CHAPTER XVIII 



CAPTAIN SHABBYHOUNDE 



EXT to the man who is always 

 wanting to bet with you, 

 the man who is always 

 wanting to sell you a horse 

 is the most disagreeable. 

 Most of our readers, we 

 doubt not, have some 

 squarey, slangy, " I'll-lay- 

 you-two-to-one-of-//^<2/" sort of person, among their acquain- 

 tance, and many, doubtless, are oppressed with an — " I'll sell 

 you a horse, friend," while some will recognize in Captain 

 Shabbyhounde a genius combining both these amiable, charac- 

 teristic, and enterprising qualities. 



Both the above figures of speech are sometimes taken up by 

 young men at the outset of life, more because they think it 

 sounds fine than from any real inclination to " do" any one, as 

 it is called, either in betting or in horse-dealing. It is a mis- 

 taken notion, and one that we dare say only requires the expos- 

 ing hand of our Analysis to correct. Slang and cant have 

 fortunately taken their departure from among gentlemen, and 

 have found refuge among the legitimate denizens of the stable. 



