The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1891-09-10
ASLEEP ON THE BOX.
The Interesting Experience of an
Empire City Jehu.
He Tells About n Perilous Ride Which
He Gave Four CoDgressmen-A
Pleasant Reminder OF
Sunset Cox.

"Yes, there's good deal Of a knack
in drivin' hack through the streets of
crowded CITY,"
1t was my friend the Jehu who ad-
mitted the soft impeachment Us we
tackled down Broadway. says q writer
in the New York Herald. The carriage
was one of the Fifth Avenue hotel rigs,
and was the latest thing out of the var
nish shop apparently, but with pre-
cision born of long practice and an case
which the elder Weller could not have
surpassed in his paimiest days the
driver succeeded in just missing wheels
on every hand.
'You see, it kinder gifts to be second
natur to miss wheel" he said. ''It
\ amt SO muck the eye nor yet the touch,
as it's instinct. believe could drive
from here to the battery, barrin' the
holes and bitches of the pavement rip
pers, with binders on and not touch a
+ wheel. Why, bless you sir, I've walked
n up more nor once and found was driv-
in in my sleep. Oh, that amt no soak,
though it does sound like it perhaps.
81 remember once when my little
\ jimmy was sick with the scarlet fever.
The old woman was poorly, and l sat
up with the gal every minute l could
get off. We was pressed for work, too,
for it was in the presidential canvass
an the bigbugs was comm an goin
on every train. So / had to keep to the
box when otherwise / could have took q
day, or may like week off.
"Well, sir, one night, when I was
clean done up with watchin and driv-
in, l had an order to take four con-
gressmen to the Cortlandt street ferry
to the limited l had these same
horses-onstcady nags, but as good
pair as you will find in any gentlcman's
stable, and fellows as knows the way
as well as l do myself, and I've been
drivin' it for fifteen year.
SIT was Friday afternoon, and the
way was pretty sure to be full of
trucks, yet we started pretty late too.
The passengers was nervous and one
of emit was old Sunset Cox. rest his
soul-who knew Inc well, says: Put
her through, jerry, an there's two dol
lars extra waitin' for YOU.
IAN right, Mr.. Cox says 1, you'll
be there, never fear
81 give old Billy there cut which he
understood meant 'tiInn, an away we
went. l had 'cm wc!l in h;lnd, and it
only required Il touch to keep 'em on
the alert, though do believe they knew
as much about steering this here vchi-
Gle as myself Then | got to thinlsin'
about little jimmy and wonderin' if the
doctor was goin' to pull her through
"a; I s,.,, l,~sk
know nothin'. wt,i fast asleep. An
we goin' lickety split down broadway,
and that street half jammcd! 1t makes
me sweat now to think Of it!
Suddenly l felt something tugging
at my coat tails and pulled in. 1t was
Mr.. Cox, who wanted me to stop for
something. We were in front of the
post office. He had 4 quicl; eye, and he
says, gcttin' as pale as n ghost: My
God, man, you were aslcepn
81 owned up the corn ut once, though
it was done SO low the other passengers
did not hear word and told him the
reason, an how | had been settin up
nights with my girl jimmy.
"'Don't say q word says he, and
upon my soul, sir, sec tear in his eye.
"When we reached the ferry: Here's
your fare says he, no change; an he
walked quickly into the fcrryhouse.
spread out the bill, which was all in g
wudge, an what do you think, sir? II
were twenty! That were the sort Of
man Sunset Cox was No wonder thai
he did not get rich in congress.
eyes, sir, l had druv all the way
down to Park place in my sleep, an if
had been wide-awake, with forty eyes
to keep on the trucks and wagons,
couldn't have done it slicker. Nothing
like habit, now l tell you!
''Who, jimmy? Oh, she's all right, an
as slick gal as you'd like to see She'i
in the second grade, grammar, an she
goin' to the normal and to make
teacher-that is il some young fellow
don't snap her up for wife before
There is danger of that, too, for She
mighty handsome-looks like her dad
eh! Thank you, sir! Yes, don't min
a smoke now and then, if it's a rea