166 TALES AND TRAITS OF SPORTING LIFE. 



*'It was ratlier an expensive feed you know/' said 

 Willie, as he commented over the story ; ^^ and by Jove ! 

 if the Missis g*oes on in this way, I should'nt he at all 

 surprised if I have to give two or three thousand for a 

 Short-horn, to get her a hit of beef for a Christmas 

 dinner." 



^' The price of provisions has been on the rise for some 

 lime," said Smith — of the Club. 



