120 COACHING. 



Another shilling was tendered. 



" And now," asked the gentleman, *' what 

 do you mean by saying if ye knew but 

 all ?" 



" That I driv yer honour the last three 

 miles without a linchpin !" 



" Will I pay the pike or drive at it, plase 

 yer honour ?" was the exclamation of a driver 

 to his passenger as he suddenly drew up a few 

 yards from the turnpike gate. 



When an Assistant Poor-Law Commissioner 

 first visited Cork, the coach by which he arrived 

 set him down next door to the "Imperial Hotel," 

 his place of destination. Not being aware of 

 this fact, he ordered a car and gave his direc- 

 tion to the driver. The fellow conducted him 

 round the town and through the various streets 

 and lanes, and, after an hour's driving, placed 

 him at the hotel entrance, demanding and re- 

 ceiving a sum of five shillings, which his victim 

 considered a reasonable charge. A few minutes 

 afterwards he discovered the trick that had been 

 played upon him. 



One of the richest characters of the class 

 we encountered on the road from Ross to 

 Wexford ; he told us how he got his first 

 situation. 



