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 
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Another interesting out-of-date de- 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 
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