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your best dog with him this time,' a request Mr. Etwall 

 was not at all slow to comply with. For this second 

 course a good hare was started in a capital place, and, 

 after a long slip, Mr. Etwall's ' best ' dog did not gain 

 a point, and the other killed single-handed in splendid 

 style, never giving the hare a chance. 



At this result Mr. Etwall was even more astounded 

 than at the previous one. Here was a man with 

 only two greyhounds, brother puppies, and both able 

 to beat his best dogs easily ! It was a most extra- 

 ordinary thing, and naturally created in Mr. Etwall 

 a most ardent desire to become the possessor of the 

 treasures. However, he proceeded cautiously in his 

 purpose ; and, after chatting matters over, he asked 

 quietly : 



' How much do you want for them ?' 



' A lot of money,' was the brief reply. 



' But how much ? and what do you call a lot of 

 money?' was inquired again. 



w Fifty pounds the brace, and not a shilling less,' 

 said the man, evidently thinking he had put the 

 wealth of the Indies on them. Of course they were 

 boimht without the shilling abatement beim* - sus:- 

 gested ; and a few weeks after Mr. Etwall won £800 

 in stakes, besides bets ; the latter not a large addition 

 to his winnings, as betting on coursing was not so 

 much in vogue in those days as it is now, or he 

 might have won as many thousands with them as he 

 did hundreds. 



