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This attack upon the responsibility of the
house made the landlord angry; it was a sore

This attack upon the responsibility of the
house made the landlord angry; it was sore
point.
MY house Is respectable, sir--always has
been respectable, sir-always will be, trust.
No gentleman ever lost his buckskins here
before. sir. What they brought they have
always taken away
what sir' exclaimed our gentleman, in
towering passion, what do you mean to
imply, sir? Do you suppose that gentle
man would come here Without such an in
dispensaJie article of dress 2
No, sir, no. replied the landlord, who
cooled down as his adversary became excl
ted; did Mt mean to say that, SIR
Then you'll just hear what have to say,
SIR replied our gentleman; Pm not to be
robbed in that barefaced way; and the credit
of your house is gone; for as soon as ar
rive in town, l will write letter to the
Times, Chronicle, Herald, Post, and Morn
ing Advertiser, stating the whole of the in
famous transaction, and sign it with my own
name, sir-with my own name; and then
we shall see how long you are in position
to rob the public in this way. Yes, sir, and
my lawyer shall send you letter as soon as
l arrive in town, for an action of damages
and recovery, sir
Then our gentleman walked rapidly up
and down the room, his shirt waving to and
fro as if it was as much excited as himself.
i am very sorry, sr-very sorry said
the landlord; but, sir, | have a pair of
double miled trousers which think would
fit you, so as to enable you to go to town,
until the buckskns can be replaced
Double milled thank you, sir. You
appear to consider my loss as only amount
ing to pair of buckskins, Mr. Landlord
but who, sir, is to repay me for the folty
pounds and upwards, in bank notes, which
were in the pockets of my buckskins, heh
sr?'
This was, indeed, a new feature in the
case, which the landlord did not expect.
Forty pounds odd sir y exclaimed the
landlord.
Yes, sir, forty pounds. Let me see, for
ty-four pounds exactly. Now, sir, is tina
money to be forthcoming in one word, sir
there is no time to lose. If miss the coach
| post all the way to town at your expense
as soon as | have procured something to pu
on. The house of Barring can't 90 to tow
in shrts-the house of Barring will be re
venged, sir; your treatment is past bearing
and give you five minutes TO decide
The landlord did decide. The buckskin
had disappeared, the credit of his house wa
at stake, the house of Barring was his enc
my-therc was no help for it. The doubl
S mlled aud tf45 was handed over It'll
wrath of our gentleman was appcased-h
t even, before he slipped into the coach, prom
I ised to patronlse the hotel.
The coach had been on the road about 81
hours when the waiter stepped over to hi
: chum, the waiter of the hotel opposite, I
tel, him what shindy there had been abol
a pair of buckskins the other waiter pre-
duced the buckskins left in pledge, and o
) their description of our gentleman, no dout
was left but that, although, not probable,
is very possible, that gentleman could com
into a hotel 'cithout his inerpressiJlcs.
The landlord was almost frantic at ha,
ing been so imposed upon; but, as usual
all such cases, he soon made up the loss il
cnrrcd by our gentleman's visit to the hoe
by charging it upon those who came Their
not only with tuckskins, but with money
their buckskins' pockets; and thus ends IN
tory of How to raise Wind-or, the Bucl
skins