The Life of Hon. William F. Cody Known as Buffalo Bill The Famous Hunter, Scout and Guide

d stopped for dinner; Horseshoe being a regular dinner station as well as a home station. The passengers consisted of six Englishmen, and they h

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the best reinsman and the most expert driver on the whole line of the road. He was a very gentlemanly fellow in his general appearance and conduct, but at times he would become a reckless dare-devil,

tage team. As the stock-tenders were hitching them up, Bob, who was standing by, said, "I'll show them Englishmen that we

of the horses by the bits, while they were stringing them out. The Englishmen came out fro

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the Englishmen, "All aboard!" Bob's companion on the box was Capt. Cricket; a little fellow who was t

fore, when, after the horses had made a few lively jumps, Bob put on the big California brakes and brought them down to a walk. The road,

reached the top of the hill, and then he suddenly flung three of the lines on the left side of the team, and the other three on the right side. He then began "playing the silk to them,"-that is to say, he began to lash them unmercifully. The team

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ce left the track, and went flying on down the grade towards the next station, eight miles distant, the coach bouncing over the loose stones and small obstacles, and surging from side to side, as an eggshell

ther to jump out or remain in the coach. Bob would occasionally look down from his seat, and, seeing their frightened faces, would ask, "Well, how do you like stagin

The horses, sure enough, made for the open doorway. Capt. Cricket, the messenger, and Scott got down in the boot of the coach to save themselves from colliding with the top of the stable door. The coach would probably have passed through into the stable without any serious damage had it not been for the bar or threshold that was stretched across the ground to fasten the doors

x as if nothing had happened, took the reins in hand, and shouted, "All aboard!" The Englishmen, however, had had enough of Bob Scott, and not one of the party was wil

f, and Bob drove away without a single passenger. He made his usual time into Fort Laramie, which was the end of his run. The Englishmen came through on the next day's coach, and proceeded on to Atchison, where they reported Bob to the