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her place would be on a break. "We will not suppose 

 such an Amazon charioteer being a wife, but probably 

 an elegant accessory to the hasty disposal of the for- 

 tune of some very, very young man, whose mistaken 

 taste glories in being known as enjoying the tempo- 

 rary smiles of " Dashing Kate," or some other sobri- 

 quet equally flattering to the good sense of the enter- 

 tainer of its owner, whose many friends are, let us 

 hope, grateful to him for his good nature ; why, it is 

 not my business to mention. Unwitting philanthro- 

 pist, '^ vaUy 



We will now look a little to the making money 

 by horses by men who employ them in their business • 

 and this is done, from the wealthy cheese and butter 

 factor of May-Fair to some of the smaller fry who 

 find horses necessary to their trade. I will instance 

 one of the latter. 



In a village in which I once lived, in Berkshire, 

 lived also a baker; a very knowing- looking, and very 

 knowing little fellow he was. I believe there are 

 many light-weight bakers as regards their bread, but 

 this baker was a light-weight as regarded his person, 



