San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1895-04-28

the brake S gomez he exclaimed.
We all looked at the rear wheels in
dismay. The brake was gone in truth.
well, We'll have to go back-that's
plain" said the timid man.
What! pull up that hill?" said Ten
nessee, with disgust; mot If / know
myself. Wen be all right. / never
had an accident in my life. Why, last
week had twelve people on board
two women an a kid here in front, an
one of the front wheels rolled off right
on this down-grade, an rolled q hun
dred yards down the road, an we just
| settled down kind O. comfortable like,
an l never spilled person or broke
screw. Oh, I'll get you through safe,
you can rest easy on that"
We were trotting' along at a lively
rate, and l glanced neryously at the
heavy axles. hoped devoutly thsethe
wheels were secure.
Tennessee continued his talk with
the most nonchalant air rs II brakes
and wheels and things Of that kind
were of minor consideration. This
house we are coming to is the only
post office between Murphy's an
Angels" he said. Nice little woman
keeps it-mighty sweet on me-pluclsy,
too, can tell you.
We drew up at the door, and a kind
| ly faced woman came out with the
mail bag. She gave us a little nod of
| greeting and retreated modestly into
the doorway. Two or three tow
headed children peered out from be-
hind her skirts at the stage people.
The school ma'am's going down this
morning" said the postmistress.
We're pretty we'll loaded" said
| Tennessee. l thought so, too, and
wondered where we would put the
schoolmistress; but Tennessee seemed
equal to any emergency. He started
the horses
Good morning to YOU ma'am,S he
called to the woman, and waited a
kiss from the tips of his fngers-pre-
sumably to the children, but thought
with intention to show US how he
managed those things with the ladies.
A few rods beyond we stopped, and a
sun-burned girl came out
Good morning" she called in a
fresh. clear voice; have you room for
mc?"
oh, yes" answered the obliging
! Tennessee; always room for one more.
Got any trunks?"
Yes, two" and she glanced apol-
ogetically at two enormous Saratogas
which stood just by the door. We Won
dered where they would be put, but
Tennessee never hesitated. The trunks
were placed somewhere on the back
and our driver sprang nimbly into his
seat again. We started off on brisk
trot, and Tennessee launched forth in
n string of thrilling narrative.
See that hole over thereT' he said
"A friend of mine dug out three
thousand dollars in one day there. He
wants to sell the mine now. I'm the
agent l tell you that get more of
that sort of thing than l can attend to.
Why, l make more than four times my
wages just selling out claims. Don't
| want to buy claim, now, do you?
| No? Well, here's something more in
teresting than claims-for paying
business beats claims all hollow-that's
where l was held up last time-robber
didn't get anything, though. That's
onct when he miscalculated."
| looked about quickly. We were
now in dusty Wilderness of pine and
chaparral. Not a sign of human habit
alton near. Tennessee saw my nervous
glance.
Mighty lone some looking now,
Gao tha,,, l,,1lat hplaS II, IN q
stage cover? Them was put in when
VIC were attacked by six robbers over
here by Joaquin Murictta S old home.
Lfclt my blood run cold. | h&l not
seen the bullet holes before. The timid
man gave vent to an audible "Ah.' and
the others preserved an awcstrucL ST.
lcUce.
why" continued Tennessee. II
guess every stone an tree In, hid its
robber some time or Other long here.
I've had fifteen or twenty hold-ups, an
that's nothing compared to some Of the
old timers"
DO you think there is any danger
at this particular time?' inquired the
timid man.
why, that's hard to tel" said Ten
ucssee, obviously. It's just here
where we had that last holi-up two
months ago, an one Of the passengers
an two of the robbers was killed. The
papers never got the straight OF that.
You see, it was chat holI-up that
showed me that the little widdCr post
mistress was stucl: on me.
Il was coming along here tlat day
had on Wells-Fargo shotgun mcSsen-
ger and n lot of passengers. There
was about one hundred thousand dol
lars in bullion under the seat, an the
messenger held loaded gun in his
had I'll the time. Wien VIC got just
BOAT here, coming up the Hill | saw the
bushes move right there, an said,
kinder under ray breath: 'Robber5r !
whipped out my pistol an the mes
sc2ger aimed his gun; but, Lordy! who
do YOU think it was? Why, the little
poS.nistress back there. We came
nigh shooting her. She looked fright
ened nigh to death an WIS white as a
ghost
Don't shoot she said, kinder soft