Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1879-11-27
A DAREDEVIL JEHU.
How he Shook up q Party Of Grumbling
English Tourists.

Buffalo Bill tells good story about par
ty of Englishmen travelling on the plains be-
fore the Pacific railroad was finished. They
came rumbling into Laramie, abusing the
driver, the coach and the ''blarsted country
generally, because, they averred, there was
mo COUGHING or driving outside OF
Hengland." Their contempt of all things
American was shown in the most offensive
manner to all the people standing around as
| they alighted. II happened that Bob Scott,
| the finest driver and most reckless daredevil
on the Plains, was to take the coach to the
next station eight miles westward from Lara
mie, and rs that gay Jehu heard the remarks
OF the Britishers he slowly made up his mind
to give them specimen Of purely American
coaching. The stable boys led out six colts
that looked as it they had never heard of a
stage before; they reared and snerted, plung-
ed and kicked until the noble BritOns were
quite delighted with the anticipations of q
fine drive.
"Now, driver, you know, just give 'em
their heads and let 'em go; don't you be
afraid"
eyes," says another encouragingly, "my
good fellow, just 60 ahead.
Bob mounted the box slowly while man
held each horse; he gathered the reins and
said quickly: ''Let 'em Co." And they
did; and the colts plunged and reared, but
Bobs iron grasp held them in. With the aid
of the California brakes he held them
down to walk for three miles, while the
passengers blasphemed at him, for lead"
and sneak. At the end of that three miles
they got to the top of bill, and one Briton
poked his head out of the window and began
60 h,1f ho xrs1A
earthly yell walked that vicinity, and at the
same time Bob threw all six lines down.
He seemed to be lifted froE4 the ground, and
those six colts started at the very best speed
they. could make. Another yell from Bob,
and they seemed to increase it; then to help
matters he drew his revolver and commenced
firing over the horses heads.
''Great God," cried the Britons, ''we've
gotten into the hands of blarsted lunatic!"
''Stop, STOP" they shouted but the mad
cam and crazy driver tore onfaster and tas-
ter, while the stage went bouncing over the
rocky road in q way that threatened to pound
the passengers to peices. Bob craned his neck
over and yelled into the window:
"Gents, I'm just getting EN- started; they'll
do better after awhile" And he took out
the lamps and hurled them at the leaders
with wild Commanche war whoop.
The affrighted passengers presently saw the
station in full view; the question was how
was that team to be stopped. They gave
themselves up for gone, and hung on despair
ingly to the seats. 1t seems that the horses
were accustomed to 60 right into the stables,
coach and all, and up they came to the open
door at full speed. There was yell from
the assembled stable attendants and tavern
loafers, then a frightful crash as the whole
top Of the coach went off, throwing three
Britons out and breaking two arms and a leg,
besides other slighter accidents. Bob came
out of the stable smiling, picked up an Eng
lishman, and says:
'Never mind, sir; will have real nice
drive to the next station. l was obliged to
take 'em along slowly over that there rough
road. Boys, put in the other team in fresh
coach and give me couple of cocktails It's
dull driving so dog gone slow, and I'm pow
erful dry ......:
Those Englshmen waited and sent for a
doctor, but they did not put anything down |
in their notebook about American driving.