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the ilesigo oh procuring a Chalet- at V a 41-ext
But it was decreed that their anisfortemes
should tent terminate so easily ; and they were
duetted to experience oth. r stronge adventt4s
before they Fetched their journe.y's*ewl.—Thrt,.
had trot proceeded far oar their way, till dirt
were passed on the llrath by a stage-coach. lay
the vehicle they instantly resolved to secure a Keit
as far WI accordingly pursued it
with ell the speed they were anostvis of, I)elloeiog
the while, Stop, coach ! Stop, coaciar rut
Jarvis. having caught • glimpse of them N 1w
drove along, was in no hurry to stop at their cell ;
but the inure they roared and ran. the mote
furiously did he drive. For, stein the one
a stout, athletic-looking man, hobbling as if
he had long and often been accustomed to wear
the derbies (ride Slang Lexicon fur double hens).
and the little one, as he supposed, from the
darkness of his complexion. with • mask or crape
over Isis face, poor Claeliee had not the slightest
doubt but that they were a brace of footpads.-4-To
escape them was his most earnest desire, and truly
ludicrous was it to are the anxiety and terror of
his countenance while he belaboured the wretched
steed: with Isis whip, broke the footboard by the
violence of his stamping, and awoke dull echo by
theloudness of his hiAtiag,jee-orhoing,aoil jee-aping.
—But vain his exertious--the pursuing Ministers
gained fast upon his jaded cattle, and hod
just got check by jowl with the stage-coach, when
an inside paswnger discharged a harse pistol at their
heads. Now, whether it was that fear palsied his
head and destroyed the correctness of his aim, or
whether it well that the ballet was repelled by the
harder head of the stout titan and glanced ineffec-
tually oft' into the air ; certain it is that our ter-
rified Ministers sustained no damage ON the oc-
casion. The unexpected salutation, however, Sr.reat.(l their college, and they stood statue-like,
struck with astonishment and dismay. Via!, r
these circumstances, the coach would soon
have been beyoud their hopes,- had not the Loma,
startled by the report of the pistol, plunged and
fallen. Now it was that a sour of horror ensued,
that to describe would have done honour to the pen
of a Srmillet. Screams, ihrirka, and posits, formed
a horrible concert—passengers inside and oat-prays

lag for mercy fawn the fancied robbers, who thee&
selves were almost as much frightened as the most
timid of them. Never was there a more deleqable
treat for a humorist !—At length, however, mettles
were explained by the Chancellor of the Exchequer,
who, as spokesman, informed the natives who he
and his companion were, and assured them that,
though they were evidently Blacklegs, upon his
word of honour they were not thieves ; and that,
though Cloth of the Irons, he knew nothing
at all about the dor/tier. These assertions the
people doubted ; hut not knowing how to get rid
of their unwelcome visitors, they consented to their
11 accompanying them to the inn, putting their bust
' in Providence that when they came there their;
deeds would be brought to light, and they would
be released from their intolerable presence sod
superiority.

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