behind, gave a frightened snort and 
broke his rope. Green attempted to 
take the reins with his lefthand. They 
dropped from his grasp, and I saw that 
his fingers were purple and black. 
“Grab the lines, can you?” he said, 
as he seized the whip and put both feet 
on the brake. The leaders were cur- 
veting back on the wheelers in a way 
which meant imminent mix up, their 
legs over traces and behind whiffle- 
trees. On the right of us was solid 
rock up, on the left solid rock down, 
one hundred feet to the stream, and just 
ahead was the sharp turn the road made 
to a higher ledge in its zigzag up the 
mountain. 
I had always intended to learn to 
drive four-in-hand, but this first lesson 
left me no pleasure in the learning. 
There were no little triumphs of diff- 
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