I Knew That He Was Telling The Truth, And If He Had Been The First Man
To Tell Me To Get In The Coach I Would Have Done So At Once, But It So
Happened That He Was The Fourth, And By That Time I Was Beginning To
Feel Abused.
It was bad enough to have to obey just one man, when at
home, and then to have four strange men - three of them idiots,
too - suddenly take upon themselves to order me around was not to be
endured.
I had started on the trip with the expectation of taking care
of myself, and still felt competent to do so. Perhaps I was very
tired, and perhaps I was very cross. At all events I told the driver I
would not get in - that if I was left I would go back to the ranch. So
I stayed outside, taking great care, however, to stand close to the
stage door.
The instant I heard the loosening of the brake I jumped up on the
step, and catching a firm hold each side of the door, was about to
step in when one of those men passengers grabbed my arm and tried to
jerk me back, so he could get in ahead of me! It was a dreadful thing
for anyone to do, for if my hands and arms had not been unusually
strong from riding hard-mouthed horses, I would undoubtedly have been
thrown underneath the big wheels and horribly crushed, for the four
horses were going at a terrific gait, and the jerky was swaying like a
live thing.
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