Wisconsin tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1847-1854, 1847-09-03
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THE STAGE DRIVER.



hume rous mail stages % Vermont. 1t was |
a new cnach. freshly rainted in bright |
yellow. with large boquets of red roses on
The panel ing. and narrow black stripes
upon the wheels. Bandboxes. covered
with blue. green, pink, white, yellow. and
parli-colored paper, or perhaps carefully
ed f ON the incidents Of a Journey by
bag or coarse brown cloth, " r. piled
together with valises carpet bags and va
rlons bundles of al shapes and sizes, in
huge mountains upon the top. Among
these. occasionally, an extra passenger
found place - nine grown p rsons and
i've small children within. and six upon
n above, the driver S box without, being
considered the fall complement for load
TO speak Of The trunks behind would re
qure greater ompas> of arithmetic than
We pcs ess- They were of wood, of hair.
OF leather; black, red, yellow, white blue
some strapped and buckied. some corded
with ropes; some whose shatteued locks
had half burst away from their screws,
and few smaller ones upon the top
sporting the brass pad locks This We
nIcle was drawn by SIN large white horses
always In tn finest order. and 10 hey day
spirits. In short, it was an exhilaratirg
sight, that whiriing, rumbiing. rafting
Jolting little world. reguIa Nv revolving IN
lis orbit, and changing lis passeng, rs no
nttener than this larger whirling, raltling
world, that we call Earth.
Well, as we have said, daily rolled and
rumb ed this gay mail stage over the
Torrey hills; and daily ran Lizzy Hatch
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scarlet btao-vInes = at what ? The band
boxes or The trunhs? The passengers,
Of the rosy-cheeked driver! We vii,
Lot say. Peep she did, with her bright
aughIng Int lie eyes, and smile she did
Wih hcr sweet little ROSY lips. What
max him always so merry, wonder I
ta"Hght she, .wnat can he be ALWAYS
singing about SO loud One would think
that on a rainy day, al lea t. he might be
sober: bat. instead o. that he ONLY sings
the louder when lhe rain pours the hard
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" hat curious little chick that mus,
he always pryiug between the bean vin, 81
daily theug't ;he rosy-cheeked driver.
when passing be house Of Farmer Hatch
One would think that she nigh some
la - nt ''t N, ittStt'ti cI Nilltn, tIftGf
she forever stands. thinking herself hid
by tn bean flowers which only make her
snow the fairer. Sac : a sweet little
witch, on my word I
Gee upi whoa there. GineraIi'
Thu g3y painted stag coach could be
seen Il long way up and off from Farmer
Hatch's western windows. for, from the
ioor way, the bill rose up, and ur. and up
tiii IT seemed fairly to touch the sllv and
the coach came rafting down, and down.
and down, until one would verify think II
was sent on a despatch to the bottomIess
abyss. s. regularly every alternate morn
ing at precisely eight O'Clock Lizzv shook
mp her i tie bed u the western bedroom
AMI hung the snowy pillows on the win
dow ell 10 AR; and precisely at five o.
clock on every alternate afternoon, she sal
sewing At the east win low in the parlOr
and precisely at those very hours came
either to or fro. he yellow coach and the
TX white horses.
\ quarter OF IA mile below was the Tor
tev po~t-. fhne. the store. the tailor's shop
he church, and few white and yellow
houses caiieI the vil!age. Here the stag
always s,oIpcd 10 have the mail changed
here tie driver jtnp>d eff and chatted
with the loIIgars about the door hnrt
ne met the attic daudy tailor in his Ugh
blue pants pinid vest. and invisible green
coat, and delivered him Sundry packages
| from the city. Said tailor, by name Or
iando SCHNEIDER, was no unimportant per-
sonage IN he eyes of Frank Gale. the
iriver; for though he had hearty con
tempt for his foppI>hnrSs, he had an un-
Accountable ISL k, and dread of his pre-
tensions IA another direction. In short,
frank had often observed him struttinn
up to Ihn door 81 Farm.r Hatch cottag,.
on ~ nm.r afternoon, o. lettering near
the ope y Al " whore LIzzv sa' and il
was wni-p re-. %, ale gos>ip~ around the
door OF the tavern and post If: re, that d
match was Matching between the Young
people.
Now why should Frank car. if It were
50! What CAIN had he on a Young nail
en- with whom ne had never exchanged
word IN his life ? None 10 BE- sure but
then he pshawed and fretted at this match
a. thong II were doing him a great Ia
jury, and he called the tailor "a BLASTED
fool. though if this were a specimen OF
MS folly. II was one, 1t must he confessed
which Frank would himself have been both
proud ani happy to have committed.
Il don't brIieveit, won't believe it,
ne cried 20 himself. Lizzy Hutch would
never marry such a tItt ring twItterIng.
~prn3i5~>hank, d ihc>anapeS as he She
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