OUR REPRESENTATIVE 

 MAN. 



CHAPTER I. 



HE RIDES IN A CAB OR TWO, AND FAITHFULLY REPORTS 

 THEREON TO THE EDITOR. 



HILE You ride in your coach and four, loll in 

 your Victoria and pair by the banks of the 

 blue Serpentine, or wave your hand indolently 

 from your cushioned barouche on your road to 

 Richmond, I, Sir, have to represent You in vehicles licensed 

 to carry twenty-six people at once, or, at best, to take only 

 two inside. 



Hence it is that Your Representative is one of the greatest 

 employers of London Cabs. He is a fortune to the drivers 

 and proprietors, as, being of a timid and retiring disposition 

 (wherever there's a chance of a row), and, never having ac- 

 quired proficiency in the art of self-defence, he invariably 

 gives at least sixpence over the regular fare, so as to avoid 



