been worked every day since the start, 

 and were jaded. 



We went slowly along the only level 

 road in our journey that day ; but the 

 load did not seem to be riding well, B 

 and at the beginning of the ascent 

 Green got out to investigate. He said 

 the spring was out of order. The 

 wagon was what is known as a thor- 

 ough-brace, which means that there are 

 two large loopy steel bands on which 

 the wagon box rests; the loops are 

 filled in with countless strips of leather, 

 forming a pad for the springs to play 

 on. (The Century Dictionary will 

 please not copy this definition.) The 

 Deadwood stage coach was a thorough- 

 brace, I believe. 



Another interesting out-of-date de- 

 tail in the construction of this wagon 

 was that the brake had no mechanical 



