THE NEW COACHMAN.

Patea Mail, Volume III, Issue 301, 6 March 1878, Page 4

THE NEW COACHMAN.

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.HIE UOj SllOuiu fltlVG KliDiMl OGulCl \\ his age than to let out family secrets; but lie felt grateful to the other boy for the use of his stilts, and he softly remarked —“ Father wasn’t home all last night, and ha hasn’t come homo yet.” • { Gone off ?” queried the owner of the stilts. “ He’s down town somewhere, we expect, and ma says she ain’t going to run after him if he don’t come back for a month.” “ Did they have a fuss ?” {l Kinder. You see wo had to let the coachman go,’ cause it’s hard times. Yesterday afternoon ma wanted pa to black up and drive her out in style. Ho kicked at first; but when she got mad he caved in and fixed himself up so you couldn’t tell him from a regular darkey. When he drove around ma called him Peter, and ordered him to back up and g) ahead and haw and gee around, and and he got up on his car and drove back to the barn. Then duds came offu him like lightning, and he was so mad that he did’t stay long enough to wash the black off hiss oars.” “ And what did your mother say ?” asked the other. u .Nothing. She looked a little sad around the mouth, but she’ll fetch him to it if it takes all winter. He might as well come home and begin to learn how to burn cork.”