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catching sight of his man, made for him ; he 

 caught him just as he was rounding the coach, 

 and after a short tussle, wrenched his stick out 

 of his hand ; he showed this man no mercy, and 

 belaboured him mth his own stick till he 

 knocked him completely out of time. Mean- 

 while, Acton, Charles Young, and the others 

 had accounted very fairly for their men, and 

 the gentlemen were absolutely the victors. 

 They had by no means, however, gained a 

 bloodless victory ; Sutlift's claret was flowing 

 freely. He was, however, ' sailor-like,' delighted 

 with the fun, and quite sorry when it was over. 

 ' Now then, boys,' said Reginald, 'jump up 

 every one of you. I say,' said he, addressing 

 his third opponent, who had picked himself out 

 of the ditch and was mournfully rubbing his 

 shin, ' how much damage have we done your 

 cart ? Let's look at it.' On inspection, the con- 

 clusion arrived at was that a couple of sove- 

 reigns would set it all straight again. 



' Well,' says Acton, ' here's a fiver ; two 

 pounds for the cart and three for drinks.' And 



