Coaching days and coaching ways . ds assurancethat the next stage requires cattle strong and staid, andtakes his seat again just as the artist on the box says, Let em go, and take care of yourselves. All goeswell for a while till they reach what is termed on theroad a long fall of ground, when the coach presses uponthe horses. The thoroughbred at once breaks into acanter, and by doing so disqualifies himself from beingof any service as a wheeler, and this done there is nothingfor it but to gallop. The coach rocks awfully, neverthe-less she is not in danger ; the master-hand of the artistkeeps
Coaching days and coaching ways . ds assurancethat the next stage requires cattle strong and staid, andtakes his seat again just as the artist on the box says, Let em go, and take care of yourselves. All goeswell for a while till they reach what is termed on theroad a long fall of ground, when the coach presses uponthe horses. The thoroughbred at once breaks into acanter, and by doing so disqualifies himself from beingof any service as a wheeler, and this done there is nothingfor it but to gallop. The coach rocks awfully, neverthe-less she is not in danger ; the master-hand of the artistkeeps her in a direct line, and meeting the opposingground, she steadies and is all right. Not so old Mirabel, who feels extremely sick andshaken, and leaves the Comet at Bagshot for good andall, congratulating himself on the safety of his once more after a lapse of fifty years enters TheKings Arms, recalls the journey to Salisbury in 1773,finds the place much changed, rings the bell for the io6 COACHING DAYS AND COACHING WAYS. T Courtyard of Church House, Salisbury. THE EXETER ROAD 107 waiter, and mistakes the well-dressed person who answersit for the landlord. Pray, sir, said he, have you anyslow coach down the road to-day ? Why yes, sir, replies John ; we shall have theRegulator down in an hour. Upon which Mirabel remarks that the Regulator willdo, as it will enable him to breakfast, which he has notdone that day. Upon which John breaks into lamenta-tions, which must often have been heard in those dayswhen fast coaches had come into fashion and were kill-ing old inns. These here fast drags, he cries, be the ruin of all hurry, scurry, and no gentleman has time tohave nothing on the road. Here he breaks off. Whatwill you take, sir ? Mutton chops, veal cutlets, beef-steaks, or a fowl ? (to kill.) Having duly breakfasted off tough beef-steak andmemories of the past, old Mirabel sees the Regulatordraw up at the door. He sees also that it is a strong,well-built drag, pai
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