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of those men who during his whole life was never in time for 

 anything, nor did he care how much too late he was ; he took 

 all things easily. 



A friend once invited me to get into his gig with him, as he 

 had just put his steeplechase mare in harness, and he wished 

 to have a companion with him to note developments. I 



An Effectual Stop. 



confess that I thought it risky, but he declared her to be very 

 quiet, so in I got. Before we had gone a mile she began 

 gambolling, putting her head down and jumping, and the next 

 minute she was off. He turned to me and said, ' She's away ! 

 I cannot stop her ; what had I better do ? ' I replied, ' You 

 had much better run her up the bank and turn us over, before 

 she gets into Lea Bridge ; for we are nearing the town, and if 



