136 CONFESSIONS OF A HORSE DEALER. 



with his confederates, the result of which was, that one 

 should accompany him to the inn, where he knew the 

 Welshman to he ; they entered the room where the in- 

 tended victim sat, saw him roll up his honest-got notes, 

 and deposit them in an inside pocket of his waistcoat. 



" Well, sir, how are you by this time ?" said the 

 Coper, addressing the Welshman. 

 " Oh, all right," he replied. 

 " Sold the sheep ?" 

 "Yes." 



" Well, I have done my business too, and when I 

 have paid this gentleman for two horses, I am ready 

 for home ; perhaps you will ride back with me as far as 

 I go?" 



"Thank you, I will," said the Welshman. 

 The copers sit down, and Coper No. 1 takes out his 

 pocket-book and pays his confederate 110, all in forged 

 notes, the other throws a genuine sovereign on the table 

 for luck. 



"There," said Coper 1, exhibiting two genuine five- 

 pound notes, " these and this sovereign are all the money 

 I have left ; 1 am afraid his lordship will grumble at 

 me, for he said I had quite sufficient money to buy a 

 carriage horse as well as two cart horses." 



" Oh, he will never grumble at the price you have 

 given me for the cart horses ; they are well worth more 

 money ; but do you really want a carriage horse ?" said 

 the confederate. 

 "Yes, we do." 



