CHAPTER XI. 



THE NEW COACH AT ST. STEPHEN'S. 



Genekally coaches are put upon the road by gentle- 

 men who undertake them simply from their fondness 

 for anything connected with horses and driving ; and 

 they join as partners without the slightest regard to, 

 or perhaps knowledge of, each other's political 

 opinions. 



In the year 1880, in the month of May, when the 

 coaching season generally commences, it seems that 

 the taste for coaching had found its way even into the 

 ranks of politicians, and that two concerns were 

 started to run against each other, one being worked 

 by the Government, and the other by the Opposi- 

 tion. 



What the result of the schemes has been since they 

 were set on foot in 1880, the public have had ample 

 opportunities of judging for themselves by what they 

 may have read in the daily papers. 



There was a good deal of trouble upon the North- 

 ampton road, and presumably some strong language 



