GETTING RIDE OF AN INTRUDER.

Clutha Leader, Volume III, Issue 131, 12 January 1877, Page 3

GETTING RIDE OF AN INTRUDER.

• Shuter, an actor bf the last century, Was - travelling-- iri the; Brighton; stage cbaqh on a, very warm day, with four ladies, "when the vehicle ! ' stripped to -receive a six*h passenger, c-whoi could have played, Fajstaff without ..padding. The faces' of the ladies "elohgated 1 at this unwelcome addition to the number, but Shuter qnly.;smiled. : , ■;■;■• < . / ■. y •

. When tho stout .gentleman was seated, and the coach again in motion, Shuter gravely -inquired-: of,; one .of * the .ladies her motive for_visiting Brighton. She .replied; that, her physician had ; acU„ vised,, sea-bathing-, as a remedy' for mental depression.- ' He turned to • the < others, and repeated his.enquiriesr-rand; . the next r was, T nervpus, r and the third bilious— all; had some' a'ilrnent which the sea ; was' expected- to cure. '• A .-* Ah -V sighed thejcoaiedian, 'alt your cpriaprairirs-'put together are- nothing to ; mine,,, ,X)h nothing I— mine is dreadful . : '■,-.:. • ) ' , -*.V» s; ' i " ;;i * , '-' : ''* •*'- * * *■*<• .•'.">-■'•' to think or. • '•" ' -IndeSd; 5 -svcy said the stout passenger ■■<. with a-fl.opk pfr astonishment;./ what; is your complaint'? You' look exceeding ly' •well.-' vo y-AhAuAv- -A? ATi s a, : uaA y\A\ j f ':A;li, ; si^ ) re,spp.nded,Shut shaking his 'head*,- ' looks are deceitful' j you 'must' kjnow, sir, that three daysiiagb.i?!, had; the misfor^un^ by a mad 4og, fb.^wlxic^ I am informed sea-bath-*ihg is"tlie : 'only cw

{ am.going to Brighton'; ''for ' thoSgiuJ. * #8- you I observe, h a in* lqoki n g , wql \A ,the ~/A * fir, comes on in a moment, when' I bark like a dog, and endeavour to bite everyone near me.' — ™-~ *. * .Heaven' yh aye; mercy, on us, 'rejjaen-: j ,-, • -Jjated the stout passenger with a look" of alarm. ' ' ''"' * But, sir, you are not in earnest— you'—* '*! i'Vi yy) y y yi a A; J 'Bow- wow- wow 1' . •'Coachman ! coachman ! - T ' , Let v *'nie ■*-•"" •'' out !•'-— let me, out, i say;-' ; ... . { „,,-;,:.. „. : . -i-'-'-Now your honor, what's the mat- . terf ."'■" -'Aa-'- ■'-•'.* -^'-yy A:A;: cAyrtAuA. 'Aj mad dog is the <* matter, J,-*-., , .*_. hydrophobia is the matter !•— open the .door! -*'"''■" "* '* 'r : : ' : - ' '"' ■ -' -''Aa AA. 'Bow-wow-wow.' •••• •■;.- h --AA yyy Open the,, door! ;:-. Never., -.mindr the steps ! „-Thank, -Thank heaven. I r am safe^out ! ALeyA those who ,, like, ride inside j , I'll mount the roof'/ : ' : -' i ''"* ■'""•' ,; --•>' ; ' : Sd he rode to Brighton "outside the coach much to thesatisfaction.ofShuter • A' and his fair companions, who were very.., ,-, .merry at.his expense,- the fo,rmer,,re*-.-peating at. intervals his ( sonorous^ bow-wow-wow !. . '" '*'"