sinuating smile, his hand. I put my hands behind my back.
"There is one other point, Mr. Burchell. I won from you and your friend nearly sixty pounds. I returned it to you on an imputation being made of cheating. I presume that imputation is now withdrawn!"
"Of course. It was only a joke."
"In that case I must request you to repay me the amount I won!"
The fellow looked a little blank.
"Isn't it rather a curious case?"
"It is exactly on that account that I insist on your refunding what you obtained from me by means of what looks very like a subterfuge. I intend to present the amount, as a memorial of what you very rightly call a curious case, to the Home for Lost Dogs."
"A joke may be made a little expensive," murmured Mr. Burchell, as he counted out the coin.
"And the laugh, after all, be on the other side," said Mr. Armitage.
"The laugh," I answered, as I received my winnings, "is with the curs."
