22 EXi'LANATlONS. 



" AVhy, I suppose I have, — that's nat'ral," said 

 the other. 



" Well, then," replied Jaques," if I can show you 

 how you can serve yourself and do your master no 

 real harm, you would not object to it, would you ? 

 I think you would be hocussing yourself and family, 

 if you did." 



" I don't like that word hocussing, Mr. Jaques," 

 said Stevens, " it sounds professional." 



" Well, then," replied Jaques, " to spare your sen- 

 sitive feelings, I will say you would be doing them 

 injustice." 



" Right," said Stevens ; " now ' go in and win.'" 



" The true case, then, is this," said Jaques; "your 

 governor is all but stumped up ; his allowance has 

 been taken off; his property is in old Levi's hands ; 

 and I think I should look rather genteel in the waist 

 if I had to live on the produce of what your master 

 gets out of them, for, mind ye, I was in Levi's office 

 once as a running clerk ; a man sees something there, 

 master Stevens, that surprises him a bit, till he gets 

 used to it ; so I know what I am talking about. 

 When things get into Levi's hands, they learn what 

 sweating means, as well as your horses. Levi is rather 

 severe in his sweats, yet his tits never, or very seldom 

 can run out ; they sometimes do try to shut up, 

 but then he shuts them up, so they get no good by 

 that. Well, now, to go on, your jockey was told I 

 believe to win as far as he could." 



" True enough, so he was," interrupted Stevens ; 

 " and I guessed master would not have exposed the 

 filly so, unless some dodge was going on, though he 

 never said any thing to me about it." 



" Right," said Jaques ; " and I'll tell you more ; 

 she is meant to win again. This brings her to the 



