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, 

 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 

 Dead wood 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Another interesting out-of-date de- 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 



