CHAPTER XVII. 



AN ADVENTTJEE WITH BALL HUGHES, COMMONLY CALLED "THE 

 GOLDEN ball" — A SENSATION AT DARTFORD — A RELIC OF 

 THE COMMUNE— RAILWAYS — PIONEERS OF THE RAIL— IN- 

 TRODUCTION OF STEAM-CARRIAGES ON ROADS— SEDAN 

 CHAIRS — paddy's PRACTICAL JOKE — FEUDS BETWEEN CHAIR- 

 MEN AND HACKNEY-COACHMEN. 



