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the ssgEhsest. mighi tsc tkrs~n over
>Psstsa DuyvIl creek. The rogtr eaasi
then h.e laid cat aluug sotse II the least
iieguented eVuo,ry rJad-, and s.rme Of
the ios-Iying places might lie filed in
Nth corduroy.
Then one ol our Western stsge- coaches.
Nth Elk mules at full gallop, and
driver who Was accustomed To guide
them with the lines In his teeth and n
rifle in his hands, would tear along the
road, with all the CHATTER and bang and
wild excitement that you could get on
road down near the Mexican border.
The mules would be of the kind that no
driver could stop between stations, and
if he could keep them in the road it
would be all that would be expected of
him.
At certain points there would be armed
men, ambushed by the roadside, whose
duty it would be to fire at the stage as it
passed, and Us each Of the passengers
would be required to carry rifle, very
pretty sport could be had by pcppering
the bushes as the stage dashed along.
At other points the stage would be
stopped, and each passenger carefully
robbed by highwaymen. This part Of
the exercises might be made very effec-
tive. The valuables taken could be re-
turned on application to the stage Office,
or they could be kept as perquisites by
the obliging attendants.
Sometimes the services of Indians or
Mexicans might be obtained, and an at
tack ON the stage by small party of
either Of these would give variety to the
proceedings.
Refreshments, such as are found at the
stations on the prairie roads, would be
furnished at the stopping places, and
many persons be thus afforded oppor-
tunities, which they could not otherwise
obtain, Of eating the crust off an immense
lump of dough, hastily baked over hot
fire, and put over again after the depart
ure of each coach, to be recrusted for the
next load of passengers. Some pork and
beans and hot fried cakes could also be
served, if Thought necessary.
Miners would be hired to play cards
in the coaches, and all the cards, knives
and revolvers necessary could be fur
nished by the company.
By careful attention to these and other
details, line of coaches might be estab
lished, which should represent, with &C.
curacy and fidelity, some of the charac-
teristic methods of travel in our own
country. And it is scarcely necessary to
say that this would be great educational
boon to people like the citizens of New
York, who will soon begin to believe that
there are no stage-coaches excepting
those modelled and run upon the English
plan.-Scribner's "Brick -Brac."