The morning times., 1896-05-10
". 4. HOEKE,

the Manager. we fixed au Englishman
up that way last year. He haG thirteen
trunks and a valet" And then he added
10 aIlay the air OF apprehension spreading
over the Beauty's cOuntenance. 1t won't
cost much
Pay extra!' exclaimed the Beauty, with
indiguat ion. Pay extra? Why, what am
| 10 pay extra for? Here is my ticket
For the trunks. to be sure, luAOcently
suggested the Practical Man.
Il Will do nothing Of the kind cried
the Beauty, thoroughly excited, and l
must have my trunks
But even a professional beauty cannot
90 on forever. The dispute was settled
eventually. How. nobody cared We We're
grateful 10 be off at last.
Hank, our driver, is not as interesting
from an ordinary point OF view as some
OF the NunChausens lie is not given 10
brag, and whatever ne says can be relied
on Il don't lie" lie says, like tie other
fellows, cause l hate 10 see People make
fools OF themselves, an l believe ITS az IN
the int rest of the Park
Hank, and by tie way let some one eX-
plain why western stage drivers always
affect the name of Hank, iS by all odds the
best looking man among the Jehus lie
dresses rather dUdeiShly, and IN MS PINK
shirt flowing black tie, with gray S1ni-
face, burned the color of his shirt 10y con-
stant exposure, he is not an uninterestIng
figure. For the ordinary woman be has
no use whatever When he does take
fauCy-and he is discriminating, | am bound
to say-he is very Painstahing and gallant.
The Enthusiastic woman asked his TernliS-
sion To sit on the box
SHE CONQUERED HANK.
"Don't make no difference to ME, marin,
eff YER do, or eft yer don't, he gro wled, with
a Cluckle, giving his necktie an extra
twist.
She had made q complete conquest of
him before we had driven the first mile
When we reached the White Swan prairie,
so called, 1 fancy, because there are no
white swans in the vicinity, he gracefully
welded ND the lines. The ambitious mann
ma nudgCd her elder darling significantly
the Beauty pOuted. and the Practical Man
said something ilI-natured, which made the
2GO-pounder giggle.
The remainder of the company looked
with aStouiShmcnt at the conquered CHAR
ioteer without vCiCing the miSglving de-
| nicted in their faces But through the
Grand canon and Golden Gate. with its
bridges built out from the perpendicular
| sides of the mountain and hung over 4
Chasm. Hank emphatically refused TO al
low his charmer to drive
~ fell We" said he determinedly, by way
Of excuse "a drivin' on them aSphdltS ain
| like gittin' round these yere curves, an
| up au' down these grades, We sc II II Is
WHY. last summer had one Of them duds
drivers from the East, VINO owns their own
| coaches and drives 'em fer fun. lie tired 70
| learn me my business thet We been NJ Ior
| nigh on ter thirty years, an, like derned
| fool, ! give him his way. When we got 10
| the Continental Divide he squealed al
| handed the lines back to me. P'r'3pS We
| think his hands wasn't sore. Gee whiz!'
DROVE PRETTY WELL
The Enthusiastic Woman drove very
we'll after all. We escaped at any rate,
| IN tell the tale. Once she ran up the side
| of a mountain. bringing down shower or
stones and dirt. and nearly upsettlng the
| coach. But there was no harm done save
| to her vanity. She dropped the reins in
| terror at sight of "A little coyote soon
| afterward. That's, at any rate, wha
! mamma said she did. /, myself, don't
believe it. Jealous people are so spiteful.
| Theonly other narrow escape remember
| was when the ambitious whip ran the
| leaders into the coach in front. They said
that she di d so in her efforts TO see q
| cavalry officer dasbing past us. Another
| sIander, | dare say. Haak, at all events,
| forgave that. Because as he remarked
| sententiou ously, ''furriners and scjers is
| what takes womin folks every time"
This weakness, / may say in passing,
can be gratified in the park. At all the
ceysers, the lake and the canon are de-
! tacbments OF soldiers picturesquely en-
canned under the trees. They are de-
tailed to protect Uncle Sans property
from evil disposed tourists With NAL