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CHAPTER IV. 



THE CHANGE. 



A Coach Proprietor Members of Parliament A Welcome 

 Nelson's Funeral The Theatres George Frederick 

 Cooke John Kemble and Mrs. Siddons The Country 

 A Death-bed Scene An Elegy The Lawyer A Se- 

 cond Blow The Wine Merchant A Third Blow A 

 Valetudinarian The Postmaster A Scene at the Dinner- 

 table A Consultation and Trial Unexpected Result 

 Philanthropy. 



IT is now necessary the reader should be 

 informed that my father was a considerable 

 mail contractor in the district where he 

 lived; consequently largely embarked in 

 the stage-coach business a business or 

 avocation as compatible with civic or even 

 senatorial honours, excepting a certain 



