On the Trail of Geronimo — page 38: what you’re looking at

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30 ON THE TRAIL OF GERONIMO. with one hand as well as with two. Iwon’t let the folks inside learn anything about it, and I guess I’m good to take ’em through to-night.” The driver was hurt worse than he suspected, but, as Buck Bragg had declared, he was game, and he kept the fact to himself. When Buck called out to him that neither himself nor the lieutenant had been so much as scratched, and inquired how he had made out, he replied that he believed he had a little skin taken off, but nothing worth talking about. The coach soon began descending a slight incline, which lasted for an eighthofamile. Like all such roads, it was rough, and when one of the wheels struck a stone it sent the vehicle up in the air with such a jolt that the passengers found it difficult to make themselves heard without shouting their words. Dick leaned out of the side of the stage and looked forward. The four horses were on a gallop, but they were in the middle of the road, and keep- ing well together. The young officer watched them a minute or two, and then sank back into his seat. The speed of the coach was too rapid to be com- fortable. Both passengers supposed, as a matter of CoOnniclookKks (C@