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he ; if lie did that which tempted you to 

 bet, you got a fair chance of winning. Now 

 we will compare him with numbers of the 

 ticketed shop keepers. They might say, and 

 probably would, "I hope you do not rank 

 me with a betting list keeper.'* "Upon my 

 soul I do not ; would you were as honest a 

 man. He gave you a fair chance of winning 

 or losing if you entered his office, you, if you 

 can coax any one into your shop, give him 

 no chance, but on the contrary the certainty 

 of being pillaged, more or less." It may be 

 fairly alleged that it is at the option of the 

 public to enter such shops or not. Was it 

 not equally at the option of persons to enter 

 a betting-list office or not? It was mo-re so. 

 These ticketed shops have mostly some tout to 

 seduce your entry ; to do the betting-list k eeper 

 justice, he had nothing of the kind. So, 

 take, him all in all, I think I am justified 

 in considering him the honester man, or if. 



