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newspaper by some gentleman who had known him 

 well, and travelled with him often in his palmy days 

 on the ' Telegraph,' donations were solicited, and his 

 patrons subscribed handsomely ; thus the poor man 

 was soon removed to a more comfortable locality 

 somewhere along the road he had so often travelled, 

 and ended his days in quiet retirement. 



Many others, both coachmen and guards, when 

 they had laid by something, took public-houses 

 with varied success, some having done very well, 

 though scarcely making such handsome incomes as in 

 former days, or engaged in an occupation so congenial 

 to their tastes as coachmanship. Others I have 

 seen driving omnibuses in London, or to railway 

 stations in country towns. 



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