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COACHING DAYS AND COACHING WAYS 



young gallant of the party proposes that some one shall 

 go on to The King's Arms at Bagshot and procure help 

 — with which end in view he cuts the traces and leads 

 up one of the wheelers for a charger. The only answer 

 to his appeal comes from the guard, who raises his 

 blunderbuss gravely and mistaking a too curious 

 shepherd who approaches from behind a bush for a foot- 

 pad, shoots him, before he has time for effectual flight. 



Coiniyard, A'iiiii's .irttis, Salislniry. 



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in the hinder parts. The shepherd has now to be dealt 

 with. He is given brandy and placed on his chest 

 beside the coachman who, still believing himself to be 

 on the box, mechanically drives air-drawn horses. 

 Despairing of the others, the young man now commits 

 Belinda and her mother to the care of the lawyer, 

 who has lost all feeling in hands, feet, and arms, but 

 declares he will look after the mother, mounts the 



