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remarked, "Ah, this is a £^ood Horn, and no mistake, 

 for it came from the only man in London who knows 

 how to make a Coach-horn ; " and then proceeding to 

 blow it in my usual inimitable style, I ma}- say that 

 I made " the welkin ring again." 



The company immediately made their appearance, 

 and so delighted were they that I was even offered a 

 ride back to Ipswich, which a previous appointm.ent 

 obliged me to decline with thanks, whilst the lady 

 passengers even applauded my performance b\' 

 enthusiastically clapping their hands. 



This is not all, for I had almost forgotten the 

 occurence, w^hen about a month afterwards a gentle- 

 man walked into the shop of the maker of the Coach- 

 horn, whom I at once recognised as my acquaintance 

 of the Felixstowe Coach. " Fine weather," remarked 

 he. " Yes ! " I replied, " just the sort of day for a 

 drive over to Felixstowe." Staring at me for a 

 moment, he exclaimed, " B\' Jove, wh}' you're the 

 fellow who blew that Horn so well and praised the 

 maker so highly. Dear me, what a capital joke." I 

 modestly replied something to the effect that it was 

 necessary in these days to be able to sound one's own 

 trumpet, and that I seldom missed the opportunity 

 of doing so. 



I believe this talc was told over the mess-table, 

 and I should like to have been present at the time. 



Of course, there are Coach-horns and Coach-horns ; 

 some easy to blow and of proper tone, others just the 

 reverse, and the difference is to be accounted for not 

 only in the model, but also in the workmanship, 



