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the time growling like a bear with a sore head. A 

 sudden happy thought occurred to Jock. "• Hi ! " shouted 

 he, when the angry Captain had gone some fifty yards. 

 '* Hi ! You mun hev the carriage to sleep in, if you like 

 till mornin' ! Yis or no ? " '' Go to the devil ! " roared back 

 the now furious Captain, " and tell your dashed master 

 if ever I get into one of his dashed conveyances again, may 

 I be dashed." 



" Ah, well, there's some fules in this warld as don't know 

 wot's good for 'em. Good-night, Cap'n, and better man- 

 ners to 'ee." And so saying Jock, having previously tied the 

 two old screws to a neighbouring gate, coolly opened the 

 door of the carriage, shut himself in, and slept away com- 

 fortably until morning. 



That was an uncomfortable adventure, too, that befel 

 the Stuffys that snowy night, or rather morning. The 

 occupants of the Stuffy equipage consisted of Mr. Stuffy 

 (an extremely fuss}^, irritable old gentleman), Mrs. Stuffy 

 (an excessively nervous lady), Miss Stuffy, and a young 

 gentleman from town, supposed to be engaged to that young 

 person. The parent birds were both fast asleep, and the 

 engaged couple were pretending to be, whilst they 

 squeezed each other's hands and made the best eyes they 

 could at each other in the dark, when the carriage 

 suddenly came to a full stop. *'Pa! wake up! Oh, 

 Adolphus, do wake pa! I'm sure something has hap- 

 pened ! " ejaculated poor little Miss Stuffy in imploring 

 accents. 



And Pa being woke up with a good deal of difficulty, at 

 last let down the window, and, putting his bald head out, 

 bawled out, *' What's matter now ? What's matter ? 

 What are you stopping for ? " A voice, thick in utterance 



