Our rival, the rascal : a faithful portrayal of the conflict between the criminals of this age and the defenders of society, the police . his mind in a moment. Thats the sort of horse 1want. he says bluntly, whats his price? Who are you?says the son, who is showing the horse. Heres my card,replies the new comer, producing thecard of a horse dealer. Well, sir, youcant have this horse; no man of yoursort can get my fathers horse on anyterms! Then the stranger pretends tobe moved to hot resentment and starts asquabble which ends with his exit outof the stable door, assisted by the sonand the groo
Our rival, the rascal : a faithful portrayal of the conflict between the criminals of this age and the defenders of society, the police . his mind in a moment. Thats the sort of horse 1want. he says bluntly, whats his price? Who are you?says the son, who is showing the horse. Heres my card,replies the new comer, producing thecard of a horse dealer. Well, sir, youcant have this horse; no man of yoursort can get my fathers horse on anyterms! Then the stranger pretends tobe moved to hot resentment and starts asquabble which ends with his exit outof the stable door, assisted by the sonand the groom, in the manner shown byour sketch. This display of determination natu-rally impresses the jay and when hegoes away half disposed to close his pur-chase, he meets the pretended horsedealer waiting for him at some little dis-tance from the stable,See here, stranger, says the sharper, thats a mighty goodhorse those people have for sale up there. What do they askfor him ? The gull names the price which was stated to as dirt, says the horse sharp. Ill tell you whatIll do, sir. You dont want that horse particularly, but I SlIARPEliS AND DUPES. 209
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