10 CONFESSIONS OF A HOESE DEALEK. 



concern ; and- now arrived at the station, the victim and 

 coper A 1 adjourn to the refreshment room, and a check 

 is given in exchange for a simple receipt without a 

 warranty. The coachee receives instructions to deliver 

 them this evening ; but he knows better than do so, 

 until the cheque is cashed. The principals shake hands 

 and part, the victim being set down anywhere in town, 

 where coper coachee kindly offers to drive him, and thus 

 he is bottled up in the carriage safe, while coper A 1 

 emerges from the station, jumps into a cab, and is set 

 down in Lombard Street, where the check is cashed, and 

 the business is safe. This is called a deal on the bustle ; 

 a message is sent that all is square, and coper coachee, 

 with coper groom, set off to deliver the horses, and re- 

 ceive more tip from the victim than the screws would 

 fetch from a coper at a country fair. The gang meet, 

 the carriage is sent to the coachmaker's, and the deposit 

 received back, less the few days' hire, The wardrobe 

 and lodgings are changed, and they are ready to come 

 out in a new character. 



The dupe calls in a friend or two to look at his bar- 

 gain, and these declare them to be a beautiful pair of 

 horses. They have a rackful of hay constantly before 

 them, and a bucket of water is given to each just before 

 they are harnessed to the new carriage on the following 

 day which is the very thing to bring out their particu- 

 lar infirmities and driven at a smart pace into the park, 

 leading from Hyde- park- corner, by the side of the Ser- 

 pentine, to the incline, leaving the magazine to the left. 



