, 1840-03-28
THE LOCKED FRENCHMAN.

A Frenchman in this country, who was
little acquainted with horse jockeys or horse
flesh, was previously taken in by a cheat, in
the purchase Of a steed. He gave one hun.
bred dollars for a miserable jade of an old
mare that had been faltened up 10 sell; and
she turned out to be ring boned, spawned,
blind md wind broken. The Frenchman
SCOT discovered that he had been used up in
the trade, and went to request the jockey TO
take back the animal. and refund the money.
sSare," said he, ..rave fetch back de mare
horse vat you sell me, and ! want de money
in my pocket back"
Your pocket back" returned the jockey
~feigning surprise; 81 don, understand you."
you no stand under me- exclaimed the
Frenchman, beginning TO gesticulate furious
ly; "you no staEd under me!-Sare, by gar!
you lie one grand rascalle-you be like Sam
like Sam-yot YOU call de little noun
tainf'
''Sam Hill, ! suppose you meanr'
"Oui Monsieur-Sam de Hill-yes, sare
you be like two Sam Hill. You sell me one
mare for one hundred dollaires- he no wort
one hundred cent, by gar!"
"Why, what's the matter with the beastf"
"Mattair! Sacre! Mattair do you say.-
Wy he's all mattair-he no 60 at all-he got
no leg, no feet, no vind,-he blind like one
stone NIT his eye-he no see nobody al oil
vid dat eye-he 60 v-heeze O, v-heeze o, like
one forge hammer bellows-he 90 limp
limp-he no 60 over all de g~round-he no
travel two mile in tree day! Oui, sare, he il,
Won grand cheat-you must take him, and
fund de money back"
"Refund the money! Oh, no, couldn't
think Of such a thing"
"Vat! You no fund me back the money!
You sheaty me vid n hundred dollare horse
dat no can 60 at ALL"
81 never promised you tina, she would co.
"By gar, vat is one horse good for ven he
no 60. He be no better as one dead shack
ass, by gar. Viii you, sare, take the mare
horse back, and give me my money vat pay
for him?"
"No, sir, ! cannot-'twas n fair bargain;
your eyes were your market, as we gentle
men of the turf say"
"Gentleman dc turf! You be no gentle.
man at all-you be no turf. Mon Dieu!-
You be one grand Turk-von sacre damn
deception. You cheat your own born mod
der--you Play you ~rascalle trick on your own
gotten ladder, you have no principle"
"The interest is what go for"
"Yes, sare, your interest is no principle.
You Won grand ~rascalle sheat. Mon Dieu,
we're you die ven you go-to hell! De Diabte
he fetch you no time quicker by gar"
Failing to obtain redress Of the jockey,
the poor Frenchman sent his 'mare-horre'
to an auctioneer to be sold. But the auc'
tioneer seems to be about as great a rogue
as the jockey, for he took care that the fee,
for selling should eat up the price he 60. fol-
the steed.
"By gar" said the Frenchman when re.
lating the story. "Ibe sheaty all round.-
De shocky horse, he shsaty me in trade, and
the hauctioneer, he sheaty me in dispose OF
de hanimalle; he sell de mare-horse for Ten
dollar, and by gar, he sharg'd mo 1even dol
Iaire for sell him. Mon Dieu! 70 l be take
all round in. lose 1even and one hundred
dollaire all in my pocket clear, for one sacre
dam, limp, lump, v.heeze Wind, no sec at all
good for nothing shape off mure-horse, worse
as nineteen dead shackass, by gar"