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he attributed to my foolish interference. 



It was impossible that I should have 

 had many such customers, for I never 

 knew his equal. He went away from that 

 part of the country long before I ceased to 

 drive. His name has since figured in our 

 law and police courts ; but I do not know 

 if he ever reached that goal to which he 

 appeared to be hastening, and which the 

 law has pronounced a proper termination 

 to such a knavish career. 



At another time, I remember to have 

 had what was likely to have been a seri- 

 ous affair, with three gentlemen passen- 

 gers, who had not the wit the last men- 

 tioned was possessed of, to keep within the 

 pale of the law. They were rewarded 

 for their expertness in making an entry 

 into other people's houses without their 

 knowledge and consent, and appropriating 

 their goods and chattels, with a situation 

 under Government in the colonies. 



These fellows were seated in the dickie, 



