CHAPTER XVIII

FLOTSAM AND JETSAM

Sharing terms--Some tricks of the trade--Spoof telegrams--A Bradford dispute--I engage to fight “The Terror of the Meat Market”--A packed house--I enter a lion’s den--And am glad to get out again--A trick the police foiled--Tricks of trick swimmers--I learn a secret or two--Pigeon shooting extraordinary--“Satan’s Dream”--Royalty at a side-show--My mother hears me over the electrophone--At Wentworth Woodhouse --A kind reception--My embarrassing mistake--An angler’s paradise 263