The weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1878-1881, 1881-08-09
THE MULE GUARD.
Nevada Stage Driver Pro
tected the Cash Box.

no use trying ordinarily to save any
your lives when gang of road
knows their business tackles q stage
emarked Long Bill to q Chronicle
"A party Of men standing on the
Nth everything ready, no horses to
ud nothing to do but sight their
irons and pleasantly suggest to the
hand down the cash box, has a big
|he game. The driver and guards,
un messengers IS We call them In the
us, can't help being taken more or
lrprise; and may remark right
until you have been suddenly call
10 look down the opening Of adou-
led shotgun, which has road agent
hand on the trigger at the other end,
no idea how surprised you are Ca
being. l have been thar. l have had
hooter pulled on me across faro ta-
I've proved that the hilt Of q dirk
between my ribs l have seen four
en by a royal flush; but l was never
until looked down the muzzle of
.barreled shot gun in the hands
ad agent. Why, my friend, the
the Sutro tunnel Is like a nail-hole
cifc hotel compared to shotgun
tta,n point Of view. But this is all
was going to tell YOU about the
\ see couple of road agents left.
trc was a plucky little stase-driver
out of Aurora who had been stopped
nes OH the road, but still driving,
fer man'is stopped twice the COM
erslly lets him do something else for
without intlluating that he is any
the robbers.
was the fellows name and he want
On the trip without guards. Why :
stage manager. Case 1 want to fool
Toat agents. so the stage manager
hot to send any guards with him.
e time came to hitch up for the trip
ngton's, OH the Carson road, Jake
En to the stable and insisted upon
he ugliest pair OF mules that evel
eath with hind leg, put in as leat
III zhow how a mule vas more smar
3D., said Jake, confidently, as HI
up out Of town, with myself as tht
side passenger. III we gets a call to
bill, shust you drop down in t. boot
ne ant dose mules vas goIn' 10 ha
D.. | noticed that Jake had q shot
cked and pointed straight ahead
d him if he was stopped AM
ID to raise the gun he woult
!, sure. He said he did no
to make such a fool of himself, am
Sed it he thought the robbers woul'
place themselves in line of the guu
Ppeared to be pointed at the lea
ar, he said:
er you mind, Phil; | knows dos
If We get a call you drop into d
PTS all Well, sure enough. We &C
We We're jogging along over an eas
ID, when about nine o'clock, a coupl
Psents sprang out from some chapa
pc grabbed the bits of the lead mule
other walked toward the coach wit
sveled, and said, Throw out tn;
Just as he got opposite the hind leg
mule, Jake's shotgun went oil all
dropped into the boots. | though
Pne in my body would be splintere
Jake crawled out, gathered up tt
hd finally got the teams quieted dow
Pop of Jake's gun the mules and hors'
Of on a mad run, and we must ha,
and dragged over ten miles of ros
lake took the reins agaiE. The on
was to the mules. Jake had sh
inside ear of each mule.
what became of the two robbers
e reporter as Long Bill stopped in Il
robbers? Well, l really don't kno'
npany would have buried them, l su
enough of them could have be-
off The chaparrsl TO put in a coffi
mules always were considered hi!