Sharp County record., 1888-06-28
HOW 1T WAS DONE
A Lady Passengers AdTsnrur 2
With Stage Robbers

It's q iebata5.e question whether
woman has moro curiosity than = meu-
or wee versa However thaC may be,
the writer II this has always felt
great curiosity as 20 Just how it would
seem 20 be stood I'D Jv highwavmen
in the course Of her travels Duty and
inclination calling her many times
over the stage lines running into Lake
County from Calist0EI ami Clover
dale. she has heretofore felt somewhat
injured and sighted that certain geu-
tIemeu Of the road have always man
aged TO arrange their little interviews
with the stages either Just before or
lust after she mas passed along. Every
other courtesy had been rendered most
generously BY the lnspilable people
within the borders 0fthis romantic ana
charming region. Now, wHv did The
road agents use Ier 20 siightlngiv'
Tlis question has troubled her very
much- Icdoesn' { bother her any more.
Her curiosity Is satisfied TO Her heart
content Whv5 Because she has been
there. knows Just how ir is done and
can now die happy
The stage from GOverda.e 10 Lake.
port swung around the corners OF the
former village and took the road over
the mountains the other dav, bearing
three passen gers besides The driver
The seat behind the driver vas Occu-l
pied -55v 4 -.s..--,;ss .GIIs land -bag-in
sssscsFrss-or-s-1t re 5f'isr - r ~
The upper decS was kept in place BY "a I
Santa Rosa gentleman, aud one pas
ssuger was inside the coach. The air /
was hector 10 0ur souls rs 10 came I
laden with all the odors Of the mount /
ain woods and blossoms. The sun
was az warm and ardent as one Of /
Joaquin Alillers her0iues, and. in
fact every thing was bowling along
after the most approved fashion. The
only lady passeH GER was reeliug of
mentally q lot 0f verses suitable 20
the occasion and half listening to the
driver and the other outside Dassenge
who we're swapping lizard stories
The driver was In the midst Of a
graphic account Of 4 section Of
Arizona, where the heat was So in
tense that the lizards were compelled /
to shed their caudal aDpendages TO
keep cool The poem protoDlasm had
reached the formation stage as far as
the line: The glory Of an emerald
earth, o'srhung Oy sapphire skies "
The driver lizards had. every Z
mothers son Of them, dropped y
bis tail, the outside passenger
was getting green with envy that the
lizard story discounted his, when the b
,oach swung around a little turn. q
ibout three miles from C.Overdale, &
md passed between two great rocks
.ajIed from their position, the "Dsv- n
IS Gateway" The name seemed to c
Is very appropriate on this occasion, q
or just in the gateway we encount-
red, on either side Of our wheelers, p
wo gentlemen IN black masks bear
ng a whole arsenal in their hands NJ
nd about their persons. L
"Haltr' commanded the leader it
We're in for it. remarked our el
river. NJ
However We halted. It seemed a u
rood place to do so. The horses 81
yere, perh APPS, tired, and would be le
e'ter for a little rest At any rate s.
re halted. It would, perhaps, make b
ne feel like doing so 10 suddenly find X
is gaze turned down the barrels Of rC
nree loaded and cooked guns one Of m
hem being a rife, said barrels held W
n range Of his head. It gives you a E
ueer little feeling. to be sure, and,
Though it was my first appearance
u any stage in that role, tried not
D be awkward.
Dump out the box" commanded n
le leader
'All right, replied the driver, who g.,
'aIized that the horses might get 10
yer the road better if they did not
ave the express box to carry. of
In getting out tn box he threw a m,
saVy mailbag on an upper-deck seat a
'cupied by carefully-tended pack an
,e containing an extra hat freshly bis
lmmed with bunch of buttercups, the
longing. of course, to the lady en-,
sssnger. anr
A cried the owner utterly OBJ
nf circumstances, whatever =
t nasEmy flower" ths
&arasfen woman S life arit
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