222 RAMBLES AFTER SPORT. 



in a straw hat and poncho. " Ah/' said he, running to 

 meet me, "just the fellow I want to see," " Well, I 

 suppose you are all-right this time ; you got the straight 

 tip of course V' " De tip ? blow all tips ! I got de wrong 

 one ; look here, old fellow, just lend me fifty dollars for a 



minute, IVe lost it to this ," I resolved to give him 



up after that, entirely and for ever. 



