GENERAL. 417 



Another case relating to the carriage of a parcel 

 containing a large sum of money I knew, and also 

 the gentleman to whom it occurred ; as he has been 

 dead many years, I maj'', without scruple, recount 

 the circumstances. That they are still vividly im- 

 pressed on my mind will be readily understood when 

 I mention that this gentleman used occasionally to 

 throw shillings and half-crowns to be scrambled for 

 by some of us who were schoolfellows of his nephews ; 

 such events not being very common with schoolboys^ 

 they are naturally remembered even though many 

 years have passed since they occurred. 



It happened that this gentleman, who was a 

 banker, was travelling about five-and-twenty miles 

 in a coach, being the only person inside, and having 

 with him a bag containing about £500. On arriving 

 at the town where he resided, and the coach stopped, 

 he got out and went home, forgetting all about the 

 bag, which he had left on the seat of the coach. 

 As it was Saturday night, the coach was drawn 

 into the yard at the back of the inn, and left in 

 an open shed to remain until washed to go out 

 again early on the Monday morning. The next day 

 being Sunday, the bank to which the money would 

 in the ordinary course of business have been taken, 

 was of course not opened ; and it then occurred to the 

 gentleman that he had left his bag in the coach. 



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