"DOG" LOO.

Among the dwellers in Brighton in the Regent's days was the notorious Dr. Benn, well known from his relations with "Dally Dalrymple the Tall." The doctor had many friends as well as enemies among the good people. By the latter he was treated as all gamblers should be. In other words, they gave him the cold-shoulder. Among these was an Israelite, who was one of the speculating kind. He had never been known to make a bet, although a great shaver in his business, which amounted to about the same as that the doctor was concerned in. He was a discounter of promissory notes. The doctor being a shrewd man, discovered the Israelite's weak points, and laid a bait for him. The doctor had a very fine dog, which he shut up two days without feeding him. He then told a secret partner to go and get into conversation with the broker, and he (the doctor) would soon come by with his dog, which the partner would call into the office and tell the broker to weigh him, while he (the owner) would pass on and make no stop. The partner was also to suggest the great probability of winning some champagne on the weight of the dog, as he, after weighing him, would know his weight better than the owner. The plan pleased the Israelite, as he knew the doctor to be a man always ready to bet. He weighed the dog, and turned him loose. The dog went home to his owner, who then gave him some two or three pounds of meat to eat, and then walked back by the office with bis dog, and made a stop to converse with some of his acquaintances. The broker proposed to make a trifling bet that he could tell the dog's weight as near as the owner; and finally a very large bet was made. The merchant guessed first, and the owner guessed about one pound more, and won; for the meat he had just given his dog made about that difference. The broker was loo'd, and could not, for a long time, account for his being deceived, as but a few minutes had elapsed since he had first weighed the dog. But he had unwisely suffered himself to be drawn into a bet with a man who had made betting his whole business, and who never calculated to be beaten, or do an honest act as long as he could find dishonest one as a substitute.

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