1^0 IV THE COACH Passengers fared 



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Let 'em go, Jem — -I've got 'em ! ' and off goes 

 the ' HigMyer.' " 



Here is another such scene, observed with 

 another pair of eves, or imagined by another 

 brain : — 



" ' Put the joints ojoposite the women,' says 

 the hindlord to the waiter taking in the dinner ; 

 ' they're slow carvers.' 



" Meanwhile, passengers are busy, taking oft' 

 coats, one, two and three in succession (those 

 were the days of hond-fide ' great-coats,' now- 

 adays become lessened, and merely overcoats). 

 Chins appear out of their many wrappages of 

 silk, and fur caps are bundled into pockets. In- 

 side passengers eye outsiders with susjiicion, Avhile 

 a deaf gentleman who has left his trumpet in the 

 coach meets an acquaintance whom he has not 

 seen for seven years, and in consequence of not 

 having that instrument with him can only shake 

 hands and grimace in return to the speaker's 

 greetings : 



" ' You find it very warm inside, I should 

 think, sir, don't you ? ' says the acquaintance. 



'"Thank ye, my good friend ; I am rather deaf, 

 but I suppose you are inquiring after my Avife and 

 daughters : they are quite well, thank you.' 



" ' Where Avill you sit at dinner ? ' rejoins the 

 acquaintance. 



'"It is two years since I Avas there,' replies he. 



" ' No : Avhere Avill you sit, sir ? I said.' 



" ' Oh ! John : he is still in Jamaica Avith his 

 rcffiment.' . . . 



