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him of his last shilling, the defeat of which he attributed 

 to my foolish interference. 



It was impossible that I should have had many such 

 customers, for I never knew his equal. He Avent away 

 fmm 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, T remember to have had what was 

 likely to have been a serious affair with three gentlemen 

 passengers, who had not the wit the last mentioned 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 cliattels, with 

 a situation under Government in the colonies. 



These fellows were seated in the dickey, as the hinder- 

 most part of the coach is termed, accompanied by a 

 gentleman who paid them particular attention. At 

 Barkway Hill, which we always of necessity slowly 

 ascended, the three worthies, closely allied as they were, 

 began descending together. One of them was on the 

 ground, and the other two in the act of descending, 

 when their attentive friend called to his superior, who at 

 the time ^vas in conversation with me on the box. On 

 looking round and seeing what was going on, he jumped 

 over on the roof, pulled a pistol from his pocket, and 

 cried to the man who was on the ground by name, " If 

 you do not immediately get up I'll shoot you ! " He 

 cocked and presented his pistol. The fellow slowly re- 



