Daily evening star. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1852-1854, 1852-12-31

"A n'uF' ous IN ~n minutes, perhaps, and
certainly within half an hour"
Half an hourI half minutes DELAY
might ruin me- replied the gentleman 81
hope 1 shall find the character you have
given your cattle correct one;-dash on.
position"
Before this short conversation between
the gentleman and the innkeeper was cor
cluded, joey Duddle had put-to his horses,
which were, of course, kept harnessed, -
and taken his seat, prepared to start at .
moments notice. He kept his eye upon
the innkeeper, who gave the usual signal
of rapid wave of the hand, as soon Is the
gentleman ceased speaking; and Joey Dud-
dies cattle, in obedience to the whip and
spur, hobbled OF at that awkward and evil
IDENTIFY painful pace, which Is, per force,
adopted by the most praiseworthy post.
horses for the first ten minutes or 20 Of
their journey. But the pair over which
Joey presided were, az the innkeeper a.
serted, very speedy, and the gentleman
soon felt assured that it would take An
extraordinary quadruple team to overtake
them.
His hopes rose at the sight Of each suo-
ceeding milestone, he ceased to put his
head out Of the window every FIVE minutes
and gaze anxiOusly up the road, he already
anticipated a triumph-when q crack,
crash, . shrek from the lady, . jolt, an
instant change of position, and q positive
pause occurred, in the order in which they
are stated, with such suddsnnsss and rels-
tive rspidity, that the gentleman was for .
moment or two utterly deprived Of his
presence Of mind, by alarm and astonish.
ment. The bolt which connects the fore.
wheels, splinter-bar, springs, fore-bsd.
axle-tree, &C., with the perch that passes
under the body Of chaise, to the hind
wheel springs and carriage, had snapped
a'under; the whole Of the fore parts were
instantly dragged onwards by the horses.
the braces by which the body was attached
to the fore springs gave way; the chaiss
fell forward, and. Of course. remained Sta
tionary with its contents, in the middle Of
the road, while the deaf position rode On.
with his eyes intsntly fixed on vscuity
before him. as though nsthins whatsver
had happened. .......
Alarmed and indignant In the hIshtsst De,
gree at the postillioa's conduct, the gentle
man shouted with all his might such ex-
clamstions Is any man would naturally use
on such occasion, bat Joey, although stilras
but little distance, took no notice of vhs.
had occurred behind his back. and very oom-
placently trotted his horses on at the rate Of
eleven or twelve miles an hour. He thouaht
the cattle went better than ever: hi, mind
was occupied with the prospect Of speedy
termination to his Journey; be felt elated at
the idea Of outstrIpping his pursuers,-for
Joey had discrimination enough to perceive
Mt glance that his passengers were run.
away lovers,-and he went on much to his
own satisfaction. As he approached the
inn, which terminated the "long down."
Joey, as usual, put his horses upon their
metal, and they having nothing but fore
carriage and young lady's trunk behind
them, ratified up to the door at rate unex-
ampled In the annals Of posting, with oil
the little boys and girls of the neighborhood
in their rear.
1t was not until he drew up at the inn
aoor and aHghted from his saddle, that Joey
discovered his disaster, and nothing could
equal the utter establishment which his fea-
lures then displayed. He ga.ed at the
place where the body of his chaise, his pas
'engers and hind wheels ought to have been,
or above s. minute, and then suddenly
started down the road on foot, under an
dea that he must very recently have dropt
hem. On reaching little elevation which
above two miles of the ground
'ver which he had come, he found, to his
liter dismay, that no traces Of the main
'ody of his chaise were perceptible, nor
could he discover hia paaaencerr who had