. Coaching days & ways. Horses; Coaching (Transportation) -- England; England -- Social life and customs. 3o8 COACHING DAYS AND COACHING WAYS ingly charging a gate, and clearing it in gallant style. He then scudded rapidly past Highgate, " hke a swift-sailing schooner with three lumbering Indiamen in her wake," And so through Du Val Lane—(what tender recollections must here have possessed that manly breast) into Hornsey -—where the turnpike fellow closed the toll-bar in his face, and the "three lumbering East Indiamen" (the meta- phors here become a trifle mixed—but no
. Coaching days & ways. Horses; Coaching (Transportation) -- England; England -- Social life and customs. 3o8 COACHING DAYS AND COACHING WAYS ingly charging a gate, and clearing it in gallant style. He then scudded rapidly past Highgate, " hke a swift-sailing schooner with three lumbering Indiamen in her wake," And so through Du Val Lane—(what tender recollections must here have possessed that manly breast) into Hornsey -—where the turnpike fellow closed the toll-bar in his face, and the "three lumbering East Indiamen" (the meta- phors here become a trifle mixed—but no matter) cried aloud, '' The gate is shut ! We have him ! Ha ! Ha ! ". But not so ! though the old Hornsey toll-bar was a high gate, with chevaitx de frise in the upper rail! Not so ! thouo"h the <:rate swun^j into its lock ; " and like a '"^ ' tiger in his lair the prompt custodian of the turnpike, enscanced within his doorway, held himself in readiness to spring upon the ; Not so ! For what did Dick do ? He did four things. 1. He coollv calculated the heii^ht of the or^tc. 2. He spoke a few words of encouragement to l^ess. 3. He stuck spurs into her sides. 4. He cleared the spikes by an Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Cuming, E. D. (Edward William Dirom), 1862-1941; Armour, G. D. (George Denholm), 1864-1949. [London] : Hodder and Stoughton
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