A Short Head 



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1,250/. which he had won and 3,750/. which he was by 

 his own showing and handwriting bound to pay AVey- 

 mouth— 2,500/. Was ever a man in such a wretched 

 fix by his own roguish blundering— when he thought, 

 moreover, that he was acting so shrewdly and cleverly ? 



' Aren't you coming to dine ? ' Weymouth cheerily 

 called out, as he sat down to his own dinner. He had 

 never hked Clifton much— had, in fact, distrusted him ; 

 but the event of the day had seemed to show that his 

 distrust was unfounded. 



' No, thanks, I have dined,' he answered, to the 

 amazement of the waiter who was just putting on the 

 table the soup he had ordered, and who looked after hioi 

 with an expression of blank perplexity on his face as 

 Clifton staggered out of the club. 



Clifton was missing on the Monday, and Weymouth 

 never got his money, though it is believed that Chfton 

 managed to draw his winnings, and an idea prevails that 

 he has gone to see if he can turn the same to good 

 account on the turf in the colonies. 



