The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-11-21

that makes travelling man cht1mr It's
J'isc as my partner says. You have got an
awful sisht TO learn. am thinking some Of
"Iltihg a book ON the staging business. /
could give some of these fellows few points.
mere Ought TO be some authority which the
young might use as guide All the cd read
agents are gone, and the only way new
tomer can get along is TO learn by experience
now, fis 1t viii be good while before have
any use for stage coaches again, / will give
You few precepts
III tle flSt place, never appear to be in a
hurry-that is, in a nervous hurry. Just keen
bnstilng about as though it was very disa
greeabie duty that must be attended to-
Second - Never get scared at all
There is no danger Just keen
your weapons handy, and don't
take your eye Off your victims. Third-Re-
member that the big haul is generally in the
treasure box or the mail 50 k, and that
neither thcdriver nor the passengers care for
either of them. They viii! not make them
selves obnoxious about them and You NAV
dereEd upon it il you work it right Fourth
Don't be too hoggish in going through the
passengers themselves. Just take what
comes handy and no more. This is q partir-
ularly wise rule to follow when you have a
heavy treasure box and fat mail bag. If
yon eXasporate a passenger he may fight. If
you simply relieve him of what comes
hsndy, and don't appear as if you
were in very needy circumstances your
selves. o. as if you wanted 10 bank
rupt him, you will gain his admiration
and gratitude. Fifth-lf there are ladies'
q broad h., g.
will not be disturbed Make them stand m
and watch them, of course, for they are
freacherous; but when you GENE to them in
| the line just say that you never rob the fair
| sex, and hand them back their things. You'll
| make 1t up in the long run. Sixth-Look
out for yourself every minute you are at the
| job. Some Of the most harmless looking
mon | ever saw had the hardest and heaviest
| fists. One fellow down here on the big tree
road told me he was a consumptive, and five
| minutes afterward, when he hit me back of
| the ear thought a tree had fallen on me-
| S2venth-Pay no attention to the driver
| He's used to it, and as long as no one offers
10 shoot he doesn't worry.
Il have met some very Scciable drivers in
my day that would like to describe, hut |
! will not bother about them now The idea
conveyed in all these preccpts is to do the
work without friction and make no enemies.
The box and the bag being heavy you can
afford to be easy on the passengers. If they
do not lose much and are we'll treated, they
are rather proud of the experience, and they
never tire OF rCciting the details This makes
them your friends-that is, you've got no
| bowling, wild-eyed avengers on your trail
| except the Wells-Fargo and United States
slarps, and You can dodge them aitar you're
used to it. I'll bet You tho whole pile I've
made this summer that if | knew month
| ago what know now no VOLS Fargo man
would ever have run me down.
THAT'S all true, every word of it." broke
i'll Corbett. I'VE learned Il good deal one
day coming over the mountains We had
been off for little recreation. and coming
back here in the stage three big fellows with
shotguns stopped us. My partner and were
on the front seat on the inside and we were
very anxious TO see how they did the work
| Wen, they we're slick ones We stood I'D in
a row with the rest Of the passengers, and
when one Of them came along to me | said
Pm member of the profession | wits
pered it gently, so the others wouldn't heal
me, and he looks al me sharp like, and say,
loud, so all could hear him, IS that 50? Nc
mover rob preachers And he handed me
lack the little roti of bniS which he had tak-l
from me, Well, rather admired the cha
for his geniality, but it cut me up breadth
TO be called a preacher. Ii was all right
though, There's where we learned Il COOS
deal oil what we know now"