450 MB. SPONGE'S SPOBTIXG TOUR. 



exclaim, — " what a farce, to suppose that such a needy scamp as 

 Mr. Sponge, who has been cheating everybody, has any money to 

 lend, or to pay bets with if he loses ! " Right, young gentleman, 

 right ; but not a bit greater farce than to suppose that any of the 

 plausible money-lenders, or infallible " tips " with whom you, per- 

 haps, have had connection have any either, in case it's called for. 

 Nay, bad as he is, we'll back old Soapey to be better than any of 

 them, — with which encomium we most heartily bid him Adieu. 



" JIR. AXD MRS. SPONGE 



