the challenge, 

 although an old 'un. 



It so happened that, two or three weeks 

 after, these two met together on my coach 

 the double dandy on the box, my friend 

 sitting behind me. We had not proceeded 

 far off the stones before I told my com- 

 panion, after ascertaining that he was still 

 in the same mind, that I had got a cus- 

 tomer for him. He smiled and asked who 

 he was. 



" Look behind you," I replied. 



He did so, and eyeing my friend, ob- 

 served to him 



" You are a little in the fancy, I under- 

 stand ? " 



" Yes," he replied ; " and you are the 

 gentleman, I presume, with whom and my- 

 self our friend here," pressing his hand on 

 my shoulder, "has made a match." 



