ajority of the goodly company, thirteen _HONEST
GENTLEMEN_ gave it in Dick England's favour, and with him divided the
spoil.

A Mr D--, a gentleman of considerable landed property in the North,
proposed passing a few days at Scarborough. Dick England saw his
carriage enter the town, and contrived to get into his company and go
with him to the rooms. When the assembly was over, he prevailed on Mr
D-- to sup with him. After supper Mr D-- was completely intoxicated, and
every effort to make him play was tried in vain.

This was, of course, very provoking; but still something must be done,
and a very clever scheme they hit upon to try and 'do' this 'young man
from the country.' Dick England and two of his associates played for
five minutes, and then each of them marked a card as follows:--'D-- owes
me one hundred guineas,' 'D-- owes me eighty guineas;' but Dick marked
_HIS_ card--'I owe D--thirty guineas.'

The next day, Mr D-- met Dick England on the cliff and apologized for
his excess the night before, hoping he had given no offence 'when drunk
and incapable.' Having satisfied the gentleman on this point, Dick
England presented him with a thirty-guinea note, which, in spite of
contradiction, remonstrance, and denial of any play having taken place,
he forced on Mr D-- as his _FAIR WINNING_--adding that he had paid
hundreds to gentlemen in liquor, who knew nothing of it till he had
produced the account. Of course Mr D-- could not help congratulating
himself at having fallen in with a perfect gentleman, as well as
consoling himself for any head-ache or other inconvenience resulting
from his night's potation. They parted with gushing civilities between
them.

Soon afterwards, however, two other gentlemen came up to Mr D--, whom
the latter had some vague recollection of having seen the evening
before, in company with Dick England; and at length, from what the
two gentlemen said, he had no doubt of the fact, and thought it a fit
opportunity to make a due acknowledgment of the gentlemanly conduct
of their friend, who had paid him a bet which he had no remembrance of
having made.

No mood could be better for the purpose of the meeting; so the two
gentlemen not only approved of the conduct of Dick, and descanted on the
propriety of paying drunken men what they won, but also declared that
no _GENTLEMAN_ would refuse to pay a debt of honour won from him when
drunk; and at once begged leave to 'remind' Mr D-- that he had lost t