Handley Cross; or, MrJorrock's hunt . er boots. CHAPTER XV. SIR ARCHEY DEPECARDE.—THE PLUCKWELLE PRESERVES. AS yet our dis-tinguish e d friend was inno positionfor taking thefield, forthough hehad got apack ofhounds—suchas they were—h e hadneither hunts-man to huntthem, norhorses for ahuntsman t oride if he hadone. He wastherefore inun- a veryfinished con-d i t i o n. Horses, however, are soon got, if a man has only money to pay forthem, and a master of hounds being clearly the proper person to buyall the horses that other people want to sell, Mr. Jorrocks very soonhad a great many very handso
Handley Cross; or, MrJorrock's hunt . er boots. CHAPTER XV. SIR ARCHEY DEPECARDE.—THE PLUCKWELLE PRESERVES. AS yet our dis-tinguish e d friend was inno positionfor taking thefield, forthough hehad got apack ofhounds—suchas they were—h e hadneither hunts-man to huntthem, norhorses for ahuntsman t oride if he hadone. He wastherefore inun- a veryfinished con-d i t i o n. Horses, however, are soon got, if a man has only money to pay forthem, and a master of hounds being clearly the proper person to buyall the horses that other people want to sell, Mr. Jorrocks very soonhad a great many very handsome offers of that sort. Among othershe received a stifnsh, presenting-his-compliments note, from thecelebrated gambler, Sir Archibald Depecarde, of Pluckwelle Park,and the Albany, London, stating that he had a very fine bay horsethat he modestly said was too good for his work, and which he shouldbe glad to see in such good hands as Mr. Jorrockss. Sir Archey, asmany of our readers doubtless know—some perhaps to their cost—is. A LOOK AT THE STABLES. OR, MR. JORROCKSS HUNT. 1» a very knowing hand, always with good looking, if not good horses*which he is ready to barter, or play for, or exchange in any shape orway that conduces to business. His rechercM little dinners in theAlbany are not less famous for dos than his more extendedhospitality at Pluckwelle Park, whither he brings such of his flats asrequire more deliberate preparation and treatment than the racket ofLondon allows. Now our friend Mr. Jorrocks, though not exactlyswallowing all the butter that was offered him, had no objection tosee if there was anything to be made of Sir Archeys horse, so by wayof being upsides with him in dignity, he replied as follows :— John Jorrocks presents his compliments to Sir ArchibaldDepecarde, and in reply to his favour begs to say that he will take anearly hopportunity of drivin over to Pluckivelle Park to look at hisquadruped, and as the ears it is a goo dish di
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