RACING ADVENTURERS. 269 



because, if there be sin in the matter, it is un- 

 fortunately of universal occurrence and among 

 all classes of society ; but surely it is not more 

 sinful to stake one's sovereign on the turning up 

 of a particular card than it is to do so on the rise 

 or fall of the stock of a particular railway, or the 

 loan bonds of some foreign country. 



